Jeremiah 23:1 Woe1945 to the shepherds7462 who destroy6 and scatter6327 the sheep6629 of my pasture!4830 says5002 Yahweh.30682 Therefore thus says559 Yahweh,3068 the God430 of Israel,3478 against the shepherds7462 who feed7462 my people:5971 You have scattered6327 my flock,6629 and driven them away,5080 and have not visited6485 them; behold, I will visit6485 on you the evil7455 of your doings,4611 says5002 Yahweh.30683 I will gather6908 the remnant7611 of my flock6629 out of all the countries776 where I have driven5080 them, and will bring them again7725 to their folds;5116 and they shall be fruitful6509 and multiply.72354 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 says5002 Yahweh.30685 Behold, the days3117 come,935 says5002 Yahweh,3068 that I will raise6965 to David1732 a righteous6662 Branch,6780 and he shall reign4427 as king4428 and deal wisely,7919 and shall execute6213 justice4941 and righteousness6666 in the land.7766 In his days3117 Judah3063 shall be saved,3467 and Israel3478 shall dwell7931 safely;983 and this is his name8034 by which he shall be called:7121 Yahweh our righteousness.30727 Therefore, behold, the days3117 come,935 says5002 Yahweh,3068 that they shall no more say,559 As Yahweh3068 lives,2416 who brought up5927 the children1121 of Israel3478 out of the land776 of Egypt;47148 but, As Yahweh3068 lives,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 where I had driven5080 them. They shall dwell3427 in their own land.1279 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 has overcome,5674 because6440 of Yahweh,3068 and because of his holy6944 words.169710 For the land776 is full4390 of adulterers;5003 for because6440 of swearing423 the land776 mourns;56 the pastures4999 of the wilderness4057 are dried up.3001 Their course4794 is evil,7451 and their might1369 is not right;
11 for both prophet5030 and priest3548 are profane;2610 yes, in my house1004 have I found4672 their wickedness,7451 says5002 Yahweh.306812 Therefore their way1870 shall be to them as slippery2519 places in the darkness:653 they shall be driven on,1760 and fall5307 therein; for I will bring935 evil7451 on them, even the year8141 of their visitation,6486 says5002 Yahweh.306813 I have seen7200 folly8604 in the prophets5030 of Samaria;8111 they prophesied5012 by Baal,1168 and caused my people5971 Israel3478 to err.858214 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 evildoers,7489 so that none376 does return7725 from his wickedness:7451 they are all of them become to me as Sodom,5467 and its inhabitants3427 as Gomorrah.601715 Therefore thus says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies6635 concerning the prophets:5030 Behold, I will feed398 them with wormwood,3939 and make them drink8248 the water4325 of gall;7219 for from the prophets5030 of Jerusalem3389 is ungodliness2613 gone forth3318 into all the land.77616 Thus says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies,6635 Don't listen8085 to the words1697 of the prophets5030 who prophesy5012 to you: they teach you vanity;1891 they speak1696 a vision2377 of their own heart,3820 and not out of the mouth6310 of Yahweh.306817 They say559 continually559 to those who despise5006 me, Yahweh3068 has said,1696 You shall have peace;7965 and to everyone who walks1980 in the stubbornness8307 of his own heart3820 they say,559 No evil7451 shall come935 on you.
18 For who has stood5975 in the council5475 of Yahweh,3068 that he should perceive7200 and hear8085 his word?1697 who has marked7181 my word,1697 and heard8085 it?
19 Behold, the storm5591 of Yahweh,3068 his wrath,2534 has gone forth.3318 Yes, a whirling2342 storm.5591 It shall burst2342 on the head7218 of the wicked.756320 The anger639 of Yahweh3068 shall not return,7725 until he has executed,6213 and until he have performed6965 the intents4209 of his heart:3820 in the latter319 days3117 you shall understand995 it perfectly.99821 I sent7971 not these prophets,5030 yet they ran:7323 I didn't speak1696 to them, yet they prophesied.501222 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.461123 Am I a God430 at hand,7138 says5002 Yahweh,3068 and not a God430 afar off?735024 Can any376 hide5641 himself in secret places4565 so that I shall not see7200 him? says5002 Yahweh.3068 Don't I fill4392 heaven8064 and earth?776 says5002 Yahweh.306825 I have heard8085 what the prophets5030 have said,559 who prophesy5012 lies8267 in my name,8034 saying,559 I have dreamed,2492 I have dreamed.249226 How long shall this be3426 in the heart3820 of the prophets5030 who prophesy5012 lies,8267 even the prophets5030 of the deceit8649 of their own heart?382027 who think2803 to cause my people5971 to forget7911 my name8034 by their dreams2472 which they tell5608 every man376 to his neighbor,7453 as their fathers1 forgot7911 my name8034 for Baal.116828 The prophet5030 who has a dream,2472 let him tell5608 a dream;2472 and he who has my word,1697 let him speak1696 my word1697 faithfully.571 What is the straw8401 to the wheat?1250 says5002 Yahweh.306829 Isn't my word1697 like3541 fire?784 says5002 Yahweh;3068 and like a hammer6360 that breaks6327 the rock5553 in pieces?632730 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets,5030 says5002 Yahweh,3068 who steal1589 my words1697 everyone376 from his neighbor.745331 Behold, I am against the prophets,5030 says5002 Yahweh,3068 who use3947 their tongues,3956 and say,5001 He says.500232 Behold, I am against those who prophesy5012 lying8267 dreams,2472 says5002 Yahweh,3068 and do tell5608 them, and cause my people5971 to err8582 by their lies,8267 and by their vain boasting:6350 yet I didn't send7971 them, nor commanded6680 them; neither do they profit3276 this people5971 at all,3276 says5002 Yahweh.306833 When this people,5971 or the prophet,5030 or a priest,3548 shall ask7592 you, saying,559 What is the burden4853 of Yahweh?3068 Then you shall tell559 them, What burden!4853 I will cast5203 you off, says5002 Yahweh.306834 As for the prophet,5030 and the priest,3548 and the people,5971 who shall say,559 The burden4853 of Yahweh,3068 I will even punish6485 that man376 and his house.100435 You shall say559 everyone376 to his neighbor,7453 and everyone376 to his brother,251 What has Yahweh3068 answered?6030 and, What has Yahweh3068 spoken?169636 You shall mention2142 the burden4853 of Yahweh3068 no more: for every man's376 own word1697 shall be his burden;4853 for you have perverted2015 the words1697 of the living2416 God,430 of Yahweh3068 of Armies6635 our God.43037 You shall say559 to the prophet,5030 What has Yahweh3068 answered6030 you? and, What has Yahweh3068 spoken?169638 But518 if you say,559 The burden4853 of Yahweh;3068 therefore thus says559 Yahweh:3068 Because you say559 this word,1697 The burden4853 of Yahweh,3068 and I have sent7971 to you, saying,559 You shall not say,559 The burden4853 of Yahweh;306839 therefore, behold, I will utterly5377 forget5382 you, and I will cast5203 you off, and the city5892 that I gave5414 to you and to your fathers,1 away from my presence:644040 and I will bring5414 an everlasting5769 reproach2781 on you, and a perpetual5769 shame,3640 which shall not be forgotten.7911