Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Israel, || Against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, and drive them away, || And have not inspected them, || Behold, I am charging on you the evil of your doings,” || A declaration of YHWH.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1“Woe to shepherds destroying, || And scattering the flock of My pasture,” || A declaration of YHWH.
Cross References
Exodus 32:34and now, go, lead the people wherever I have spoken to you of; behold, My Messenger goes before you, and in the day of my charging—then I have charged their sin on them.”
Jeremiah 5:29Do I not inspect for these,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “On a nation such as this, || Does My soul not avenge itself?
Jeremiah 11:22Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am seeing after them, || The chosen ones die by sword, || Their sons and their daughters die by famine,
Jeremiah 17:10I, YHWH, search the heart, try the reins, || Even to give to each according to his way, || According to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah 23:34“And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, || That says, The burden of YHWH, || I have seen after that man, and after his house.
Micah 7:4Their best one [is] as a brier, || The upright one—than a thorn-hedge, || The day of your watchmen—Your visitation—has come. Now is their perplexity.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:2-9
Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 590.) 1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord . 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 . 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… Read the whole commentary →