Jeremiah 23:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

You leaders of my people are like shepherds that kill and scatter the sheep.

Cross References

Jeremiah 10:21

But I told them, “Our leaders were stupid failures, because they refused to listen to the Lord. And so we've been scattered like sheep.

Ezekiel 13:3

I, the Lord God, say those lying prophets are doomed! They don't see visions—they make up their own messages!

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them. They were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Jeremiah 22:22

Now you will be disgraced because of your sins. Your leaders will be swept away by the wind, and the nations you trusted will be captured and dragged to a foreign country.

Jeremiah 12:10

My beautiful land is ruined like a field or a vineyard trampled by shepherds and stripped bare by their flocks.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people, you are lost sheep abandoned in the mountains by their shepherds. You don't even remember your resting place.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests who teach my laws don't care to know me. Your leaders rebel against me; your prophets give messages from Baal and worship false gods.

John 10:12

Hired workers are not like the shepherd. They don't own the sheep, and when they see a wolf coming, they run off and leave the sheep. Then the wolf attacks and scatters the flock.

John 10:10

A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so everyone would have life, and have it fully.

Jeremiah 23:2

You were supposed to take care of my people, but instead you chased them away. So now I'll punish you severely and make you pay for your crimes!

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch.”

Ezekiel 34:31

They are my sheep; I am their God, and I take care of them.

Ezekiel 34:21

You strong ones have used your powerful horns to chase off those that are weak,

Jeremiah 2:26

You and your leaders are more disgraceful than thieves— you and your kings, your priests and prophets

John 10:8

Everyone who came before me was a thief or a robber, and the sheep did not listen to any of them.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you are too proud to listen, I will weep alone. Tears will stream from my eyes when the Lord's people are taken away as prisoners.

Ezekiel 36:38

The towns that now lie in ruins will be filled with people, just as Jerusalem was once filled with sheep to be offered as sacrifices during a festival. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:1

The Lord God said:

Zechariah 10:3

I, the Lord All-Powerful, am fiercely angry with you leaders, and I will punish you. I care for my people, the nation of Judah, and I will change this flock of sheep into charging war horses.