Jeremiah 23:2

Good News Translation

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the rulers who were supposed to take care of his people: “You have not taken care of my people; you have scattered them and driven them away. Now I am going to punish you for the evil you have done.

Cross References

Exodus 32:34

Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about. Remember that my angel will guide you, but the time is coming when I will punish these people for their sin.”

Jeremiah 10:21

I answered, “Our leaders are stupid; they do not ask the Lord for guidance. This is why they have failed, and our people have been scattered.

Jeremiah 11:22

So the Lord Almighty said, “I will punish them! Their young men will be killed in war; their children will die of starvation.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you will not listen, I will cry in secret because of your pride; I will cry bitterly, and my tears will flow because the Lord's people have been taken away as captives.

Jeremiah 13:20

Jerusalem, look! Your enemies are coming down from the north! Where are the people entrusted to your care, your people you were so proud of?

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when people you thought were your friends conquer you and rule over you? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the minds and test the hearts of people. I treat each of them according to the way they live, according to what they do.”

Jeremiah 23:34

If any of my people or a prophet or a priest even uses the words ‘the Lord's burden,’ I will punish them and their families.

Jeremiah 44:22

This very day your land lies in ruins and no one lives in it. It has become a horrifying sight, and people use its name as a curse because the Lord could no longer endure your wicked and evil practices.

Jeremiah 5:29

“But I, the Lord, will punish them for these things; I will take revenge on this nation.

Jeremiah 5:9

Shouldn't I punish them for these things and take revenge on a nation such as this?

Jeremiah 8:12

My people, were you ashamed because you did these disgusting things? No, you were not ashamed at all; you don't even know how to blush! And so you will fall as others have fallen; when I punish you, that will be the end of you. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Ezekiel 34:5

Because the sheep had no shepherd, they were scattered, and wild animals killed and ate them.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for the times that she forgot me, when she burned incense to Baal and put on her jewelry to go chasing after her lovers. The Lord has spoken.

Micah 7:4

Even the best and most honest of them are as worthless as weeds. The day has come when God will punish the people, as he warned them through their watchmen, the prophets. Now they are in confusion.

Zechariah 10:3

The Lord says, “I am angry with those foreigners who rule my people, and I am going to punish them. The people of Judah are mine, and I, the Lord Almighty, will take care of them. They will be my powerful war-horses.

Zechariah 11:16

I have put a shepherd in charge of my flock, but he does not help the sheep that are threatened by destruction; nor does he look for the lost, or heal those that are hurt, or feed the healthy. Instead, he eats the meat of the fattest sheep and tears off their hoofs.

Matthew 25:36

naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me.’

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger but you would not welcome me in your homes, naked but you would not clothe me; I was sick and in prison but you would not take care of me.’

James 1:27

What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.