23:1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 1 , Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh.
23:2 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings, says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 2 , Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings, says Yahweh.
23:3 I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 3 , I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
23:4 I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 4 , I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, says Yahweh.
23:5 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 5 , Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 6 , In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that they shall no more say, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 7 , Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that they shall no more say, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
23:8 but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them. They shall dwell in their own land.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 8 , but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them. They shall dwell in their own land.
23:9 Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 9 , Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.
23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 10 , For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
23:11 for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 11 , for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, says Yahweh.
23:12 Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 12 , Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
23:13 I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 13 , I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
23:14 In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 14 , In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.
23:15 Therefore thus says Yahweh 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 ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 15 , Therefore thus says Yahweh 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 ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
23:16 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Don't listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 16 , Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Don't listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh.
23:17 They say continually to those who despise me, Yahweh has said, You shall have peace; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come on you.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 17 , They say continually to those who despise me, Yahweh has said, You shall have peace; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come on you.
23:18 For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? who has marked my word, and heard it?
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 18 , For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? who has marked my word, and heard it?
23:19 Behold, the tempest of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yes, a whirling tempest: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 19 , Behold, the tempest of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yes, a whirling tempest: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
23:20 The anger of Yahweh shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 20 , The anger of Yahweh shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
23:21 I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 21 , I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.
23:22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 22 , But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23:23 Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God afar off?
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 23 , Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God afar off?
23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 24 , Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.
23:25 I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 25 , I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 26 , How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
23:27 who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 27 , who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
23:28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 28 , The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says Yahweh.
23:29 Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 29 , Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
23:30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 30 , Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use their tongues, and say, He says.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 31 , Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use their tongues, and say, He says.
23:32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn't send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 32 , Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn't send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.
23:33 When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, What is the burden of Yahweh? then shall you tell them, What burden! I will cast you off, says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 33 , When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, What is the burden of Yahweh? then shall you tell them, What burden! I will cast you off, says Yahweh.
23:34 As for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, The burden of Yahweh, I will even punish that man and his house.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 34 , As for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, The burden of Yahweh, I will even punish that man and his house.
23:35 Thus shall you say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, What has Yahweh answered? and, What has Yahweh spoken?
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 35 , Thus shall you say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, What has Yahweh answered? and, What has Yahweh spoken?
23:36 The burden of Yahweh shall you mention no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Hosts our God.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 36 , The burden of Yahweh shall you mention no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Hosts our God.
23:37 Thus shall you say to the prophet, What has Yahweh answered you? and, What has Yahweh spoken?
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 37 , Thus shall you say to the prophet, What has Yahweh answered you? and, What has Yahweh spoken?
23:38 But if you say, The burden of Yahweh; therefore thus says Yahweh: Because you say this word, The burden of Yahweh, and I have sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of Yahweh;
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 38 , But if you say, The burden of Yahweh; therefore thus says Yahweh: Because you say this word, The burden of Yahweh, and I have sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of Yahweh;
23:39 therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 39 , therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:
23:40 and I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 23 , Verse 40 , and I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
