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Jeremiah 23:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the flock of my pasture—oracle of the Lord.

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How stupid are the shepherds! The Lord they have not sought; For this reason they have failed, and all their flocks scattered.

Many shepherds have ravaged my vineyard, have trampled down my heritage; My delightful portion they have turned into a desert waste.

If you do not listen to this in your pride, I will weep many tears in secret; My eyes will run with tears for the Lord’s flock, led away to exile.

As the thief is shamed when caught, so shall the house of Israel be shamed: They, their kings, their princes, their priests and their prophets;

The priests did not ask, “Where is the Lord?” The experts in the law did not know me: the shepherds rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after useless idols.

The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds, your lovers shall go into exile. Surely then you shall be ashamed and confounded because of all your wickedness.

Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who shepherd my people: You have scattered my sheep and driven them away. You have not cared for them, but I will take care to punish your evil deeds.

Lost sheep were my people, their shepherds misled them, leading them astray on the mountains; From mountain to hill they wandered, forgetting their fold.

Thus says the Lord God: Woe to those prophets, the fools who follow their own spirit and see nothing.

The word of the Lord came to me:

Because you push with flank and shoulder, and butt all the weak sheep with your horns until you drive them off,

Yes, you are my flock: you people are the flock of my pasture, and I am your God—oracle of the Lord God.

Like sheep for sacrifice, like the sheep of Jerusalem on its feast days, the ruined cities shall be filled with flocks of people; then they shall know that I am the Lord.

My wrath is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the Lord of hosts attends to the flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like a splendid horse in battle.

Let them alone; they are blind guides (of the blind). If a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a pit.”

At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.

A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.

A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them.

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




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