UYeremiya 23:2

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

2 Ngako oko utsho uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, ngabalusi abo balusa abantu bam, ukuthi, Niwuchithachithile umhlambi wam, nawubhebhetha, anawuvelela; yabonani, ndiya kunivelela ngenxa yobubi beentlondi zenu; utsho uYehova.

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and have: Matthew 25:36, Matthew 25:43, James 1:27

I: Jeremiah 23:34, *marg. Jeremiah 5:9, Jeremiah 5:29, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 11:22, Jeremiah 13:21, *marg. Exodus 32:34, Hosea 2:13, Micah 7:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:25 - therefore Numbers 14:18 - visiting 1 Kings 22:17 - as sheep 2 Chronicles 18:16 - as sheep Psalms 78:52 - like a Jeremiah 2:8 - the pastors Jeremiah 13:20 - where Jeremiah 22:22 - thy pastors Jeremiah 23:1 - pastors Jeremiah 25:12 - punish Jeremiah 50:17 - a scattered Ezekiel 13:2 - prophesy against Ezekiel 34:5 - they were Ezekiel 34:22 - will I Hosea 1:4 - avenge Zechariah 10:3 - anger Zechariah 11:5 - possessors Zechariah 11:16 - which Acts 15:36 - Let 1 Corinthians 9:7 - or 1 Peter 2:25 - ye

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel,.... The covenant God of that people, who are Called his sheep, and the sheep of his pasture; having made a covenant with their fathers, and provided a good pasture for them, the land of Israel, where they enjoyed all blessings, civil and religious, and appointed persons over them to feed them; but these did not do their duty, and therefore the Lord was against them, as follows:

against the pastors that feed my people; whose office it was to feed, rule, and defend them; and who pretended to do it, but did it not;

ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; they had been the means of their being driven out of their dwellings, and out of their own land, and of their being among the nations of the world, and took no care for the return of them, any more than they concerned themselves for their welfare when over them; or they suffered the enemy, like beasts of prey, to come in among them, which scattered them, and drove them from their pasture, as sheep are by bears, dogs, and wolves; and took no care to preserve them from them, or to gather them together again to their pasture. The people of the Jews, at the time when Christ came, hereafter prophesied of, were scattered as sheep without a shepherd, and are called the lost sheep of the house of Israel, Matthew 9:36;

behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord; that is, punish them for their iniquities; since they visited not the flock in a way of mercy and kindness, as the duty of their office required, the Lord would visit them in a way of justice, and punish them according to their deserts.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They had scattered them first spiritually by leading them into idolatry; and secondly, many had literally been taken to Egypt with Jehoahaz, many in Jehoiakim’s time had fled there, while others fell away to the Chaldaeans: and finally the best of the land had been carried to Babylon with Jeconiah.

Driven away - i. e., made them outcasts. In the East, shepherds never drive their flocks, but go ahead of them John 10:4-5.

Have not visited them - i. e., have not concerned yourselves about their conduct.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 23:2. Ye have scattered my flock — The bad government both in Church and State was a principal cause of the people's profligacy.