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1. Lit. O shepherds Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of Heb. and Alex. «my’ their pasture!
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1. Woe H1945 be unto the pastors H7462 that destroy H6 and scatter H6327 H853 the sheep H6629 of my pasture H4830 ! saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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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.
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2. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 against H5921 the pastors H7462 that feed H7462 H853 my people H5971 ; Ye H859 have scattered H6327 H853 my flock H6629 , and driven them away H5080 , and have not H3808 visited H6485 them: behold H2009 , I will visit H6485 upon H5921 you H853 the evil H7455 of your doings H4611 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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3. And I will gather in the remnant of my people Heb. and Alex. «from’ in every land, whither I have driven them out, and will set them in their pasture; and they shall increase and be multiplied.
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3. And I H589 will gather H6908 H853 the remnant H7611 of my flock H6629 out of all H4480 H3605 countries H776 whither H834 H8033 I have driven H5080 them , and will bring them again H7725 H853 to H5921 their folds H5116 ; and they shall be fruitful H6509 and increase H7235 .
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4. And I will raise up shepherds to them, who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be alarmed, saith the Lord.
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4. And I will set up H6965 shepherds H7462 over H5921 them which shall feed H7462 them : and they shall fear H3372 no H3808 more H5750 , nor H3808 be dismayed H2865 , neither H3808 shall they be lacking H6485 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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5. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and See Hebrew understand, and shall execute judgement and righteousness on the earth.
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5. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that I will raise H6965 unto David H1732 a righteous H6662 Branch H6780 , and a King H4428 shall reign H4427 and prosper H7919 , and shall execute H6213 judgment H4941 and justice H6666 in the earth H776 .
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6. In his days both Juda shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell Gr. secure, or, trusting securely: and this is his name, which the Lord shall call him, Josedec among the prophets.
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6. In his days H3117 Judah H3063 shall be saved H3467 , and Israel H3478 shall dwell H7931 safely H983 : and this H2088 is his name H8034 whereby H834 he shall be called H7121 , THE LORD H3068 OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS H6664 .
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7. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when they shall no more say, The Lord lives, who brought up the house of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
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7. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that they shall no H3808 more H5750 say H559 , The LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , which H834 brought up H5927 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 ;
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8. but The Lord lives, who has gathered the whole seed of Israel from the north land, and from all the countries whither he had driven them out, and has restored them into their own land.
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8. But H3588 H518 , The LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , which H834 brought up H5927 and which H834 led H935 H853 the seed H2233 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 out of the north H6828 country H4480 H776 , and from all H4480 H3605 countries H776 whither H834 H8033 I had driven H5080 them ; and they shall dwell H3427 in H5921 their own land H127 .
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9. My heart is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory.
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9. Mine heart H3820 within H7130 me is broken H7665 because of the prophets H5030 ; all H3605 my bones H6106 shake H7363 ; I am H1961 like a drunken H7910 man H376 , and like a man H1397 whom wine H3196 hath overcome H5674 , because H4480 H6440 of the LORD H3068 , and because H4480 H6440 of the words H1697 of his holiness H6944 .
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10. For because of these Gr. prophets things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and Heb. and Alex. not so so also their strength.
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10. For H3588 the land H776 is full H4390 of adulterers H5003 ; for H3588 because H4480 H6440 of swearing H423 the land H776 mourneth H56 ; the pleasant places H4999 of the wilderness H4057 are dried up H3001 , and their course H4794 is H1961 evil H7451 , and their force H1369 is not H3808 right H3651 .
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11. For priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house.
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11. For H3588 both H1571 prophet H5030 and H1571 priest H3548 are profane H2610 ; yea H1571 , in my house H1004 have I found H4672 their wickedness H7451 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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12. Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation.
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12. Wherefore H3651 their way H1870 shall be H1961 unto them as slippery H2519 ways in the darkness H653 : they shall be driven on H1760 , and fall H5307 therein: for H3588 I will bring H935 evil H7451 upon H5921 them, even the year H8141 of their visitation H6486 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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13. And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.
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13. And I have seen H7200 folly H8604 in the prophets H5030 of Samaria H8111 ; they prophesied H5012 in Baal H1168 , and caused H853 my people H5971 H853 Israel H3478 to err H8582 .
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14. Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened Alex. the hands of evil-doers the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.
