For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”

David said to him, “If you leave ¹  with me you will be a burden to me.

It said: ¹  “I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket. ² 

For my sins overwhelm me; ¹  like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us ¹  not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules: ² 

But just suppose you continue to say, ‘The message of the Lord is burdensome.’ Here is what the Lord says will happen: ‘I sent word to you that you must not say, “The Lord’s message is burdensome.” But you used the words “The Lord’s message is burdensome” anyway.

The following is the message ¹  which God revealed to Habakkuk the prophet: ² 

But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?

Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; ¹  they themselves ²  head off into captivity. ³ 

Throw your burden ¹  upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. ²  He will never allow the godly to be upended. ³ 

But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, ¹  when one of these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, ‘What burdensome message ²  do you have from the Lord?’ Tell them, ‘You are the burden, ³  and I will cast you away. ⁴  I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁵ 

You led us into a trap; ¹  you caused us to suffer. ² 

For how ¹  were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

And Moses said to the Lord, “Why have you afflicted ¹  your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that ²  you lay the burden of this entire people on me?

If ¹  I have sinned – what have I done to you, ²  O watcher of men? ³  Why have you set me as your target? ⁴  Have I become a burden to you? ⁵ 

For you recall, brothers and sisters, ¹  our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.

“As for those who grieve because they cannot attend the festivals – I took them away from you; they became tribute and were a source of shame to you. ¹ 

At that time ¹  the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders, ²  and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large. ³