Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“Woe
to the
shepherds who
destroy
and scatter
the sheep
of My pasture !”
declares
the
LORD
.
Wo
to shepherds destroying,
And scattering
the flock
of My pasture ,
An
affirmation
of
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
said
Jehovah,
God of Israel, Against
the shepherds who feed
My people ,
Ye
have scattered My flock ,
and drive
them away, And have not inspected
them, Lo,
I am
charging
on
you the evil of your doings
, An
affirmation
of
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 do
gather the remnant of My flock Out
of
all the lands whither
I drove
them, And have
brought
them back
unto
their fold
, And
they have
been
fruitful ,
and multiplied
.
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 have
raised
for
them shepherds,
And
they
have
fed
them, And they fear
no more
, nor are
affrighted
, Nor
are
they
lacking
--
an
affirmation
of
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
.
Lo
, days are coming --
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, And
I have
raised
to
David a righteous shoot
, And a
king hath
reigned
and acted
wisely,
And done
judgment
and
righteousness in the earth
.
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 is
Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth
confidently,
And this his name that
Jehovah
proclaimeth
him,
`
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
, lo,
days are coming, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, And
they do
not
say any
more
, Jehovah
liveth
who brought up The
sons
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
--
Jehovah
liveth
, who brought up,
And who
brought
in,
the seed
of the house of Israel ,
From
the land of the north ,
And from
all the lands whither
I
drove
them ,
And
they have
dwelt
on
their own ground!
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.
In
reference
to
the prophets: Broken
hath
been
my heart in
my
midst
, Fluttered
have
all my bones ,
I have been
as
a man
--
a
drunkard, And
as
a man --
wine hath
passed
over
him
, Because of Jehovah
, and
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 of
adulterers
hath
the land been
full ,
For
because of these
hath
the land mourned,
Dried
up
hath
been
the pleasant
places
of the wilderness ,
And
their course is evil ,
and their might
--
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 have
been
profane,
Yea,
in My house I found their wickedness, An
affirmation
of
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
.
Therefore is
their way
to
them
as
slippery
places,
Into thick
darkness they
are
driven,
And they
have
fallen
in
it ,
For I bring in against
them
evil,
The year of their inspection
, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
“Among
the
prophets of Samaria I saw
an
offensive
thing:
They prophesied by Baal and led
My people Israel astray
.
And
in
prophets of Samaria I have
seen
folly,
They have
prophesied by Baal ,
And cause
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. ”
And in
prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing ,
Committing
adultery ,
and walking
falsely,
Yea,
they strengthened
the hands of evil
doers
, So that they
have
not
turned
back Each
from
his
wickedness ,
They have
been
to me --
all
of them
--
as
Sodom,
And
its
inhabitants
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
said
Jehovah
of Hosts ,
concerning the prophets: Lo,
I am
causing
them to
eat
wormwood ,
And have
caused
them to drink water
of
gall
, For ,
from prophets of Jerusalem Hath
profanity
gone
forth
to
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
said
Jehovah
of Hosts: Ye
do not hearken
unto
the words Of the prophets who are
prophesying
to you ,
They are making
you vain
things,
A
vision
of
their own heart
they
speak
, Not from 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. ’
Saying diligently
to those despising
The word
of
Jehovah:
Peace is
for
you
, And `
to '
every
one
walking
in the stubbornness of his heart they
have
said:
Evil
doth
not
come in
unto
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 counsel
of Jehovah,
And seeth
and
heareth
His word? Who hath
regarded
My
word ,
and hearkeneth
?
Behold
, the
storm
of the
LORD
has
gone out with
fury
, a whirlwind swirling
down
upon
the heads
of the wicked.
Lo
, a
whirlwind
of Jehovah
--
Fury
hath
gone out, even
a piercing
whirlwind ,
On
the head
of the wicked it
stayeth
.
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
doth
not turn back Till
His
doing,
and
till
His
establishing,
The thoughts
of His heart ,
In the latter
end
of
the
days ye
attend
to it
With
understanding
.
I did
not send
these
prophets, yet
they have run with
their
message;
I did
not speak
to
them, yet
they have prophesied.
I have
not sent
the
prophets, and
they have run ,
I have
not spoken
unto
them, and
they have 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 stood in My counsel
, Then
they cause
My people
to hear
My words,
And they
turn
them back 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
? ”
A God near
`am'
I
--
an
affirmation
of
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
.
Is
any
one
hidden
in secret places ,
And
I see him not
? an
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
Do not I
fill the heavens and the earth? An
affirmation
of
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 that
which
the prophets said,
Who prophesy in My name falsehood,
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?
Till
when
is
it
in the heart
of the
prophets ?
The
prophets
of
falsehood, Yea,
prophets of the deceit
of their 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.
Who
are
devising
to
cause
My people To
forget My name by
their
dreams
, That
they
recount
each
to
his
neighbour,
As their fathers forgot 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 with
whom
`is'
a dream, Let him recount
the
dream,
And
he
with
whom
`is'
My word ,
Let
him
truly
speak My
word
. What --
to the straw
with
the
corn?
An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
“
Is not My word like
fire, ”
declares
the
LORD,
“
and like
a hammer that
smashes
a rock ?”
Is it
not thus?
My word `is'
as
a
fire, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah.
And as
a hammer --
it
breaketh
in
pieces
a rock .
“
Therefore behold
, ”
declares
the
LORD
, “
I am against the prophets who
steal
from
one
another
words they
attribute
to
Me
. ”
Therefore, lo
, I `
am '
against the prophets ,
An
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
Stealing
My
words each
from
his
neighbour
.
“Yes,”
declares
the
LORD
, “
I am against the prophets who wag
their own
tongues
and
proclaim
, ‘The
LORD
declares
it
. ’”
Lo
, I `
am '
against the prophets ,
An
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
Who are
making
smooth
their tongue
, And
they
affirm
--
an
affirmation
.
“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
.
Lo
, I `
am '
against the
prophets
of
false dreams ,
An
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
And they
recount
them ,
and
cause
my people to
err,
By
their falsehoods,
and
by
their
instability,
And
I --
I
have
not
sent them ,
Nor
have
I
commanded them, And they are not
at all profitable
to this
people, An
affirmation
of
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, doth
ask
thee,
saying,
What `
is '
the burden of Jehovah
? Then
thou
hast
said
unto
them :
Ye
`are'
the
burden ,
and
I have
left
you, An
affirmation
of
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
the prophet ,
and
the
priest, and
the people,
That
saith,
The
burden of Jehovah
, I have
seen
after
that man ,
and after
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
do
ye
say each
unto
his neighbour,
And each
unto
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
ye
do
not
mention
any
more
, For the burden to
each
is
--
His
word
, And
ye
have
overturned
the words of the living God, 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 dost
thou
say unto
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
,
And
if the burden of Jehovah
ye
say
, Therefore
thus
said
Jehovah
: Because of
your
saying
this word,
The burden of Jehovah
, And I do
send
unto
you ,
saying,
Ye
do
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 ,
lo,
I --
I
have
taken
you utterly
away,
And I
have
sent
you out, And the city that I gave to you ,
And to
your fathers ,
from
before
My
face,
And I will
bring
upon
you everlasting
shame
and perpetual
humiliation
that will
never
be
forgotten .”
And I have
put
on
you reproach
age-during,
And shame
age-during
that is
not
forgotten !
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