Jeremiah 23:33

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 23:39 continues the same oracle: God will lift up and cast away His people, directly echoing the 'burden' imagery from v.33.

Jeremiah 23:40 adds perpetual shame as the outcome of being cast off, completing the judgment announced in v.33.

Jeremiah 17:15 shows the people mockingly asking for the Lord's word, paralleling their cynical question about the burden in 23:33.

Jeremiah 12:7 describes God forsaking His heritage, similar to the casting off in 23:33 — both express divine abandonment of Israel.

Isaiah 13:1 Parallel

Isaiah 13:1 uses the same word 'oracle' (burden) legitimately, contrasting with Jeremiah's pun where the people themselves become the burden.

Zechariah 9:1 uses the same phrase 'burden of the word of the LORD' as a proper oracle title, contrasting with its misuse here.

Deuteronomy 31:17 portrays God hiding His face and forsaking Israel for idolatry, mirroring the rejection in 23:33.

Ezekiel 33:31 describes people who hear but do not obey, mirroring the insincere questioning of the 'burden' here.