But in the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the damage to the house.
1 Peter 5:2 - Y'all Version Bible Y’all are to shepherd the flock of God around y’all, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly according to God’s direction; not for dishonest gain, but eagerly; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Tend (nurture, guard, guide, and fold) the flock of God that is [your responsibility], not by coercion or constraint, but willingly; not dishonorably motivated by the advantages and profits [belonging to the office], but eagerly and cheerfully; American Standard Version (1901) Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Common English Bible Like shepherds, tend the flock of God among you. Watch over it. Don’t shepherd because you must, but do it voluntarily for God. Don’t shepherd greedily, but do it eagerly. Catholic Public Domain Version pasture the flock of God that is among you, providing for it, not as a requirement, but willingly, in accord with God, and not for the sake of tainted profit, but freely, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint, but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake, but voluntarily: |
But in the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the damage to the house.
If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
Hᴇ tends ʜɪꜱ flock like a shepherd. Hᴇ gather the lambs in ʜɪꜱ arm, and carries them against ʜɪꜱ chest. Hᴇ gently leads those who are nursing.
Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom should I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among them?”
But if y’all won’t listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride. My eye will weep-and-weep, and overflow with tears, because YHWH’s flock has been taken captive.
Lift up y’all’s eyes, and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
“For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.
Y’all my sheep, the human sheep of my pasture, I am y’all’s God,’ says Lord YHWH.”
Then he said to me, “These are the boiling houses, where the ministers of the house are to boil the sacrifice of the people.”
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on YHWH, and say, “Isn’t YHWH among us? No disaster will come on us.”
He will stand and shepherd in the strength of YHWH, in the majesty of the name of YHWH his God. They will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest. Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land, in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will strike his arm and his right eye. His arm will be withered-withered, and his right eye will be blinded-blinded!”
“Oh that there were one of y’all who would shut the temple doors, so that y’all would not uselessly kindle fire on my altar! I am not pleased with y’all,” says YHWH Almighty, “nor will I accept an offering from your* hand.
You and your sons, y’all are to carry out y’all’s priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. Y’all must serve. I give the service of the priesthood to y’all as a gift. The stranger who comes near must be put to death.”
“Don’t be afraid, little flock, for y’all’s Father delights to give y’all the empire.
For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will come in among y’all, not sparing the flock.
Then Paul replied, “What are y’all doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the gospel to y’all also who are in Rome.
What soldier ever serves at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?
not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, peaceable, free from the desire for money.
Deacons likewise must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for sordid gain,
It is necessary to shut their mouths because they are disrupting entire households by teaching things they shouldn’t for dishonest gain.
As a household manager for God, the overseer must be unaccusable, not arrogant, not quick-tempered, not always around wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,
who gave himself for us, in order to redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do excellent works.
Remind them to be subject to rulers and to authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness would not come from your compulsion, but from your willingness.
watching carefully so that no one falls short of the grace of God, and no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
In greed, they will exploit y’all with deceptive words. Their judgement from of old is not idle, and their destruction is not sleeping.