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Jeremiah 23:1-40

23:1

Woe
<01945>

be unto the pastors
<07462> (8802)

that destroy
<06> (8764)

and scatter
<06327> (8688)

the sheep
<06629>

of my pasture
<04830>_!

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:2

Therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

against the pastors
<07462> (8802)

that feed
<07462> (8802)

my people
<05971>_;

Ye have scattered
<06327> (8689)

my flock
<06629>_,

and driven them away
<05080> (8686)_,

and have not visited
<06485> (8804)

them: behold, I will visit
<06485> (8802)

upon you the evil
<07455>

of your doings
<04611>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:3

And I will gather
<06908> (8762)

the remnant
<07611>

of my flock
<06629>

out of all countries
<0776>

whither I have driven
<05080> (8689)

them, and will bring them again
<07725> (8689)

to their folds
<05116>_;

and they shall be fruitful
<06509> (8804)

and increase
<07235> (8804)_.

23:4

And I will set up
<06965> (8689)

shepherds
<07462> (8802)

over them which shall feed
<07462> (8804)

them: and they shall fear
<03372> (8799)

no more, nor be dismayed
<02865> (8735)_,

neither shall they be lacking
<06485> (8735)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:5

Behold, the days
<03117>

come
<0935> (8802)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

that I will raise
<06965> (8689)

unto David
<01732>

a righteous
<06662>

Branch
<06780>_,

and a King
<04428>

shall reign
<04427> (8804)

and prosper
<07919> (8689)_,

and shall execute
<06213> (8804)

judgment
<04941>

and justice
<06666>

in the earth
<0776>_.

23:6

In his days
<03117>

Judah
<03063>

shall be saved
<03467> (8735)_,

and Israel
<03478>

shall dwell
<07931> (8799)

safely
<0983>_:

and this [is] his name
<08034>

whereby he shall be called
<07121> (8799)_,

THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
<03072>_.

{THE LORD...: Heb. Jehovahtsidkenu}

23:7

Therefore, behold, the days
<03117>

come
<0935> (8802)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

that they shall no more say
<0559> (8799)_,

The LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

which brought up
<05927> (8689)

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

out of the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_;

23:8

But, The LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

which brought up
<05927> (8689)

and which led
<0935> (8689)

the seed
<02233>

of the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>

out of the north
<06828>

country
<0776>_,

and from all countries
<0776>

whither I had driven
<05080> (8689)

them; and they shall dwell
<03427> (8804)

in their own land
<0127>_.

23:9

Mine heart
<03820>

within
<07130>

me is broken
<07665> (8738)

because of the prophets
<05030>_;

all my bones
<06106>

shake
<07363> (8804)_;

I am like a drunken
<07910>

man
<0376>_,

and like a man
<01397>

whom wine
<03196>

hath overcome
<05674> (8804)_,

because
<06440>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and because of the words
<01697>

of his holiness
<06944>_.

23:10

For the land
<0776>

is full
<04390> (8804)

of adulterers
<05003> (8764)_;

for because
<06440>

of swearing
<0423>

the land
<0776>

mourneth
<056> (8804)_;

the pleasant places
<04999>

of the wilderness
<04057>

are dried up
<03001> (8804)_,

and their course
<04794>

is evil
<07451>_,

and their force
<01369>

[is] not right. {swearing: or, cursing} {course: or, violence}

23:11

For both prophet
<05030>

and priest
<03548>

are profane
<02610> (8804)_;

yea, in my house
<01004>

have I found
<04672> (8804)

their wickedness
<07451>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:12

Wherefore their way
<01870>

shall be unto them as slippery
<02519>

[ways] in the darkness
<0653>_:

they shall be driven on
<01760> (8735)_,

and fall
<05307> (8804)

therein: for I will bring
<0935> (8686)

evil
<07451>

upon them, [even] the year
<08141>

of their visitation
<06486>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:13

And I have seen
<07200> (8804)

folly
<08604>

in the prophets
<05030>

of Samaria
<08111>_;

they prophesied
<05012> (8694)

in Baal
<01168>_,

and caused my people
<05971>

Israel
<03478>

to err
<08582> (8686)_.

