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Jeremiah 23:1
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“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” This is the Lord’s declaration.
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord .
"Woe to the shepherds who are causing the sheep of My pasture to perish and are scattering them!" declares the LORD.
"How terrible it will be for the leaders of Judah, who are scattering and destroying my people," says the Lord .
"Woe to the shepherds (civil leaders, rulers) who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!" says the LORD.
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh.
Wo be vnto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheepe of my pasture, saith the Lorde.
"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!" declares Yahweh.
"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" declares the LORD.
The Lord said: You leaders of my people are like shepherds that kill and scatter the sheep.
"Oh no! The shepherds are destroying and scattering the sheep in my pasture!" says Adonai .
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
"It will be very bad for the shepherds of the people of Judah. They are destroying the sheep. They are making the sheep run from my pasture in all directions." This message is from the Lord .
WOE to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.
How terrible will be the Lord 's judgment on those rulers who destroy and scatter his people!
"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the flock of my pasture," declares Yahweh.
Woe to shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, says Jehovah.
Wo be vnto the shepherdes, that destroye, and scatre my flocke, saieth the LORDE.
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! saith the LORD.
Woe bee vnto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheepe of my pasture, saith the Lord.
Wo vnto the shepheardes that destroy and scatter my flocke, saith the Lorde.
Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
Wo to the scheepherdis, that scateren and to-drawen the floc of my lesewe, seith the Lord.
Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh.
Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
The Lord says, "The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.
"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" says the LORD.
"What sorrow awaits the leaders of my people—the shepherds of my sheep—for they have destroyed and scattered the very ones they were expected to care for," says the Lord .
"It is bad for the shepherds who are destroying and dividing the sheep of My field!" says the Lord.
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord .
Alas for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture Declareth Yahweh.
Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord.
"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" says the LORD.
Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.
"Doom to the shepherd-leaders who butcher and scatter my sheep!" God 's Decree. "So here is what I, God , Israel's God, say to the shepherd-leaders who misled my people: ‘You've scattered my sheep. You've driven them off. You haven't kept your eye on them. Well, let me tell you, I'm keeping my eye on you, keeping track of your criminal behavior. I'll take over and gather what's left of my sheep, gather them in from all the lands where I've driven them. I'll bring them back where they belong, and they'll recover and flourish. I'll set shepherd-leaders over them who will take good care of them. They won't live in fear or panic anymore. All the lost sheep rounded up!' God 's Decree."
"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!" declares the LORD.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Woe: Jeremiah 2:8, Jeremiah 2:26, Ezekiel 13:3, Ezekiel 34:2, Zechariah 11:17, Matthew 23:13-29, Luke 11:42-52
pastors: Jeremiah 23:2, Jeremiah 23:11-15, Jeremiah 2:8, Jeremiah 10:21, Jeremiah 12:10, Jeremiah 22:22, Jeremiah 25:34-36, Jeremiah 50:6, Isaiah 56:9-12, Ezekiel 22:25-29, Ezekiel 34:2-10, Ezekiel 34:21, Micah 3:11, Micah 3:12, Zephaniah 3:3, Zephaniah 3:4, Zechariah 11:5-7, Zechariah 11:15-17, Matthew 9:36, Matthew 15:14, John 10:10, John 10:12
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:17 - as sheep 2 Chronicles 18:16 - as sheep Psalms 74:1 - the sheep Jeremiah 50:17 - a scattered Zechariah 10:3 - anger Acts 20:29 - not
Cross-References
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Woe be unto the pastors,.... Or, "O ye shepherds" or "governors", as the Targum; the civil rulers and magistrates, kings and princes of the land of Israel; since ecclesiastical rulers, the priests and prophets, are mentioned as distinct from them in Jeremiah 23:9; whose business it was to rule and guide, protect and defend, the people: but, instead of that, they were such
that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord God; set them bad examples, led them into idolatry and other sins, which were the cause of their ruin, and of their being carried captive, and scattered in other countries; and their sin was the more aggravated, inasmuch as these people were the Lord's pasture sheep, whom he had an interest in, and a regard unto, and had committed them to the care and charge of these pastors or governors, to be particularly taken care of.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The pastors - shepherds, i. e., civil rulers Jeremiah 2:8.
The sheep of My pasture - literally, of My pasturing, the sheep of whom I am shepherd. The people do not belong to the rulers but to God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXIII
Sequel of the discourse which commenced in the preceding
chapter. The prophet denounces vengeance against the pastors of
Israel who have scattered and destroyed the flock of the Lord,
1, 2.
He concludes with gracious promises of deliverance from the
Babylonish captivity, and of better times under the Messiah,
when the converts to Christianity, who are the true Israel of
God, shadowed forth by the old dispensation, shall be
delivered, by the glorious light of the Gospel, from worse than
Chaldean bondage, from the captivity of sin and death. But this
prophecy will not have its fullest accomplishment till that
period arrives which is fixed in the Divine counsel for the
restoration of Israel and Judah from their various dispersions,
of which their deliverance from the Chaldean domination was a
type, when Jesus the Christ, the righteous Branch, the Root and
Offspring of David, and the only legitimate Heir to the throne,
shall take unto himself his great power, and reign gloriously
over the whole house of Jacob, 3-8.
At the ninth verse a new discourse commences. Jeremiah
expresses his horror at the great wickedness of the priests and
prophets of Judah, and declares that the Divine vengeance is
hanging over them. He exhorts the people not to listen to their
false promises, 9-22;
and predicts the utter ruin that shall fall upon all pretenders
to inspiration, 23-32,
as well as upon all scoffers at true prophecy, 33-40.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXIII
Verse Jeremiah 23:1. Wo be unto the pastors — There shall a curse fall on the kings, princes, priests, and prophets; who, by their vicious conduct and example, have brought desolation upon the people.
