Jeremiah 23:1
Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:8The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.
Jeremiah 10:21For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore the whole pasture has failed, and the sheep have been scattered.
Jeremiah 22:22The wind shall tend all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity; for then shalt thou be ashamed and disgraced because of all thy lovers.
Jeremiah 23:11For priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house.
Jeremiah 50:6the mighty men, and the women, and the children that were left, and the daughters of the king, and the souls which Nebuzaradan had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Ezekiel 22:25whose princes in the midst of her are as roaring lions seizing prey, devouring souls by oppression, and taking bribes; and thy widows are multiplied in the midst of thee.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:1
In this chapter the prophet, in God's name, is dealing his reproofs and threatenings, I. Among the careless princes, or pastors of the people ( ver. 1, 2 ), yet promising to take care of the flock, which they had been wanting in their duty to, ver. 3-8 . II. Among the wicked prophets and priests, whose bad character is here given at large in divers instances, especially their imposing upon the people with their pretended inspirations, at which the prophet is astonished, and for which they must expect to be… Read the whole commentary →