strkjv@Jeremiah:23:1
@
Woe
be unto the
pastors
that
destroy
and
scatter
the
sheep
of my
pasture
!
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:2
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
God
of
Israel
against the
pastors
that
feed
my
people
; Ye have
scattered
my
flock
, and driven them
away
, and have not
visited
them: behold, I will
visit
upon you the
evil
of your
doings
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:3
@ And I will
gather
the
remnant
of my
flock
out of all
countries
whither I have
driven
them, and will bring them
again
to their
folds
; and they shall be
fruitful
and
increase
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:4
@ And I will set
up
shepherds
over them which shall
feed
them: and they shall
fear
no more, nor be
dismayed
, neither shall they be
lacking
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:5
@ Behold, the
days
come
,
saith
the
LORD
, that I will
raise
unto
David
a
righteous
Branch
, and a
King
shall
reign
and
prosper
, and shall
execute
judgment
and
justice
in the
earth
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:6
@ In his
days
Judah
shall be
saved
, and
Israel
shall
dwell
safely
: and this is his
name
whereby he shall be
called
, THE LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Y@hovah.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:7
@ Therefore, behold, the
days
come
,
saith
the
LORD
, that they shall no more
say
, The
LORD
liveth
, which brought
up
the
children
of
Israel
out of the
land
of
Egypt
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:8
@ But, The
LORD
liveth
, which brought
up
and which
led
the
seed
of the
house
of
Israel
out of the
north
country
, and from all
countries
whither I had
driven
them; and they shall
dwell
in their own
land
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:9
@ Mine
heart
within
me is
broken
because of the
prophets
; all my
bones
shake
; I am like a
drunken
man
, and like a
man
whom
wine
hath
overcome
,
because
of the
LORD
, and because of the
words
of his
holiness
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:10
@ For the
land
is
full
of
adulterers
; for
because
of
swearing
the
land
mourneth
; the pleasant
places
of the
wilderness
are dried
up
, and their
course
is
evil
, and their
force
is not right.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:11
@ For both
prophet
and
priest
are
profane
; yea, in my
house
have I
found
their
wickedness
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:12
@ Wherefore their
way
shall be unto them as
slippery
ways in the
darkness
: they shall be driven
on
, and
fall
therein: for I will
bring
evil
upon them, even the
year
of their
visitation
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:13
@ And I have
seen
folly
in the
prophets
of
Samaria
; they
prophesied
in
Baal
, and caused my
people
Israel
to
err
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:14
@ I have
seen
also in the
prophets
of
Jerusalem
an horrible
thing
: they commit
adultery
, and
walk
in
lies
: they
strengthen
also the
hands
of
evildoers
, that
none
doth
return
from his
wickedness
: they are all of them unto me as
Sodom
, and the
inhabitants
thereof as
Gomorrah
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:15
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
concerning the
prophets
; Behold, I will
feed
them with
wormwood
, and make them
drink
the
water
of
gall
: for from the
prophets
of
Jerusalem
is
profaneness
gone
forth
into all the
land
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:16
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
,
Hearken
not unto the
words
of the
prophets
that
prophesy
unto you: they make you
vain
: they
speak
a
vision
of their own
heart
, and not out of the
mouth
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:17
@ They
say
still
unto them that
despise
me, The
LORD
hath
said
, Ye shall have
peace
; and they
say
unto every one that
walketh
after the
imagination
of his own
heart
, No
evil
shall
come
upon you.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:18
@ For who hath
stood
in the
counsel
of the
LORD
, and hath
perceived
and
heard
his
word
? who hath
marked
his
word
, and
heard
it?
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:19
@ Behold, a
whirlwind
of the
LORD
is gone
forth
in
fury
, even a
grievous
whirlwind
: it shall fall
grievously
upon the
head
of the
wicked
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:20
@ The
anger
of the
LORD
shall not
return
, until he have
executed
, and till he have
performed
the
thoughts
of his
heart
: in the
latter
days
ye shall
consider
it
perfectly
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:21
@ I have not
sent
these
prophets
, yet they
ran
: I have not
spoken
to them, yet they
prophesied
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:22
@ But if they had
stood
in my
counsel
, and had caused my
people
to
hear
my
words
, then they should have
turned
them from their
evil
way
, and from the
evil
of their
doings
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:23
@ Am I a
God
at
hand
,
saith
the
LORD
, and not a
God
afar
off
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:24
@ Can
any
hide
himself in secret
places
that I shall not
see
him?
saith
the
LORD
. Do not I
fill
heaven
and
earth
?
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:25
@ I have
heard
what the
prophets
said
, that
prophesy
lies
in my
name
,
saying
, I have
dreamed
, I have
dreamed
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:26
@ How long shall this
be
in the
heart
of the
prophets
that
prophesy
lies
? yea, they are
prophets
of the
deceit
of their own
heart
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:27
@ Which
think
to cause my
people
to
forget
my
name
by their
dreams
which they
tell
every
man
to his
neighbour
, as their
fathers
have
forgotten
my
name
for
Baal
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:28
@ The
prophet
that hath a
dream
, let him
tell
a
dream
; and he that hath my
word
, let him
speak
my
word
faithfully
. What is the
chaff
to the
wheat
?
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:29
@ Is not my
word
like
as a
fire
?
saith
the
LORD
; and like a
hammer
that
breaketh
the
rock
in
pieces
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:30
@ Therefore, behold, I am against the
prophets
,
saith
the
LORD
, that
steal
my
words
every
one
from his
neighbour
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:31
@ Behold, I am against the
prophets
,
saith
the
LORD
, that
use
their
tongues
, and
say
, He
saith
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:32
@ Behold, I am against them that
prophesy
false
dreams
,
saith
the
LORD
, and do
tell
them, and cause my
people
to
err
by their
lies
, and by their
lightness
; yet I
sent
them not, nor
commanded
them: therefore they shall not
profit
this
people
at
all
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:33
@ And when this
people
, or the
prophet
, or a
priest
, shall
ask
thee,
saying
, What is the
burden
of the
LORD
? thou shalt then
say
unto them, What
burden
? I will even
forsake
you,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:34
@ And as for the
prophet
, and the
priest
, and the
people
, that shall
say
, The
burden
of the
LORD
, I will even
punish
that
man
and his
house
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:35
@ Thus shall ye
say
every
one
to his
neighbour
, and every
one
to his
brother
, What hath the
LORD
answered
? and, What hath the
LORD
spoken
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:36
@ And the
burden
of the
LORD
shall ye
mention
no more: for every
mans
word
shall be his
burden
; for ye have
perverted
the
words
of the
living
God
, of the
LORD
of
hosts
our
God
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:37
@ Thus shalt thou
say
to the
prophet
, What hath the
LORD
answered
thee? and, What hath the
LORD
spoken
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:38
@
But
since ye
say
, The
burden
of the
LORD
; therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
; Because ye
say
this
word
, The
burden
of the
LORD
, and I have
sent
unto you,
saying
, Ye shall not
say
, The
burden
of the
LORD
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:39
@ Therefore, behold, I, even I, will
utterly
forget
you, and I will
forsake
you, and the
city
that I
gave
you and your
fathers
, and cast you out of my
presence
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:40
@ And I will
bring
an
everlasting
reproach
upon you, and a
perpetual
shame
, which shall not be
forgotten
.
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