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14. I have seen H7200 also in the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389 a horrible thing H8186 : they commit adultery H5003 , and walk H1980 in lies H8267 : they strengthen H2388 also the hands H3027 of evildoers H7489 , that none H1115 H376 doth return H7725 from his wickedness H4480 H7451 : they are H1961 all H3605 of them unto me as Sodom H5467 , and the inhabitants H3427 thereof as Gomorrah H6017 .
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15. Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth into all the land.
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15. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030 ; Behold H2009 , I will feed H398 them with wormwood H3939 , and make them drink H8248 the water H4325 of gall H7219 : for H3588 from H4480 H854 the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389 is profaneness H2613 gone forth H3318 into all H3605 the land H776 .
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16. Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Hearken not to the words of the prophets: for they frame a vain vision for themselves; they speak from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.
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16. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , Hearken H8085 not H408 unto H5921 the words H1697 of the prophets H5030 that prophesy H5012 unto you : they make you vain H1891 H853 : they H1992 speak H1696 a vision H2377 of their own heart H3820 , and not H3808 out of the mouth H4480 H6310 of the LORD H3068 .
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17. They say to them that reject the word of the Lord, There shall be peace to you; and to all that walk after their own lusts, and to everyone that walks in the error of his heart, they have said, No evil shall come upon thee.
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17. They say still H559 H559 unto them that despise H5006 me , The LORD H3068 hath said H1696 , Ye shall have H1961 peace H7965 ; and they say H559 unto every one H3605 that walketh H1980 after the imagination H8307 of his own heart H3820 , No H3808 evil H7451 shall come H935 upon H5921 you.
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18. For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, and seen his word? who has hearkened, and heard?
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18. For H3588 who H4310 hath stood H5975 in the counsel H5475 of the LORD H3068 , and hath perceived H7200 and heard H8085 H853 his word H1697 ? who H4310 hath marked H7181 his word H1697 , and heard H8085 it ?
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19. Behold, there is an earthquake from the Lord, and anger proceeds to a convulsion, it shall come Gr. whirled round as from a sling, etc. violently upon the ungodly.
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19. Behold H2009 , a whirlwind H5591 of the LORD H3068 is gone forth H3318 in fury H2534 , even a grievous H2342 whirlwind H5591 : it shall fall grievously H2342 upon H5921 the head H7218 of the wicked H7563 .
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20. And the Lord’s wrath shall return no more, until he have accomplished it, and until he have established it, according to the purpose of his heart: at the end of the days they shall understand it.
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20. The anger H639 of the LORD H3068 shall not H3808 return H7725 , until H5704 he have executed H6213 , and till H5704 he have performed H6965 the thoughts H4209 of his heart H3820 : in the latter H319 days H3117 ye shall consider H995 it perfectly H998 .
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21. I sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I to them, yet they prophesied.
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21. I have not H3808 sent H7971 H853 these prophets H5030 , yet they H1992 ran H7323 : I have not H3808 spoken H1696 to H413 them , yet they H1992 prophesied H5012 .
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22. But if they had stood in my counsel, and if they had hearkened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices.
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22. But if H518 they had stood H5975 in my counsel H5475 , and had caused H853 my people H5971 to hear H8085 my words H1697 , then they should have turned H7725 them from their evil H7451 way H4480 H1870 , and from the evil H4480 H7455 of their doings H4611 .
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23. I am a God nigh at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off.
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23. Am I H589 a God H430 at hand H4480 H7138 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and not H3808 a God H430 afar off H4480 H7350 ?
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24. Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
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24. Can H518 any H376 hide himself H5641 in secret places H4565 that I H589 shall not H3808 see H7200 him? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 . Do not H3808 I H589 fill H4390 H853 heaven H8064 and earth H776 ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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25. I have heard what the prophets say, what they prophesy in my name, saying falsely, I have seen a night vision.
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25. I have heard H8085 H853 what H834 the prophets H5030 said H559 , that prophesy H5012 lies H8267 in my name H8034 , saying H559 , I have dreamed H2492 , I have dreamed H2492 .
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26. How long shall these things be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, when they prophesy the purposes of their own heart?
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26. How long H5704 H4970 shall this be H3426 in the heart H3820 of the prophets H5030 that prophesy H5012 lies H8267 ? yea, they are prophets H5030 of the deceit H8649 of their own heart H3820 ;
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27. who devise that men may forget my law by their dreams, which they have told every one to his neighbour, as their fathers forgot my name in the worship of Baal.