{folly: or, an absurd thing: Heb. unsavoury}

23:14

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

also in the prophets
<05030>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

an horrible thing
<08186>_:

they commit adultery
<05003> (8800)_,

and walk
<01980> (8800)

in lies
<08267>_:

they strengthen
<02388> (8765)

also the hands
<03027>

of evildoers
<07489> (8688)_,

that none
<0376>

doth return
<07725> (8804)

from his wickedness
<07451>_:

they are all of them unto me as Sodom
<05467>_,

and the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

thereof as Gomorrah
<06017>_.

{an...: or, filthiness}

23:15

Therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>

concerning the prophets
<05030>_;

Behold, I will feed
<0398> (8688)

them with wormwood
<03939>_,

and make them drink
<08248> (8689)

the water
<04325>

of gall
<07219>_:

for from the prophets
<05030>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

is profaneness
<02613>

gone forth
<03318> (8804)

into all the land
<0776>_.

{profaneness: or, hypocrisy}

23:16

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>_,

Hearken
<08085> (8799)

not unto the words
<01697>

of the prophets
<05030>

that prophesy
<05012> (8737)

unto you: they make you vain
<01891> (8688)_:

they speak
<01696> (8762)

a vision
<02377>

of their own heart
<03820>_,

[and] not out of the mouth
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

23:17

They say
<0559> (8802)

still
<0559> (8800)

unto them that despise
<05006> (8764)

me, The LORD
<03068>

hath said
<01696> (8765)_,

Ye shall have peace
<07965>_;

and they say
<0559> (8804)

unto every one that walketh
<01980> (8802)

after the imagination
<08307>

of his own heart
<03820>_,

No evil
<07451>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

upon you. {imagination: or, stubbornness}

23:18

For who hath stood
<05975> (8804)

in the counsel
<05475>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and hath perceived
<07200> (8799)

and heard
<08085> (8799)

his word
<01697>_?

who hath marked
<07181> (8689)

his word
<01697>_,

and heard
<08085> (8799)

[it]? {counsel: or, secret}

23:19

Behold, a whirlwind
<05591>

of the LORD
<03068>

is gone forth
<03318> (8804)

in fury
<02534>_,

even a grievous
<02342> (8711)

whirlwind
<05591>_:

it shall fall grievously
<02342> (8799)

upon the head
<07218>

of the wicked
<07563>_.

23:20

The anger
<0639>

of the LORD
<03068>

shall not return
<07725> (8799)_,

until he have executed
<06213> (8800)_,

and till he have performed
<06965> (8687)

the thoughts
<04209>

of his heart
<03820>_:

in the latter
<0319>

days
<03117>

ye shall consider
<0995> (8709)

it perfectly
<0998>_.

23:21

I have not sent
<07971> (8804)

these prophets
<05030>_,

yet they ran
<07323> (8804)_:

I have not spoken
<01696> (8765)

to them, yet they prophesied
<05012> (8738)_.

23:22

But if they had stood
<05975> (8804)

in my counsel
<05475>_,

and had caused my people
<05971>

to hear
<08085> (8686)

my words
<01697>_,

then they should have turned
<07725> (8686)

them from their evil
<07451>

way
<01870>_,

and from the evil
<07455>

of their doings
<04611>_.

23:23

[Am] I a God
<0430>

at hand
<07138>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and not a God
<0430>

afar off
<07350>_?

23:24

Can any
<0376>

hide
<05641> (8735)

himself in secret places
<04565>

that I shall not see
<07200> (8799)

him? saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

Do not I fill
<04392>

heaven
<08064>

and earth
<0776>_?

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:25

I have heard
<08085> (8804)

what the prophets
<05030>

said
<0559> (8804)_,

that prophesy
<05012> (8737)

lies
<08267>

in my name
<08034>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

I have dreamed
<02492> (8804)_,

I have dreamed
<02492> (8804)_.

