Verse
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Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says
Yahweh
.
“
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Therefore thus
says
Yahweh
, the God of Israel, against
the shepherds who feed
my people: You have scattered my flock ,
and driven them away, and have not visited
them ;
behold, I will visit
on
you the evil of your doings
, says
Yahweh
.
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
.
I will gather the remnant of my flock out
of
all the countries
where
I have driven
them, and will bring
them again
to their folds;
and
they shall
be fruitful and multiply.
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.
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
, says
Yahweh
.
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
.
Behold, the days come
, says
Yahweh
, that
I will raise to
David a righteous Branch, and he shall
reign as king and deal
wisely,
and
shall
execute
justice and righteousness in the land.
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.
In his days Judah shall
be saved, and Israel shall
dwell safely;
and this is his name by which he shall
be called: Yahweh
our righteousness.
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.
Therefore,
behold, the days come
, says
Yahweh
, that
they shall
no more
say, As Yahweh
lives, who brought up
the children
of
Israel
out of the land of Egypt ;
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 .’
but
, As Yahweh
lives, who brought up
and who
led the seed
of the house of Israel out of the north country,
and from
all the countries
where
I
had driven
them. They shall
dwell in their own land.
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. ”
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
has
overcome, because of Yahweh
, and
because of his holy words.
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.
For the land is full of adulterers ;
for
because of swearing
the land mourns ;
the pastures of the wilderness are
dried up .
Their course is evil ,
and their might
is not
right;
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 both prophet and priest are profane
; yes,
in my house have
I found their wickedness, says
Yahweh
.
“
For both prophet and priest are ungodly
; even
in My house I have
found their wickedness, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Therefore their way
shall
be
to
them
as
slippery
places
in
the
darkness:
they shall
be driven on,
and fall therein;
for I will bring evil
on
them ,
even
the year of their visitation
, says
Yahweh
.
“
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
.
I
have
seen
folly
in
the prophets of Samaria ;
they prophesied by Baal ,
and caused
my people Israel to
err
.
“Among
the prophets of Samaria I
saw
an
offensive
thing:
They prophesied by Baal and led
My people Israel astray
.
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
does
return
from
his wickedness :
they are all of
them
become
to me as
Sodom,
and
the inhabitants
of it
as
Gomorrah.
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. ”
Therefore thus
says
Yahweh
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.
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. ”
Thus
says
Yahweh
of Hosts ,
Don't
listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you :
they teach
you vanity;
they speak a
vision
of
their own heart
, and
not out
of
the mouth of Yahweh
.
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
.
They say
continually
to those who despise me, Yahweh
has
said,
You shall
have peace ;
and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they
say
, No evil
shall
come on
you.
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. ’
For
who
has stood in the council of Yahweh,
that
he
should
perceive
and hear his word? who has marked
my
word ,
and heard
it?
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?
Behold, the tempest
of Yahweh,
[even
his]
wrath,
is
gone forth,
yes
, a whirling
tempest:
it
shall
burst
on
the head
of the wicked.
Behold, the storm
of the
LORD
has
gone out
with
fury
, a whirlwind
swirling
down
upon
the heads
of the wicked.
The anger of Yahweh
shall
not return,
until he has executed,
and
until
he
have
performed
the intents
of his heart :
in the latter
days you shall
understand it
perfectly
.
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
.
I sent
not these prophets, yet they ran:
I didn't
speak to them, yet they prophesied.
I did
not send
these prophets, yet they have
run
with
their
message;
I did
not
speak to them, yet they have
prophesied.
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
.
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
. ”
Am I a God at
hand
, says
Yahweh
, and not a God afar
off
?
“
Am I only
a God nearby
, ”
declares
the
LORD
, “
and not a God far
away
? ”
Can any
hide himself
in secret places so
that
I shall
not
see him? says
Yahweh
. Don't
I fill heaven
and earth? says
Yahweh
.
“
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
.
I have heard what
the prophets have
said,
who prophesy lies in my name ,
saying,
I have
dreamed,
I have
dreamed.
“
I have heard the sayings
of
the
prophets who prophesy lies in My name :
‘
I had
a
dream!
I had
a
dream!’
How long shall
this be
in the heart
of the
prophets who prophesy lies
, even
the
prophets of the deceit
of their own heart
?
How long will
this continue
in the hearts
of these
prophets who prophesy falsehood
, these
prophets of the delusion
of their own minds
?
who
think
to
cause
my people to
forget my name by
their
dreams
which
they
tell
every
man
to
his
neighbor
, as their fathers forgot my name for
Baal.
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.
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell
a
dream;
and
he
who has my word ,
let
him
speak my
word
faithfully
. What is the
straw to the
wheat
? says
Yahweh
.
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
.
Isn't
my word like fire ?
says
Yahweh;
and like a hammer that breaks
the
rock in
pieces
?
“Is
not
My word like fire ,”
declares
the
LORD,
“
and like a hammer that smashes
a
rock? ”
Therefore ,
behold, I am against the prophets ,
says
Yahweh,
who steal my
words
everyone
from his
neighbor
.
“
Therefore behold, ”
declares
the
LORD,
“
I am against the prophets who steal from one
another
words
they
attribute
to
Me
. ”
Behold
, I am against the prophets ,
says
Yahweh,
who use
their tongues ,
and say
, He
says
.
“Yes
, ”
declares
the
LORD,
“
I am against the prophets who wag
their own
tongues and proclaim
, ‘The
LORD
declares
it
. ’”
Behold
, I am against those who prophesy lying
dreams ,
says
Yahweh,
and do
tell
them ,
and
cause
my people to
err
by
their lies ,
and
by
their
vain
boasting:
yet
I didn't
send
them ,
nor
commanded them ;
neither
do
they profit
this
people
at all, says
Yahweh
.
“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
.
When this people ,
or the
prophet ,
or a
priest ,
shall
ask
you, saying,
What is the burden of Yahweh
? then
shall
you tell
them, What burden !
I will cast
you off
, says
Yahweh
.
“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
. ’
As for the prophet ,
and
the
priest ,
and
the
people,
who shall
say
, The burden of Yahweh
, I will even
punish that man and his house
.
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
.
Thus
shall
you
say everyone
to his neighbor,
and everyone
to his brother ,
What has Yahweh
answered? and,
What has Yahweh
spoken?
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? ’
The burden of Yahweh
shall
you
mention
no
more:
for every
man's
own
word shall
be
his
burden ;
for
you have
perverted
the words of the living God, of
Yahweh
of Hosts our God.
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.
Thus shall
you say to the prophet ,
What has Yahweh
answered you? and ,
What has Yahweh
spoken?
Thus you are
to
say to the prophet :
‘
What has the
LORD
answered you? ’
and ‘
What has the
LORD
spoken? ’
But if you say
, The burden of Yahweh;
therefore
thus
says Yahweh
: Because you say
this
word
, The burden of Yahweh
, and I have
sent
to
you,
saying,
You shall
not say
, The
burden
of
Yahweh;
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
,
therefore ,
behold,
I will utterly
forget you ,
and I
will cast you off
, and the city that I gave to you and to
your fathers ,
away
from
my
presence:
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 .
and I will bring an
everlasting
reproach
on
you ,
and a
perpetual shame,
which
shall
not
be forgotten.
And I will bring upon
you everlasting
shame
and perpetual humiliation
that
will
never
be forgotten. ”
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