Verse 2

Jeremiah 23:2

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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2 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel to the pastors that feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold I will visit upon you for the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

Original Language Text

hebrew

לָ֠/כֵן כֹּֽה אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַֽל הָ/רֹעִים֮ הָ/רֹעִ֣ים אֶת עַמִּ/י֒ אַתֶּ֞ם הֲפִצֹתֶ֤ם אֶת צֹאנִ/י֙ וַ/תַּדִּח֔וּ/ם וְ/לֹ֥א פְקַדְתֶּ֖ם אֹתָ֑/ם הִנְ/נִ֨י פֹקֵ֧ד עֲלֵי/כֶ֛ם אֶת רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵי/כֶ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

English Translation

Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the shepherds who shepherd My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord. Focus ↗

2 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel to the pastors that feed my people: You hav...

3 And I will gather together the remnant of my flock, out of all the lands into which I have cast them... Focus ↗

4 And I will set up pastors over them, and they shall feed them: they shall fear no more, and they sha... Focus ↗

5 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall r... Focus ↗

6 In those days shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell confidently: and this is the name that the... Focus ↗

7 Therefore behold the days to come, saith the Lord, and they shall say no more: The Lord liveth, who... Focus ↗

8 But the Lord liveth, who hath brought out, and brought hither the seed of the house of Israel from t... Focus ↗

9 To the prophets: My heart is broken within me, all my bones tremble: I am become as a drunken man, a... Focus ↗

10 Because the land is full of adulterers, because the land hath mourned by reason of cursing, the fiel... Focus ↗

11 For the prophet and the priest are defiled: and in my house I have found their wickedness, saith the... Focus ↗

12 Therefore their way shall be as a slippery way in the dark: for they shall be driven on, and fall th... Focus ↗

13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal, and deceived my people Is... Focus ↗

14 And I have seen the likeness of adulterers, and the way of lying in the peophets of Jerusalem: and t... Focus ↗

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts to the prophets: Behold I will feed them with wormwood, and I... Focus ↗

16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, and dec... Focus ↗

17 They say tothem that blaspheme me: The Lord hath said: You shall have peace: and to every one that w... Focus ↗

18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered... Focus ↗

19 Behold the whirlwind of the Lord's indignation shall come forth, and a tempest shall break out and c... Focus ↗

20 The wrath of the Lord shall not return till he execute it, and till he accomplish the thought of his... Focus ↗

21 I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. Focus ↗

22 If they stood in my counsel, and had made my words known to my people, I should have turned them fro... Focus ↗

23 Am I, think ye, a God (Elohim) at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God (Elohim) afar off? Focus ↗

24 Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and ear... Focus ↗

25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesylies in my name, and say: I have dreamed, I have d... Focus ↗

26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, and that prophesy the delusi... Focus ↗

27 Who seek to make my people forget my name through their dreams, which they tell every man to his nei... Focus ↗

28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream: and he that hath my word, let him speak my word... Focus ↗

29 Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord: and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Focus ↗

30 Therefore behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who steal my words every one from his ne... Focus ↗

31 Behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues, and say: The Lord saith it. Focus ↗

32 Behold I am against the prophets that have lying dreams, saith the Lord: and tell them, and cause my... Focus ↗

33 If therefore this people, or the prophet, or the priest shall ask thee, saying: What is the burden o... Focus ↗

34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that shall say: The burden of the Lord: I wil... Focus ↗

35 Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and to his brother: What hath the Lord answered? and w... Focus ↗

36 And the burden of the Lord shall be mentioned no more, for every man's word shall be his burden: for... Focus ↗

37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken? Focus ↗

38 But if you shall say: The burden of the Lord: therefore thus saith the Lord: Because you have said t... Focus ↗

39 Therefore behold I will take you away carrying you, and will forsake you, and the city which I gave... Focus ↗

40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame which shall never be forgot... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 23 (40 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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