Verse 21

Jeremiah 10:21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

21 Because the pastors have done foolishly, and have not sought the Lord: therefore have they not understood, and all their flock is scattered.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּ֤י נִבְעֲרוּ֙ הָֽ/רֹעִ֔ים וְ/אֶת יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א דָרָ֑שׁוּ עַל כֵּן֙ לֹ֣א הִשְׂכִּ֔ילוּ וְ/כָל מַרְעִיתָ֖/ם נָפֽוֹצָה

English Translation

Because the shepherds have become foolish and have not inquired of the LORD, therefore they have not acted wisely, and all their flock is scattered.

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Chapter 10 Context

1 Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel. Focus ↗

2 Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs... Focus ↗

3 For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of... Focus ↗

4 He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may... Focus ↗

5 They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be r... Focus ↗

6 There is none like to thee, O Lord: thou art great and great is thy name in might. Focus ↗

7 Who shall fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nation... Focus ↗

8 They shall all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood. Focus ↗

9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer, a... Focus ↗

10 But the Lord is the true God (Elohim): he is the living God (Elohim), and the everlasting king, at h... Focus ↗

11 Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from... Focus ↗

12 He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out th... Focus ↗

13 At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends... Focus ↗

14 Every man is become a fool for knowledge every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he... Focus ↗

15 They are vain things and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Focus ↗

16 The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it is he who formed all things: and Israel is the rod of... Focus ↗

17 Gather up thy shame out of the land, thou that dwellest in a siege. Focus ↗

18 For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will cast away far off the inhabitants of the land at this time: a... Focus ↗

19 Woe is me for my destruction, my wound is very grievous. But I said: Truly this is my own evil, and... Focus ↗

20 My tabernacle is laid waste, all my cords are broken: my children are gone out from me, and they are... Focus ↗

21 Because the pastors have done foolishly, and have not sought the Lord: therefore have they not under...

22 Behold the sound of a noise cometh, a great commotion out of the land of the north: to make the citi... Focus ↗

23 I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his... Focus ↗

24 Correct me, O Lord, but yet with judgement: and not in fury, lest thou bring me to nothing. Focus ↗

25 Pour out thy indignation upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the provinces that have... Focus ↗

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