Jeremiah 23:1

Modern English Version

Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! says the Lord.

Cross References

Jeremiah 10:21

For the shepherds have become unthinking and have not sought the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

Ezekiel 13:3

Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

Matthew 9:36

But when He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they fainted and were scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

Jeremiah 22:22

The wind will sweep away all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity; surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated for all your wickedness.

Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trodden My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill and have forgotten their resting place.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, “Where is the Lord?” And those who handle the law did not know Me; the shepherds also transgressed against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after things that do not profit.

John 10:12

But he who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

John 10:10

The thief does not come, except to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Jeremiah 23:2

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds that feed My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away and have not visited them. Behold, I will punish you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord.

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.”

Ezekiel 34:31

As for you, My flock, the flock of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 34:21

Because you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,

Jeremiah 2:26

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed. They, their kings, their officials, and their priests, and their prophets

John 10:8

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen to it, my soul will weep in secret places for your pride; and my eyes will weep sorely and run down with tears, because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.

Ezekiel 36:38

As the flock for sacrifices, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:1

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Zechariah 10:3

My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will visit judgment on the male goats. For the Lord of Hosts will visit His flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like His majestic horse in battle.