Woe
be unto the pastors
that destroy
and scatter
the sheep
of my pasture!
saith
the LORD.
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.
pursuit
ἐπιτηδεύματα
epitēdeumata
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 be fruitful
and increase.
And I will set up
shepherds
over them which shall feed
them: and they shall fear
no more, nor be dismayed,
neither shall they be lacking,
saith
the LORD.
Behold, the days
come,
saith
the LORD,
that I will raise
unto David
a righteous
Branch,
and a King
shall reign
and prosper,
and shall execute
judgment
and justice
in the earth.
In his days
Judah
shall be saved,
and Israel
shall dwell
safely:
and this is his name
whereby he shall be called,
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Therefore, behold, the days
come,
saith
the LORD,
that they shall no more say,
The LORD
liveth,
which brought up
the children
of Israel
out of the land
of Egypt;
But, The LORD
liveth,
which brought up
and which led
the seed
of the house
of Israel
out of the north
country,
and from all countries
whither I had driven
them; and they shall dwell
in their own land.
Mine heart
within
me is broken
because of the prophets;
all my bones
shake;
I am like a drunken
man,
and like a man
whom wine
hath overcome,
because
of the LORD,
and because of the words
of his holiness.
For the land
is full
of adulterers;
for because
of swearing
the land
mourneth;
the pleasant places
of the wilderness
are dried up,
and their course
is evil,
and their force
is not right.
For both prophet
and priest
are profane;
yea, in my house
have I found
their wickedness,
saith
the LORD.
Wherefore their way
shall be unto them as slippery
ways in the darkness:
they shall be driven on,
and fall
therein: for I will bring
evil
upon them, even the year
of their visitation,
saith
the LORD.
slip
ὀλίσθημα
olisthēma
trip up one's heels
ὑποσκελισθήσονται
hyposkelisthēsontai
inspection
ἐπισκέψεως
episkepseōs
And I have seen
folly
in the prophets
of Samaria;
they prophesied
in Baal,
and caused my people
Israel
to err.
I have seen
also in the prophets
of Jerusalem
an horrible thing:
they commit adultery,
and walk
in lies:
they strengthen
also the hands
of evildoers,
that none
doth return
from his wickedness:
they are all of them unto me as Sodom,
and the inhabitants
thereof as Gomorrah.
shuddered at
φρικτά
phrikta
commit adultery
μοιχωμένους
moichōmenous
Therefore thus saith
the LORD
of hosts
concerning the prophets;
Behold, I will feed
them with wormwood,
and make them drink
the water
of gall:
for from the prophets
of Jerusalem
is profaneness
gone forth
into all the land.
Thus saith
the LORD
of hosts,
Hearken
not unto the words
of the prophets
that prophesy
unto you: they make you vain:
they speak
a vision
of their own heart,
and not out of the mouth
of the LORD.
They say
still
unto them that despise
me, The LORD
hath said,
Ye shall have peace;
and they say
unto every one that walketh
after the imagination
of his own heart,
No evil
shall come
upon you.
say
For who hath stood
in the counsel
of the LORD,
and hath perceived
and heard
his word?
who hath marked
his word,
and heard
it?
Behold, a whirlwind
of the LORD
is gone forth
in fury,
even a grievous
whirlwind:
it shall fall grievously
upon the head
of the wicked.
The anger
of the LORD
shall not return,
until he have executed,
and till he have performed
the thoughts
of his heart:
in the latter
days
ye shall consider
it perfectly.
undertaking
ἐγχειρήματος
encheirēmatos
I have not sent
these prophets,
yet they ran:
I have not spoken
to them, yet they prophesied.
But if they had stood
in my counsel,
and had caused my people
to hear
my words,
then they should have turned
them from their evil
way,
and from the evil
of their doings.
pursuit
ἐπιτηδευμάτων
epitēdeumatōn
Am I a God
at hand,
saith
the LORD,
and not a God
afar off?
Can any
hide
himself in secret places
that I shall not see
him? saith
the LORD.
Do not I fill
heaven
and earth?
saith
the LORD.
I have heard
what the prophets
said,
that prophesy
lies
in my name,
saying,
I have dreamed,
I have dreamed.
How long shall this be
in the heart
of the prophets
that prophesy
lies?
yea, they are prophets
of the deceit
of their own heart;
Which think
to cause my people
to forget
my name
by their dreams
which they tell
every man
to his neighbour,
as their fathers
have forgotten
my name
for Baal.
The prophet
that hath a dream,
let him tell
a dream;
and he that hath my word,
let him speak
my word
faithfully.
What is the chaff
to the wheat?
saith
the LORD.
Is not my word
like
as a fire?
saith
the LORD;
and like a hammer
that breaketh
the rock
in pieces?
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets,
saith
the LORD,
that steal
my words
every one
from his neighbour.
Behold, I am against the prophets,
saith
the LORD,
that use
their tongues,
and say,
He saith.
Behold, I am against them that prophesy
false
dreams,
saith
the LORD,
and do tell
them, and cause my people
to err
by their lies,
and by their lightness;
yet I sent
them not, nor commanded
them: therefore they shall not profit
this people
at all,
saith
the LORD.
And when this people,
or the prophet,
or a priest,
shall ask
thee, saying,
What is the burden
of the LORD?
thou shalt then say
unto them, What burden?
I will even forsake
you, saith
the LORD.
receipt
λῆμμα
lēmma
receipt
λῆμμα
lēmma
overthrow
ῥάξω
rhaxō
And as for the prophet,
and the priest,
and the people,
that shall say,
The burden
of the LORD,
I will even punish
that man
and his house.
Thus shall ye say
every one
to his neighbour,
and every one
to his brother,
What hath the LORD
answered?
and, What hath the LORD
spoken?
And the burden
of the LORD
shall ye mention
no more: for every man's
word
shall be his burden;
for ye have perverted
the words
of the living
God,
of the LORD
of hosts
our God.
Thus shalt thou say
to the prophet,
What hath the LORD
answered
thee? and, What hath the LORD
spoken?
But
since ye say,
The burden
of the LORD;
therefore thus saith
the LORD;
Because ye say
this word,
The burden
of the LORD,
and I have sent
unto you, saying,
Ye shall not say,
The burden
of the LORD;
say
receipt
λῆμμα
lēmma
receipt
λῆμμα
lēmma
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly
forget
you, and I will forsake
you, and the city
that I gave
you and your fathers,
and cast you out of my presence:
And I will bring
an everlasting
reproach
upon you, and a perpetual
shame,
which shall not be forgotten.
