Jeremiah 23

1 ♥ 📝 W oe^H1945 unto the shepherds^H7462 that destroy^H6 and scatter^H6327 the sheep^H6629 of my pasture!^H4830 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

2 ♥ 📝 Therefore thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 against the shepherds^H7462 that feed^H7462 my people:^H5971 Ye have scattered^H6327 my flock,^H6629 and driven them away,^H5080 and have not visited^H6485 them; behold, I will visit^H6485 upon you the evil^H7455 of your doings,^H4611 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

3 ♥ 📝 And I will gather^H6908 the remnant^H7611 of my flock^H6629 out of all the countries^H776 whither I have driven^H5080 them, and will bring them again^H7725 to their folds;^H5116 and they shall be fruitful^H6509 and multiply.^H7235

4 ♥ 📝 And I will set up^H6965 shepherds^H7462 over them, who shall feed^H7462 them; and they shall fear^H3372 no more, nor be dismayed,^H2865 neither shall any be lacking,^H6485 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

5 ♥ 📝 Behold, the days^H3117 come,^H935 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 that I will raise^H6965 unto David^H1732 a righteous^H6662 Branch,^H6780 and he shall reign^H4427 as king^H4428 and deal wisely,^H7919 and shall execute^H6213 justice^H4941 and righteousness^H6666 in the land.^H776

6 ♥ 📝 In his days^H3117 Judah^H3063 shall be saved,^H3467 and Israel^H3478 shall dwell^H7931 safely;^H983 and this is his name^H8034 whereby he shall be called:^H7121 Jehovah our righteousness.^H3072

7 ♥ 📝 Therefore, behold, the days^H3117 come,^H935 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 that they shall no more say,^H559 As Jehovah^H3068 liveth,^H2416 who brought up^H5927 the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 out of the land^H776 of Egypt;^H4714

8 ♥ 📝 but, As Jehovah^H3068 liveth,^H2416 who brought up^H5927 and who led^H935 the seed^H2233 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 out of the north^H6828 country,^H776 and from all the countries^H776 whither I had driven^H5080 them. And they shall dwell^H3427 in their own land.^H127

9 ♥ 📝 Concerning the prophets.^H5030 My heart^H3820 within^H7130 me is broken,^H7665 all my bones^H6106 shake;^H7363 I am like a drunken^H7910 man,^H376 and like a man^H1397 whom wine^H3196 hath overcome,^H5674 because^H6440 of Jehovah,^H3068 and because of his holy^H6944 words.^H1697

10 ♥ 📝 For the land^H776 is full^H4390 of adulterers;^H5003 for because^H6440 of swearing^H423 the land^H776 mourneth;^H56 the pastures^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057 are dried up.^H3001 And their course^H4794 is evil,^H7451 and their might^H1369 is not right;

11 ♥ 📝 for both prophet^H5030 and priest^H3548 are profane;^H2610 yea, in my house^H1004 have I found^H4672 their wickedness,^H7451 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

12 ♥ 📝 Wherefore their way^H1870 shall be unto them as slippery^H2519 places in the darkness:^H653 they shall be driven on,^H1760 and fall^H5307 therein; for I will bring^H935 evil^H7451 upon them, even the year^H8141 of their visitation,^H6486 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

13 ♥ 📝 And I have seen^H7200 folly^H8604 in the prophets^H5030 of Samaria;^H8111 they prophesied^H5012 by Baal,^H1168 and caused my people^H5971 Israel^H3478 to err.^H8582

14 ♥ 📝 In the prophets^H5030 of Jerusalem^H3389 also I have seen^H7200 a horrible thing:^H8186 they commit adultery,^H5003 and walk^H1980 in lies;^H8267 and they strengthen^H2388 the hands^H3027 of evil-doers,^H7489 so that none^H376 doth return^H7725 from his wickedness:^H7451 they are all of them become unto me as Sodom,^H5467 and the inhabitants^H3427 thereof as Gomorrah.^H6017

15 ♥ 📝 Therefore thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts^H6635 concerning the prophets:^H5030 Behold, I will feed^H398 them with wormwood,^H3939 and make them drink^H8248 the water^H4325 of gall;^H7219 for from the prophets^H5030 of Jerusalem^H3389 is ungodliness^H2613 gone forth^H3318 into all the land.^H776

16 ♥ 📝 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 Hearken^H8085 not unto the words^H1697 of the prophets^H5030 that prophesy^H5012 unto you: they teach you vanity;^H1891 they speak^H1696 a vision^H2377 of their own heart,^H3820 and not out of the mouth^H6310 of Jehovah.^H3068

17 ♥ 📝 They say^H559 continually^H559 unto them that despise^H5006 me, Jehovah^H3068 hath said,^H1696 Ye shall have peace;^H7965 and unto every one that walketh^H1980 in the stubbornness^H8307 of his own heart^H3820 they say,^H559 No evil^H7451 shall come^H935 upon you.

18 ♥ 📝 For who hath stood^H5975 in the council^H5475 of Jehovah,^H3068 that he should perceive^H7200 and hear^H8085 his word?^H1697 who hath marked^H7181 my word,^H1697 and heard^H8085 it?

