Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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“
Woe to
the shepherds who
destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Woe unto
the shepherds that
destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith
Jehovah
.
Therefore this
is
what
the
LORD
, the God of Israel, says
about
the shepherds who
tend
My people: “You
have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended
to
them .
Behold, I will attend
to
you for
the evil of your deeds
, declares
the
LORD
.
Therefore thus
saith
Jehovah
, the God of Israel, against
the shepherds that
feed
my people: Ye
have scattered my flock ,
and driven them away, and have not visited
them ;
behold, I will visit
upon
you the evil of your doings
, saith
Jehovah
.
Then
I Myself
will gather the remnant of My flock from
all the lands
to
which
I have banished
them, and I
will return
them to their pasture,
where
they will
be fruitful and multiply.
And
I will gather the remnant of my flock out
of
all the countries
whither
I have driven
them, and will bring
them again
to their folds;
and
they shall
be fruitful and multiply.
I will raise
up shepherds over them who will
tend
them ,
and they will
no longer
be afraid
or
dismayed, nor
will
any go
missing
, declares
the
LORD
.
And
I will set
up shepherds over them ,
who shall
feed
them ;
and they shall
fear
no more,
nor
be dismayed, neither
shall
any be
lacking
, saith
Jehovah
.
Behold, the days are
coming
, declares
the
LORD
, when
I will raise up
for
David a righteous Branch, and He will
reign wisely
as King and will
administer
justice and righteousness in the land.
Behold, the days come
, saith
Jehovah
, that
I will raise unto
David a righteous Branch, and he shall
reign as king and deal
wisely,
and
shall
execute
justice and righteousness in the land.
In His days Judah will
be saved, and Israel will
dwell securely.
And this is His name by
which
He will
be called: The
LORD
Our Righteousness.
In his days Judah shall
be saved, and Israel shall
dwell safely;
and this is his name whereby
he shall
be called: Jehovah
our righteousness.
So
behold, the days are
coming
, declares
the
LORD
, when
they will
no longer
say, ‘
As surely
as
the
LORD
lives
, who brought the
Israelites
up out of the land of Egypt .’
Therefore,
behold, the days come
, saith
Jehovah
, that
they shall
no more
say, As Jehovah
liveth
, who brought up the
children
of
Israel
out of the land of Egypt ;
Instead
they
will
say
, ‘
As surely
as
the
LORD
lives
, who brought and led the descendants
of the house of Israel up
out of the land
of
the
north and all the other
lands
to
which
He
had banished
them. ’
Then
they will
dwell once
more
in their own land. ”
but
, As Jehovah
liveth
, who brought up
and who
led the seed
of the house of Israel out of the north country,
and from
all the countries
whither
I
had driven
them. And
they shall
dwell in their own land.
As
for
the prophets :
My heart is
broken
within me, and
all my bones tremble.
I have
become
like a drunkard
, like a man overcome
by
wine, because of the
LORD
, because of His holy words.
Concerning
the prophets .
My heart within me is
broken
, all my bones shake;
I am
like a drunken
man
, and
like a man whom
wine hath
overcome
, because of Jehovah
, and
because of his holy words.
For the land is full of adulterers —
because of the
curse,
the land mourns
and
the pastures of the wilderness have
dried up —
their course is evil and their power
is misused.
For the land is full of adulterers ;
for
because of swearing
the land mourneth;
the pastures of the wilderness are
dried up .
And
their course is evil ,
and their might
is not
right;
“
For both prophet and priest are ungodly
; even
in My house I
have found their wickedness, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
for both prophet and priest are profane
; yea,
in my house have I
found their wickedness, saith
Jehovah
.
“Therefore
their path
will
become
slick;
they
will
be driven
away
into
the darkness and fall into
it.
For I will bring disaster
upon them in
the year of their punishment
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Wherefore
their way
shall
be unto
them
as
slippery
places
in
the darkness :
they
shall
be
driven
on,
and fall therein;
for I will bring evil
upon them ,
even
the year of their visitation
, saith
Jehovah
.
“Among
the prophets of Samaria I
saw
an
offensive
thing:
They prophesied by Baal and led
My people Israel astray
.
And
I
have
seen
folly
in
the prophets of Samaria ;
they prophesied by Baal ,
and caused
my people Israel to
err
.
And
among
the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies .
They strengthen the hands of evildoers
, so that no
one
turns
his back
on
wickedness .
