Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Cross References
Exodus 32:34and now, go, lead the people whithersoever I have spoken to thee of; lo, My messenger goeth before thee, and in the day of my charging — then I have charged upon them their sin.'
Jeremiah 5:29For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?
Jeremiah 11:22Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: 'Lo, I am seeing after them, The chosen ones die by sword, Their sons and their daughters die by famine,
Jeremiah 17:10I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah 23:34And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That saith, The burden of Jehovah, 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 thy watchmen — Thy visitation — hath 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 →