Zechariah 10:2

Good News Translation

People consult idols and fortunetellers, but the answers they get are lies and nonsense. Some interpret dreams, but only mislead you; the comfort they give is useless. So the people wander about like lost sheep. They are in trouble because they have no leader.

Cross References

Genesis 31:19

Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and during his absence Rachel stole the household gods that belonged to her father.

1 Kings 22:17

Micaiah answered, “I can see the army of Israel scattered over the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These men have no leader; let them go home in peace.’”

Job 13:4

You cover up your ignorance with lies; you are like doctors who can't heal anyone.

Job 21:34

And you! You try to comfort me with nonsense! Every answer you give is a lie!

Isaiah 41:29

All these gods are useless; they can do nothing at all— these idols are weak and powerless.”

Isaiah 44:25

I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.

Isaiah 44:9

All those who make idols are worthless, and the gods they prize so highly are useless. Those who worship these gods are blind and ignorant—and they will be disgraced.

Isaiah 46:5

“To whom will you compare me?” says the Lord. “Is there anyone else like me?

Jeremiah 10:8

All of them are stupid and foolish. What can they learn from wooden idols?

Jeremiah 14:13

Then I said, “Sovereign Lord, you know that the prophets are telling the people that there will be no war or starvation, because you have promised, they say, that there will be only peace in our land.”

Jeremiah 14:22

None of the idols of the nations can send rain; the sky by itself cannot make showers fall. We have put our hope in you, O Lord our God, because you are the one who does these things.

Jeremiah 23:17

To the people who refuse to listen to what I have said, they keep saying that all will go well with them. And they tell everyone who is stubborn that disaster will never touch them.”

Jeremiah 23:32

Listen to what I, the Lord, say! I am against the prophets who tell their dreams that are full of lies. They tell these dreams and lead my people astray with their lies and their boasting. I did not send them or order them to go, and they are of no help at all to the people. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 27:10

They are deceiving you and will cause you to be taken far away from your country. I will drive you out, and you will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 27:14

Do not listen to the prophets who tell you not to surrender to him. They are deceiving you.

Jeremiah 27:9

Do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim they can predict the future, either by dreams or by calling up the spirits of the dead or by magic. They all tell you not to submit to the king of Babylonia.

Jeremiah 28:15

Then I told Hananiah this, and added, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you, and you are making these people believe a lie.

Jeremiah 29:8

I, the Lord, the God of Israel, warn you not to let yourselves be deceived by the prophets who live among you or by any others who claim they can predict the future. Do not pay any attention to their dreams.

Jeremiah 37:19

What happened to your prophets who told you that the king of Babylonia would not attack you or the country?

Jeremiah 50:17

The Lord says, “The people of Israel are like sheep, chased and scattered by lions. First, they were attacked by the emperor of Assyria, and then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia gnawed on their bones.

Jeremiah 51:23

to slaughter shepherds and their flocks, to slaughter farmers and their plow horses, to crush rulers and high officials.”

Jeremiah 6:14

They act as if my people's wounds were only scratches. ‘All is well,’ they say, when all is not well.

Jeremiah 8:11

They act as if my people's wounds were only scratches. ‘All is well,’ they say, when all is not well.

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets had nothing to tell you but lies; Their preaching deceived you by never exposing your sin. They made you think you did not need to repent.

Ezekiel 21:21

The king of Babylonia stands by the signpost at the fork of the road. To discover which way to go, he shakes the arrows; he consults his idols; he examines the liver of a sacrificed animal.

Ezekiel 21:29

The visions that you see are false, and the predictions you make are lies. You are wicked and evil, and your day is coming, the day of your final punishment. The sword is going to fall on your necks.

Ezekiel 34:5

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

Ezekiel 34:8

As surely as I am the living God, you had better listen to me. My sheep have been attacked by wild animals that killed and ate them because there was no shepherd. My shepherds did not try to find the sheep. They were taking care of themselves and not the sheep.

Hosea 3:4

In just this way the people of Israel will have to live for a long time without kings or leaders, without sacrifices or sacred stone pillars, without idols or images to use for divination.

Micah 2:12

“But I will gather you together, all you people of Israel that are left. I will bring you together like sheep returning to the fold. Like a pasture full of sheep, your land will once again be filled with many people.”

Habakkuk 2:18

What's the use of an idol? It is only something that a human being has made, and it tells you nothing but lies. What good does it do for its maker to trust it—a god that can't even talk!

Zechariah 11:17

That worthless shepherd is doomed! He has abandoned his flock. War will totally destroy his power. His arm will wither, and his right eye will go blind.”

Numbers 27:17

and can command them in battle, so that your community will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

Matthew 9:36

As he saw the crowds, his heart was filled with pity for them, because they were worried and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Mark 6:34

When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw this large crowd, and his heart was filled with pity for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things.

Deuteronomy 13:2

in order to lead you to worship and serve gods that you have not worshiped before. Even if what they promise comes true,

Judges 18:14

Then the five men who had gone to spy on the country around Laish said to their companions, “Did you know that here in one of these houses there is a wooden idol covered with silver? There are also other idols and an ephod. What do you think we should do?”