They are all like
Sodom
to
Me ;
the people
of
Jerusalem
are
like
Gomorrah. ”
In
the prophets of Jerusalem also
I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery ,
and walk in lies ;
and
they strengthen the hands of evil-doers
, so that none
doth
return
from
his wickedness :
they are all of
them
become
unto
me as
Sodom,
and
the inhabitants
thereof
as
Gomorrah.
Therefore this
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says
concerning the prophets: “
I will feed them wormwood and give
them poisoned
water
to
drink ,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has
spread
throughout
the land. ”
Therefore thus
saith
Jehovah
of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold,
I will feed them with
wormwood ,
and make
them drink the
water
of
gall;
for from the prophets of Jerusalem is
ungodliness gone
forth
into
all
the land.
This
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says:
“Do
not listen
to
the words of the prophets who
prophesy to
you .
They are
filling
you with
false
hopes.
They speak visions
from
their own minds
, not from
the mouth of the
LORD
.
Thus
saith
Jehovah
of hosts ,
Hearken
not unto
the words of the prophets that
prophesy unto
you :
they teach
you vanity;
they speak a
vision
of
their own heart
, and
not out
of
the mouth of Jehovah
.
They keep
saying
to
those
who
despise Me, ‘The
LORD
says
that
you
will
have peace ,’
and to
everyone
who
walks
in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘
No harm
will
come to
you. ’
They say
continually
unto
them
that
despise me, Jehovah
hath
said,
Ye
shall
have peace ;
and unto
every
one
that
walketh
in the stubbornness of his own heart they
say
, No evil
shall
come upon
you.
But
which
of
them
has
stood in the council of the
LORD
to
see
and hear His word? Who has
given
heed
to
His
word and obeyed
it?
For
who
hath
stood in the council of Jehovah,
that
he
should
perceive
and hear his word? who hath
marked
my
word ,
and heard
it?
Behold, the storm
of the
LORD
has
gone out
with
fury
, a whirlwind
swirling
down
upon the heads
of the wicked.
Behold, the tempest
of Jehovah,
`even
his'
wrath,
is
gone forth
, yea,
a whirling
tempest:
it
shall
burst
upon the head
of the wicked.
The anger of the
LORD
will
not turn
back
until He has
fully
accomplished
the purposes
of His heart .
In the days to
come
you
will
understand this
clearly
.
The anger of Jehovah
shall
not return,
until he have
executed,
and
till
he
have
performed
the intents
of his heart :
in the latter
days ye
shall
understand it
perfectly
.
I did
not send
these prophets, yet they have
run
with
their
message;
I did
not speak
to
them, yet they have
prophesied.
I sent
not these prophets, yet they ran:
I spake
not unto
them, yet they prophesied.
But if they had stood in My council, they would
have
proclaimed
My words
to My people
and turned them back
from their evil ways
and deeds
. ”
But if they had stood in my council, then
had
they caused
my people
to hear
my words,
and had
turned them from their evil way,
and from
the
evil
of
their
doings
.
“
Am I only
a God nearby
, ”
declares
the
LORD
, “
and not a God far
away
? ”
Am I a God at
hand
, saith
Jehovah
, and not a God afar
off
?
“
Can a
man
hide in secret places where
I cannot
see him? ”
declares
the
LORD
. “
Do I
not fill the
heavens
and the
earth? ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Can any
hide himself
in secret places so
that
I shall
not
see him? saith
Jehovah
. Do not I
fill heaven
and earth? saith
Jehovah
.
“
I have heard the
sayings
of
the prophets who
prophesy lies in My name :
‘
I had
a
dream!
I had
a
dream!’
I have heard what
the prophets have
said,
that
prophesy lies in my name ,
saying,
I have
dreamed,
I have
dreamed.
How long will
this continue
in the hearts
of these
prophets who
prophesy falsehood
, these
prophets of the delusion
of their own minds
?
How long shall
this be
in the heart
of the
prophets that
prophesy lies
, even
the
prophets of the deceit
of their own heart
?
They
suppose
the
dreams
that they
tell
one
another
will
make
My people forget My name, just
as their fathers forgot
My name through
the
worship
of
Baal.
that think
to
cause
my people to
forget my name by
their
dreams
which
they
tell
every
man
to
his
neighbor
, as their fathers forgat
my name for
Baal.
