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Apr 27, '12, 6:22 pm
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oracle of the Lord.
I am reading Jeremiah in the NABRE and the phrase "oracle of the Lord" is used repeatedly. Can someone please explain what this phrase means?
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Apr 27, '12, 7:23 pm
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Re: oracle of the Lord.
Oracle means "speaker" so an oracle of The lord is a Speaker of The Lord.
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Apr 27, '12, 7:51 pm
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Re: oracle of the Lord.
Correct, but I believe oracle to mean more then just speaker.
An oracle of the Lord implies more of a spiritual type speaker of the lord. Kinda like a prophet but not quite so. Perhaps not a prophet in the sense of foretelling.
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Apr 27, '12, 8:08 pm
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Re: oracle of the Lord.
Fr. William Most says
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When they ask: What is the <massa> of the Lord?
The word <massa> had two meanings: burden and oracle. It seems the
wicked were saying this in derision: What does God threaten now?
They do not believe. Hence God will bring disgrace on them, and
cast them out.
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Bishop Richard Challoner says
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Burden of the Lord: This expression is here rejected and disallowed, at least for those times: because it was then used in mockery and contempt by the false prophets, and unbelieving people, who ridiculed the repeated threats of Jeremias under the name of his burdens.
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Haydock quoted Augustin Clamet says
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Burden, Massa, (Haydock) denotes a weight, or sometimes a prediction. (Calmet)
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