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27. Which think H2803 to cause H853 my people H5971 to forget H7911 my name H8034 by their dreams H2472 which H834 they tell H5608 every man H376 to his neighbor H7453 , as H834 their fathers H1 have forgotten H7911 H853 my name H8034 for Baal H1168 .
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28. The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and he in whom is my word spoken to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, saith the Lord.
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28. The prophet H5030 that H834 H854 hath a dream H2472 , let him tell H5608 a dream H2472 ; and he that H834 H854 hath my word H1697 , let him speak H1696 my word H1697 faithfully H571 . What H4100 is the chaff H8401 to H854 the wheat H1250 ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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29. Behold, are not my words as fire? saith the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock?
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29. Is not H3808 my word H1697 like H3541 as a fire H784 ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; and like a hammer H6360 that breaketh H6327 the rock H5553 in pieces?
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30. Behold, I am therefore against the prophets, saith the Lord God, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
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30. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , I am against H5921 the prophets H5030 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that steal H1589 my words H1697 every one H376 from H4480 H854 his neighbor H7453 .
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31. Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.
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31. Behold H2009 , I am against H5921 the prophets H5030 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that use H3947 their tongues H3956 , and say H5001 , He saith H5002 .
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32. Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have Heb. and Alex. omit the negative not told them truly, and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.
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32. Behold H2009 , I am against H5921 them that prophesy H5012 false H8267 dreams H2472 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and do tell H5608 them , and cause H853 my people H5971 to err H8582 by their lies H8267 , and by their lightness H6350 ; yet I H595 sent H7971 them not H3808 , nor H3808 commanded H6680 them : therefore they shall not H3808 profit this people at all H3276 H3276 H5971 H2088 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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33. And if this people, or the priest, or the prophet, should ask, What is the burden of the Lord? then thou shalt say to them, Ye are the burden, and I will dash you down, saith the Lord.
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33. And when H3588 this H2088 people H5971 , or H176 the prophet H5030 , or H176 a priest H3548 , shall ask H7592 thee, saying H559 , What H4100 is the burden H4853 of the LORD H3068 ? thou shalt then say H559 unto H413 them, H853 What H4100 burden H4853 ? I will even forsake H5203 you, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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34. As 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.
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34. And as for the prophet H5030 , and the priest H3548 , and the people H5971 , that H834 shall say H559 , The burden H4853 of the LORD H3068 , I will even punish H6485 H5921 that H1931 man H376 and his house H1004 .
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35. Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What has the Lord answered? and, what has the Lord said?
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35. Thus H3541 shall ye say H559 every one H376 to H5921 his neighbor H7453 , and every one H376 to H413 his brother H251 , What H4100 hath the LORD H3068 answered H6030 ? and, What H4100 hath the LORD H3068 spoken H1696 ?
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36. And do ye name no more the burden of the Lord; for his own word shall be a man’s burden.
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36. And the burden H4853 of the LORD H3068 shall ye mention H2142 no H3808 more H5750 : for H3588 every man H376 's word H1697 shall be H1961 his burden H4853 ; for ye have perverted H2015 H853 the words H1697 of the living H2416 God H430 , of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 our God H430 .
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37. But wherefore, say ye, has the Lord our God spoken?
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37. Thus H3541 shalt thou say H559 to H413 the prophet H5030 , What H4100 hath the LORD H3068 answered H6030 thee? and, What H4100 hath the LORD H3068 spoken H1696 ?
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38. Therefore thus saith the Lord our God; Because ye have spoken this word, The burden of the Lord, and I sent to you, saying, ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
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38. But since H518 ye say H559 , The burden H4853 of the LORD H3068 ; therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Because H3282 ye say H559 H853 this H2088 word H1697 , The burden H4853 of the LORD H3068 , and I have sent H7971 unto H413 you, saying H559 , Ye shall not H3808 say H559 , The burden H4853 of the LORD H3068 ;
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39. therefore, behold, I will seize, and dash down you and the city which I gave to you and your fathers.
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39. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , I , even I , will utterly forget H5382 H5382 you , and I will forsake H5203 you , and the city H5892 that H834 I gave H5414 you and your fathers H1 , and cast you out of H4480 H5921 my presence H6440 :
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40. And I will bring upon you an everlasting reproach, and everlasting disgrace, which shall not be forgotten.
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40. And I will bring H5414 an everlasting H5769 reproach H2781 upon H5921 you , and a perpetual H5769 shame H3640 , which H834 shall not H3808 be forgotten H7911 .
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