Jeremiah 23:1 Woe1945 unto the shepherds7462 that destroy6 and scatter6327 the sheep6629 of my pasture!4830 saith5002 Jehovah.3068 cr 2 Therefore thus saith559 Jehovah,3068 the God430 of Israel,3478 against the shepherds7462 that feed7462 my people:5971 Ye have scattered6327 my flock,6629 and driven them away,5080 and have not visited6485 them; behold, I will visit6485 upon you the evil7455 of your doings,4611 saith5002 Jehovah.3068 cr 3 And I will gather6908 the remnant7611 of my flock6629 out of all the countries776 whither I have driven5080 them, and will bring them again7725 to their folds;5116 and they shall be fruitful6509 and multiply.7235 cr 4 And I will set up6965 shepherds7462 over them, who shall feed7462 them; and they shall fear3372 no more, nor be dismayed,2865 neither shall any be lacking,6485 saith5002 Jehovah.3068 cr

Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days3117 come,935 saith5002 Jehovah,3068 that I will raise6965 unto David1732 a righteous6662 Branch,6780{Or, Shoot. Or, Bud} and he shall reign4427 as king4428 and deal{Or, prosper} wisely,7919 and shall execute6213 justice4941 and righteousness6666 in the land.776 cr 6 In his days3117 Judah3063 shall be saved,3467 and Israel3478 shall dwell7931 safely;983 and this is his name8034 whereby he shall be called:7121 Jehovah{Or, Jehovah is our righteousness} our righteousness.3072 cr 7 Therefore, behold, the days3117 come,935 saith5002 Jehovah,3068 that they shall no more say,559 As Jehovah3068 liveth,2416 who brought up5927 the children1121 of Israel3478 out of the land776 of Egypt;4714 cr 8 but, As Jehovah3068 liveth,2416 who brought up5927 and who led935 the seed2233 of the house1004 of Israel3478 out of the north6828 country,776 and from all the countries776 whither I had driven5080 them. And they shall dwell3427 in their own land.127 cr

Jeremiah 23:9 Concerning the prophets.5030 My heart3820 within7130 me is broken,7665 all my bones6106 shake;7363 I am like a drunken7910 man,376 and like a man1397 whom wine3196 hath overcome,5674 because6440 of Jehovah,3068 and because of his holy6944 words.1697 cr 10 For the land776 is full4390 of adulterers;5003 for because6440 of swearing423{Or, the curse} the land776 mourneth;56 the pastures4999 of the wilderness4057 are dried up.3001 And their course4794 is evil,7451 and their might is not right;1369 cr 11 for both prophet5030 and priest3548 are profane;2610 yea, in my house1004 have I found4672 their wickedness,7451 saith5002 Jehovah.3068 cr 12 Wherefore their way1870 shall be unto them as slippery2519 places in the darkness:653 they shall be driven on,1760 and fall5307 therein; for I will bring935 evil7451 upon them, even{Or, in the year} the year8141 of their visitation,6486 saith5002 Jehovah.3068 cr

Jeremiah 23:13 And I have seen7200 folly8604 in the prophets5030 of Samaria;8111 they prophesied5012 by Baal,1168 and caused my people5971 Israel3478 to err.8582 cr 14 In the prophets5030 of Jerusalem3389 also I have seen7200 a horrible thing:8186 they commit adultery,5003 and walk1980 in lies;8267 and they strengthen2388 the hands3027 of evil-doers,7489 so that none376 doth return7725 from his wickedness:7451 they are all of them become unto me as Sodom,5467 and the inhabitants3427 thereof as Gomorrah.6017 cr 15 Therefore thus saith559 Jehovah3068 of hosts6635 concerning the prophets:5030 Behold, I will feed398 them with wormwood,3939 and make them drink8248 the water4325 of gall;7219{Or, poison} for from the prophets5030 of Jerusalem3389 is ungodliness2613 gone forth3318 into all the land.776 cr