23:26

How long shall [this] be
<03426>

in the heart
<03820>

of the prophets
<05030>

that prophesy
<05012> (8737)

lies
<08267>_?

yea, [they are] prophets
<05030>

of the deceit
<08649>

of their own heart
<03820>_;

23:27

Which think
<02803> (8802)

to cause my people
<05971>

to forget
<07911> (8687)

my name
<08034>

by their dreams
<02472>

which they tell
<05608> (8762)

every man
<0376>

to his neighbour
<07453>_,

as their fathers
<01>

have forgotten
<07911> (8804)

my name
<08034>

for Baal
<01168>_.

23:28

The prophet
<05030>

that hath a dream
<02472>_,

let him tell
<05608> (8762)

a dream
<02472>_;

and he that hath my word
<01697>_,

let him speak
<01696> (8762)

my word
<01697>

faithfully
<0571>_.

What [is] the chaff
<08401>

to the wheat
<01250>_?

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc}

23:29

[Is] not my word
<01697>

like
<03541>

as a fire
<0784>_?

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_;

and like a hammer
<06360>

[that] breaketh
<06327> (0)

the rock
<05553>

in pieces
<06327> (8787)_?

23:30

Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets
<05030>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

that steal
<01589> (8764)

my words
<01697>

every one
<0376>

from his neighbour
<07453>_.

23:31

Behold, I [am] against the prophets
<05030>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

that use
<03947> (8802)

their tongues
<03956>_,

and say
<05001> (8799)_,

He saith
<05002> (8803)_.

{that...: or, that smooth their tongues}

23:32

Behold, I [am] against them that prophesy
<05012> (8737)

false
<08267>

dreams
<02472>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and do tell
<05608> (8762)

them, and cause my people
<05971>

to err
<08582> (8686)

by their lies
<08267>_,

and by their lightness
<06350>_;

yet I sent
<07971> (8804)

them not, nor commanded
<06680> (8765)

them: therefore they shall not profit
<03276> (8686)

this people
<05971>

at all
<03276> (8687)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:33

And when this people
<05971>_,

or the prophet
<05030>_,

or a priest
<03548>_,

shall ask
<07592> (8799)

thee, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

What [is] the burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>_?

thou shalt then say
<0559> (8804)

unto them, What burden
<04853>_?

I will even forsake
<05203> (8804)

you, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:34

And [as for] the prophet
<05030>_,

and the priest
<03548>_,

and the people
<05971>_,

that shall say
<0559> (8799)_,

The burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

I will even punish
<06485> (8804)

that man
<0376>

and his house
<01004>_.

{punish: Heb. visit upon}

23:35

Thus shall ye say
<0559> (8799)

every one
<0376>

to his neighbour
<07453>_,

and every one
<0376>

to his brother
<0251>_,

What hath the LORD
<03068>

answered
<06030> (8804)_?

and, What hath the LORD
<03068>

spoken
<01696> (8765)_?

23:36

And the burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>

shall ye mention
<02142> (8799)

no more: for every man's
<0376>

word
<01697>

shall be his burden
<04853>_;

for ye have perverted
<02015> (8804)

the words
<01697>

of the living
<02416>

God
<0430>_,

of the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>

our God
<0430>_.

23:37

Thus shalt thou say
<0559> (8799)

to the prophet
<05030>_,

What hath the LORD
<03068>

answered
<06030> (8804)

thee? and, What hath the LORD
<03068>

spoken
<01696> (8765)_?

23:38

But
<0518>

since ye say
<0559> (8799)_,

The burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_;

Because ye say
<0559> (8800)

this word
<01697>_,

The burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and I have sent
<07971> (8799)

unto you, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Ye shall not say
<0559> (8799)_,

The burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

23:39

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly
<05377> (8800)

forget
<05382> (8804)

you, and I will forsake
<05203> (8804)

you, and the city
<05892>

that I gave
<05414> (8804)

you and your fathers
<01>_,

[and cast you] out of my presence
<06440>_:

23:40

And I will bring
<05414> (8804)

an everlasting
<05769>

reproach
<02781>

upon you, and a perpetual
<05769>

shame
<03640>_,

which shall not be forgotten
<07911> (8735)_.