Verse 21

Jeremiah 10:21

New King James Version

21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be 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 speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: Focus ↗

2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; f... Focus ↗

3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the h... Focus ↗

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not... Focus ↗

5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go.... Focus ↗

6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Focus ↗

7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all th... Focus ↗

8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. Focus ↗

9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, an... Focus ↗

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

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall... Focus ↗

12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched... Focus ↗

13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors... Focus ↗

14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molt... Focus ↗

15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Focus ↗

16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of... Focus ↗

17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. Focus ↗

18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will... Focus ↗

19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. Focus ↗

20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they ar... Focus ↗

21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper,...

22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the... Focus ↗

23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his st... Focus ↗

24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Focus ↗

25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy na... Focus ↗

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