Burden. Is often used figuratively, to denote afflictions, failings, sins, Psalms 38:4, Psalms 55:22, Galatians 6:2; services under the law, Matthew 23:4; official responsibilities, Exodus 18:22, Deuteronomy 1:12; and especially prophetic massages, not always of a threatening character. Isaiah 19:1. In this last sense the Hebrew word may be rendered "oracle." "divine declaration," or "prophecy," as in Proverbs 30:1, Proverbs 31:1. See Jeremiah 1:23-40.