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Jeremiah 23:1

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"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.

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For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.

"As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed: they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets,

The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds[1] transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do not profit.

The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity; then you will be ashamed and confounded because of all your evil.

Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.

"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.

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

The word of the LORD came to me:

Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,

And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD."

Like the flock for sacrifices,[1] like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD."

"My anger is hot against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders;[1] for the LORD of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.

Let them alone; they are blind guides.[3] And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

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 flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

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




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