Let
the prophet who
has
a dream retell
it
, but
let him who
has
My word speak it
truthfully
. For
what is straw compared
to grain?”
declares
the LORD
.
The prophet that
hath
a dream, let him tell
a
dream;
and
he
that
hath
my word ,
let
him
speak my
word
faithfully
. What is the
straw to the wheat?
saith
Jehovah
.
“
Is not My word like fire ,”
declares
the
LORD,
“
and like a hammer that smashes
a
rock? ”
Is not my word like fire ?
saith
Jehovah;
and like a hammer that breaketh
the
rock in
pieces
?
“
Therefore behold
, ”
declares
the
LORD
, “
I am against the prophets who
steal from
one
another
words they
attribute
to
Me
. ”
Therefore, behold
, I am against the prophets ,
saith
Jehovah,
that
steal my
words every
one
from
his
neighbor
.
“Yes,”
declares
the
LORD
, “
I am against the prophets who
wag
their own
tongues and proclaim
, ‘The
LORD
declares
it
. ’”
Behold
, I am against the prophets ,
saith
Jehovah,
that
use
their tongues ,
and say
, He
saith
.
“Indeed,”
declares
the
LORD
, “
I am against those
who
prophesy false
dreams and retell
them to
lead
My people astray
with
their reckless
lies .
It
was
not
I who
sent them or
commanded them ,
and
they are
of
no
benefit
at all to
these
people
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Behold
, I am against them
that
prophesy lying
dreams ,
saith
Jehovah,
and do
tell
them ,
and
cause
my people to
err
by
their lies ,
and
by
their
vain
boasting:
yet
I sent them not,
nor
commanded them ;
neither
do
they profit
this
people
at all, saith
Jehovah
.
“Now
when this people or a
prophet or priest asks
you
, ‘
What is the burden of the
LORD
? ’
you
are
to
say to
them, ‘
What burden ?
I will forsake
you, declares
the
LORD
. ’
And
when this people ,
or the
prophet ,
or a
priest, shall
ask
thee,
saying,
What is the burden of Jehovah
? then
shalt
thou
say unto
them, What burden !
I will cast
you off
, saith
Jehovah
.
As for the prophet or
priest or
anyone
who
claims
, ‘This
is
the burden of the
LORD
, ’
I will punish that man and his household
.
And
as for the prophet ,
and
the
priest, and
the people,
that
shall
say,
The
burden of Jehovah
, I will even
punish that man and his house
.
This
is
what
each
man
is
to
say to his friend
and to his brother :
‘
What has
the
LORD
answered? ’
or
‘
What has
the
LORD
spoken? ’
Thus
shall
ye
say every
one
to his neighbor,
and every
one
to his brother ,
What hath
Jehovah
answered? and,
What hath
Jehovah
spoken?
But
refer
no
more
to
the burden of the
LORD,
for each
man’s
word becomes
the
burden ,
so
that
you
pervert
the words of the living God, the
LORD
of Hosts ,
our God.
And
the burden of Jehovah
shall
ye
mention
no
more:
for every
man's
own
word shall
be
his
burden ;
for
ye
have
perverted
the words of the living God, of Jehovah
of
hosts our God.
Thus you
are
to
say to the prophet :
‘
What has
the
LORD
answered you
? ’
and ‘
What has
the
LORD
spoken? ’
Thus shalt
thou
say to the prophet ,
What hath
Jehovah
answered thee
? and ,
What hath
Jehovah
spoken?
But if you
claim
, ‘This
is
the burden of the
LORD,’
then
this
is
what
the
LORD
says
: Because you
have
said,
‘
This is
the burden of the
LORD
, ’
and I specifically
told
you not to
make
this
claim
,
But if ye
say
, The burden of Jehovah;
therefore
thus
saith
Jehovah
: Because ye
say
this word,
The burden of Jehovah
, and I have
sent
unto
you ,
saying,
Ye
shall
not say
, The
burden
of
Jehovah;
therefore I will surely
forget you and will cast you out
of
My
presence
, both
you
and the city that I gave to
you and your fathers .
therefore ,
behold,
I will utterly
forget you ,
and I
will cast you off
, and the city that I gave unto
you and to
your fathers ,
away
from
my
presence:
And I will bring upon you everlasting
shame
and perpetual humiliation
that
will
never
be forgotten. ”
and I will bring an
everlasting
reproach
upon you ,
and a
perpetual shame,
which
shall
not
be forgotten.
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