geneva Jeremiah:23:1-8
geneva@Jeremiah:23:1 @ Woe be to (note:)Meaning the prince's governors and false prophets as in (Eze_34:2).(:note) the shepherds that destroy and scatter the For which I have special care, and have prepared good pastures for them. sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
geneva@Jeremiah:23:2 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds that (note:)Whose charge is to feed the flock but they eat the fruit of it, (Eze_34:3).(:note) 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.
geneva@Jeremiah:23:3 @ And I will gather the (note:)Thus the prophets always used to mix the promises with the threatenings lest the godly should be too much beaten down and therefore he shows how God will gather his Church after this dispersion.(:note) remnant of my flock from all countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
geneva@Jeremiah:23:4 @ And I will set vp shepheardes ouer them, which shall feede them: and they shall dread no more nor be afraide, neither shall any of them be lacking, saith the Lorde.
geneva@Jeremiah:23:5 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous (note:)This prophecy is of the restitution of the Church in the time of Jesus Christ, who is the true branch, read (Isa_11:1, Isa_45:8; Jer_35:15; Dan_9:24).(:note) Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice upon the earth.
geneva@Jeremiah:23:6 @ In his dayes Iudah shalbe saued, and Israel shall dwell safely, and this is the Name wherby they shall call him, The Lorde our righteousnesse.
geneva@Jeremiah:23:7 @ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The (note:)Read (Jer_16:14).(:note) LORD liveth, who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
geneva@Jeremiah:23:8 @ But the Lord liueth, which brought vp & led the seede of the house of Israel out of the North countrey and from all countryes where I had scattered them, and they shall dwell in their owne lande.
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