Verse 1
Jeremiah 23:1
GOD'S WORD Translation
1
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֣וֹי רֹעִ֗ים מְאַבְּדִ֧ים וּ/מְפִצִ֛ים אֶת צֹ֥אן מַרְעִיתִ֖/י נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
English Translation
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.
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Chapter 23 Context
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“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.
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Therefore Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says against the shepherds who feed my people: “You ha...
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3
“I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will b...
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4
I will set up shepherds over them, who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, ne...
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5
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh,
“that I will raise to David a righteous Branch,
and he will re...
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6
In his days Judah will be saved,
and Israel will dwell safely.
This is his name by which he will be...
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7
“Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that they will no more say, ‘As Yahweh lives, who b...
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8
but, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the no...
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9
Concerning the prophets:
My heart within me is broken.
All my bones shake.
I am like a drunken man,...
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10
For the land is full of adulterers;
for because of the curse the land mourns.
The pastures of the wi...
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11
for both prophet and priest are profane.
Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says Yahwe...
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12
Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness.
They will be driven on,
and...
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13
“I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria.
They prophesied by Baal,
and caused my people Israel...
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14
In the prophets of Jerusalem I have also seen a horrible thing:
they commit adultery and walk in lie...
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15
Therefore Yahweh of Armies says concerning the prophets:
“Behold, I will feed them with wormwood,
an...
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16
Yahweh of Armies says,
“Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.
They teach yo...
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17
They say continually to those who despise me,
‘Yahweh has said, “You will have peace;”’
and to every...
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18
For who has stood in the council of Yahweh,
that he should perceive and hear his word?
Who has liste...
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19
Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out.
Yes, a whirling storm:
It will burst on the head of...
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20
Yahweh’s anger will not return until he has executed,
and until he has performed the intents of his...
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21
I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran.
I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
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22
But if they had stood in my council,
then they would have caused my people to hear my words,
and wou...
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23
“Am I a God (Elohim) at hand,” says Yahweh,
“and not a God (Elohim) afar off?
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24
Can anyone hide himself in secret places
so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh.
“Don’t I fill heaven...
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25
“I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I h...
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26
How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the decei...
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27
They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor,...
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28
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word fai...
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29
“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
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30
“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who each steal my words from his neighb...
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31
Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’
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Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says Yahweh, “who tell them, and cause my peo...
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33
“When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, asks you, saying, ‘What is the message from Yahweh?’...
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34
As for the prophet, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from Yahweh,’ I will even puni...
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35
You will say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, ‘What has Yahweh answered?’ and,...
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36
You will mention the message from Yahweh no more: for every man’s own word has become his message; f...
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37
You will say to the prophet, ‘What has Yahweh answered you?’ and, ‘What has Yahweh spoken?’
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38
Although you say, ‘The message from Yahweh;’ therefore Yahweh says: ‘Because you say this word, “The...
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39
therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to y...
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40
I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which will not be forgotten.’”
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