Jeremiah 23:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend my people: You have scattered my flock,  banished them, and have not attended to them.  I am about to attend to you because of your evil acts’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.

Cross References

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a briar; the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen, the day of your punishment, is coming; at this time their panic is here.

Jeremiah 21:12

House of David, this is what the Lord says: Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor, or my anger will flare up like fire and burn unquenchably because of your evil deeds.

Exodus 32:34

Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about; see, my angel will go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will hold them accountable for their sin.’

Jeremiah 23:34

As for the prophet, priest, or people who say, “The burden of the Lord,” I will punish that man and his household.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows  in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger and you didn’t take me in; I was naked and you didn’t clothe me, ill and in prison and you didn’t take care of me.”

Hosea 2:13

And I will punish her for the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense. She put on her rings and her jewellery and followed her lovers, but she forgot me. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when he appoints close friends as leaders over you, ones you yourself trained? Won’t labour pains seize you, as they do a woman in labour?

Jeremiah 11:22

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies says: ‘I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword; their sons and daughters will die by famine.

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably? They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse,’ says the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:29

Should I not punish them for these things? This is the  Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 5:9

Should I not punish them for these things? This is the  Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

Matthew 25:36

I was naked and you clothed me; I was ill and you took care of me; I was in prison and you visited me.”

Jeremiah 10:21

For the shepherds are stupid: They don’t seek the  Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, and their whole flock is scattered.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the Lord’s flock  has been taken captive.

Jeremiah 13:20

Look up and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

Jeremiah 44:22

The Lord can no longer bear your evil deeds and the detestable acts you have committed,  so your land has become a waste, a desolation, and an example for cursing, without inhabitant, as you see today.

Ezekiel 34:5

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd;  they became food for all the wild animals  when they were scattered.

Zechariah 11:16

I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are perishing, and he will not seek the lost  or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy,  but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep  and tear off their hooves.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart  , to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.

Zechariah 10:3

My anger burns against the shepherds, so I will punish the leaders. For the Lord of Armies has tended his flock, the house of Judah; he will make them like his majestic steed in battle.