19 ♥ 📝 Behold, the tempest^H5591 of Jehovah,^H3068 [even his] wrath,^H2534 is gone forth,^H3318 yea, a whirling^H2342 tempest:^H5591 it shall burst^H2342 upon the head^H7218 of the wicked.^H7563

20 ♥ 📝 The anger^H639 of Jehovah^H3068 shall not return,^H7725 until he have executed,^H6213 and till he have performed^H6965 the intents^H4209 of his heart:^H3820 in the latter^H319 days^H3117 ye shall understand^H995 it perfectly.^H998

21 ♥ 📝 I sent^H7971 not these prophets,^H5030 yet they ran:^H7323 I spake^H1696 not unto them, yet they prophesied.^H5012

22 ♥ 📝 But if they had stood^H5975 in my council,^H5475 then had they caused my people^H5971 to hear^H8085 my words,^H1697 and had turned^H7725 them from their evil^H7451 way,^H1870 and from the evil^H7455 of their doings.^H4611

23 ♥ 📝 Am I a God^H430 at hand,^H7138 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 and not a God^H430 afar off?^H7350

24 ♥ 📝 Can any^H376 hide^H5641 himself in secret places^H4565 so that I shall not see^H7200 him? saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068 Do not I fill^H4392 heaven^H8064 and earth?^H776 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

25 ♥ 📝 I have heard^H8085 what the prophets^H5030 have said,^H559 that prophesy^H5012 lies^H8267 in my name,^H8034 saying,^H559 I have dreamed,^H2492 I have dreamed.^H2492

26 ♥ 📝 How long shall this be^H3426 in the heart^H3820 of the prophets^H5030 that prophesy^H5012 lies,^H8267 even the prophets^H5030 of the deceit^H8649 of their own heart?^H3820

27 ♥ 📝 that think^H2803 to cause my people^H5971 to forget^H7911 my name^H8034 by their dreams^H2472 which they tell^H5608 every man^H376 to his neighbor,^H7453 as their fathers^H1 forgat^H7911 my name^H8034 for Baal.^H1168

28 ♥ 📝 The prophet^H5030 that hath a dream,^H2472 let him tell^H5608 a dream;^H2472 and he that hath my word,^H1697 let him speak^H1696 my word^H1697 faithfully.^H571 What is the straw^H8401 to the wheat?^H1250 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

29 ♥ 📝 Is not my word^H1697 like^H3541 fire?^H784 saith^H5002 Jehovah;^H3068 and like a hammer^H6360 that breaketh^H6327 the rock^H5553 in pieces?^H6327

30 ♥ 📝 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets,^H5030 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 that steal^H1589 my words^H1697 every one^H376 from his neighbor.^H7453

31 ♥ 📝 Behold, I am against the prophets,^H5030 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 that use^H3947 their tongues,^H3956 and say,^H5001 He saith.^H5002

32 ♥ 📝 Behold, I am against them that prophesy^H5012 lying^H8267 dreams,^H2472 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 and do tell^H5608 them, and cause my people^H5971 to err^H8582 by their lies,^H8267 and by their vain boasting:^H6350 yet I sent^H7971 them not, nor commanded^H6680 them; neither do they profit^H3276 this people^H5971 at all,^H3276 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

33 ♥ 📝 And when this people,^H5971 or the prophet,^H5030 or a priest,^H3548 shall ask^H7592 thee, saying,^H559 What is the burden^H4853 of Jehovah?^H3068 then shalt thou say^H559 unto them, What burden!^H4853 I will cast^H5203 you off, saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

34 ♥ 📝 And as for the prophet,^H5030 and the priest,^H3548 and the people,^H5971 that shall say,^H559 The burden^H4853 of Jehovah,^H3068 I will even punish^H6485 that man^H376 and his house.^H1004

35 ♥ 📝 Thus shall ye say^H559 every one^H376 to his neighbor,^H7453 and every one^H376 to his brother,^H251 What hath Jehovah^H3068 answered?^H6030 and, What hath Jehovah^H3068 spoken?^H1696

36 ♥ 📝 And the burden^H4853 of Jehovah^H3068 shall ye mention^H2142 no more: for every man's^H376 own word^H1697 shall be his burden;^H4853 for ye have perverted^H2015 the words^H1697 of the living^H2416 God,^H430 of Jehovah^H3068 of hosts^H6635 our God.^H430

37 ♥ 📝 Thus shalt thou say^H559 to the prophet,^H5030 What hath Jehovah^H3068 answered^H6030 thee? and, What hath Jehovah^H3068 spoken?^H1696

38 ♥ 📝 But^H518 if ye say,^H559 The burden^H4853 of Jehovah;^H3068 therefore thus saith^H559 Jehovah:^H3068 Because ye say^H559 this word,^H1697 The burden^H4853 of Jehovah,^H3068 and I have sent^H7971 unto you, saying,^H559 Ye shall not say,^H559 The burden^H4853 of Jehovah;^H3068

39 ♥ 📝 therefore, behold, I will utterly^H5377 forget^H5382 you, and I will cast^H5203 you off, and the city^H5892 that I gave^H5414 unto you and to your fathers,^H1 away from my presence:^H6440

40 ♥ 📝 and I will bring^H5414 an everlasting^H5769 reproach^H2781 upon you, and a perpetual^H5769 shame,^H3640 which shall not be forgotten.^H7911