Jeremiah 23:16 Thus saith559 Jehovah3068 of hosts,6635 Hearken8085 not unto the words1697 of the prophets5030 that prophesy5012 unto you: they teach you vanity;1891 they speak1696 a vision2377 of their own heart,3820 and not out of the mouth6310 of Jehovah.3068 cr 17 They say559 continually559 unto them that despise5006 me, Jehovah3068 hath said,1696 Ye shall have peace;7965 and unto every one that walketh1980 in the stubbornness8307 of his own heart3820 they say,559 No evil7451 shall come upon you.935 cr 18 For who hath stood5975 in the council5475 of Jehovah,3068 that he should perceive7200 and hear8085 his word?1697 who hath marked7181 my{Another reading is, his} word,1697 and heard it?8085 cr 19 Behold, the tempest5591 of Jehovah,3068 even his wrath,2534 is gone forth,3318 yea, a whirling2342 tempest:5591 it shall burst2342 upon the head7218 of the wicked.7563 cr 20 The anger639 of Jehovah3068 shall not return,7725 until he have executed,6213{Or, done it} and till he have performed6965 the intents4209 of his heart:3820 in the latter319 days3117 ye shall understand995{Or, consider} it perfectly.998 cr 21 I sent7971 not these prophets,5030 yet they ran:7323 I spake1696 not unto them, yet they prophesied.5012 cr 22 But if they had stood5975 in my council,5475 then had they caused my people5971 to hear8085 my words,1697 and had turned7725 them from their evil7451 way,1870 and from the evil7455 of their doings.4611 cr

Jeremiah 23:23 Am I a God430 at hand,7138 saith5002 Jehovah,3068 and not a God430 afar off?7350 cr 24 Can any376 hide5641 himself in secret places4565 so that I shall not see7200 him? saith5002 Jehovah.3068 Do not I fill4392 heaven8064 and earth?776 saith5002 Jehovah.3068 cr 25 I have heard8085 what the prophets5030 have said,559 that prophesy5012 lies8267 in my name,8034 saying,559 I have dreamed,2492 I have dreamed.2492 cr 26 How long shall this be3426 in the heart3820 of the prophets5030 that prophesy5012 lies,8267 even the prophets5030 of the deceit8649 of their own heart?3820 cr 27 that think2803 to cause my people5971 to forget7911 my name8034 by their dreams2472 which they tell5608 every man376 to his neighbor,7453 as their fathers1 forgat7911 my name8034 for Baal.1168 cr 28 The prophet5030 that hath a dream,2472 let him tell5608 a dream;2472 and he that hath my word,1697 let him speak1696 my word1697 faithfully.571 What is the straw8401 to the wheat?1250 saith5002 Jehovah.3068 cr 29 Is not my word1697 like3541 fire?784 saith5002 Jehovah;3068 and like a hammer6360 that breaketh6327 the rock5553 in pieces?6327 cr 30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets,5030 saith5002 Jehovah,3068 that steal1589 my words1697 every one376 from his neighbor.7453 cr 31 Behold, I am against the prophets,5030 saith5002 Jehovah,3068 that use3947{Hebrew take.} their tongues,3956 and say,5001 He saith.5002 cr 32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy5012 lying8267 dreams,2472 saith5002 Jehovah,3068 and do tell5608 them, and cause my people5971 to err8582 by their lies,8267 and by their vain boasting:6350 yet I sent7971 them not, nor commanded6680 them; neither do they profit3276 this people5971 at all,3276 saith5002 Jehovah.3068 cr

Jeremiah 23:33 And when this people,5971 or the prophet,5030 or a priest,3548 shall ask7592 thee, saying,559 What is the burden4853 of Jehovah?3068 then shalt thou say559{Or, tell them what the burden is} unto them, What burden!4853 I will cast5203 you off, saith5002 Jehovah.3068 cr 34 And as for the prophet,5030 and the priest,3548 and the people,5971 that shall say,559 The burden4853 of Jehovah,3068 I will even punish6485 that man376 and his house.1004 cr 35 Thus shall ye say559 every one376 to his neighbor,7453 and every one376 to his brother,251 What hath Jehovah3068 answered?6030 and, What hath Jehovah3068 spoken?1696 cr 36 And the burden4853 of Jehovah3068 shall ye mention2142 no more: for every man's376 own word1697 shall{Or, is his burden, and ye pervert etc.} be his burden;4853 for ye have perverted2015 the words1697 of the living2416 God,430 of Jehovah3068 of hosts6635 our God.430 cr 37 Thus shalt thou say559 to the prophet,5030 What hath Jehovah3068 answered6030 thee? and, What hath Jehovah3068 spoken?1696 cr 38 But518 if ye say,559 The burden4853 of Jehovah;3068 therefore thus saith559 Jehovah:3068 Because ye say559 this word,1697 The burden4853 of Jehovah,3068 and I have sent7971 unto you, saying,559 Ye shall not say,559 The burden4853 of Jehovah;3068 cr 39 therefore, behold, I will utterly5377 forget5382 you, and I will cast5203 you off, and the city5892 that I gave5414 unto you and to your fathers,1 away from my presence:6440 cr 40 and I will bring5414 an everlasting5769 reproach2781 upon you, and a perpetual5769 shame,3640 which shall not be forgotten.7911 cr