Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore thus saith the Lord against them that tend my people; Ye have scattered my sheep, and driven them out, and ye have not visited them: behold, I will take vengeance upon you according to your evil practices.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
1Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!
Cross References
Exodus 32:34And now go, descend, and lead this people into the place of which I spoke to thee: behold, my angel shall go before thy face; and in the day when I shall visit I will bring upon them their sin.
Jeremiah 5:29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 11:22behold, I will visit them: their young men shall die by the sword; and their sons and their daughters shall die of famine:
Jeremiah 17:10I the Lord try the hearts, and prove the reins, to give to every one according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his devices.
Jeremiah 23:34As for the prophet, and the priests, and the people, who shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even take vengeance on that man, and on his house.
Micah 7:4therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a rigid rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, thy times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.
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 →