ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 23
1. Woe[H1945] unto the shepherds[H7462] that destroy[H6] and scatter[H6327] the sheep[H6629] of my pasture[H4830]! saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
2. Therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], against the shepherds[H7462] that feed[H7462] my people[H5971]: Ye have scattered[H6327] my flock[H6629], and driven them away[H5080], and have not visited[H6485] them[H6485]; behold, I will visit upon you the evil[H7455] of your doings[H4611], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
3. And I will gather[H6908] the remnant[H7611] of my flock[H6629] out of all the countries[H776] whither I have driven[H5080] them[H7725], and will bring them again to their folds[H5116]; and they shall be fruitful[H6509] and multiply[H7235].
4. And I will set up[H6965] shepherds[H7462] over them[H7462], who shall feed them[H3372]; and they shall fear no more[H2865], nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking[H6485], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
5. Behold[H3117], the days come[H935], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], that I will raise[H6965] unto David[H1732] a righteous[H6662] Branch[H6780], and he shall reign[H4427] as king[H4428] and deal wisely[H7919], and shall execute[H6213] justice[H4941] and righteousness[H6666] in the land[H776].
6. In his days[H3117] Judah[H3063] shall be saved[H3467], and Israel[H3478] shall dwell[H7931] safely[H983]; and this is his name[H8034] whereby he shall be called[H7121]: Jehovah our righteousness[H3072].
7. Therefore[H3117], behold, the days come[H935], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], that they shall no more say[H559], As Jehovah[H3068] liveth[H2416], who brought up[H5927] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714];
8. but[H3068], As Jehovah liveth[H2416], who brought up[H5927] and who led[H935] the seed[H2233] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] out of the north[H6828] country[H776], and from all the countries[H776] whither I had driven[H5080] them[H3427]. And they shall dwell in their own land[H127].
9. Concerning the prophets[H5030]. My heart[H3820] within[H7130] me is broken[H7665], all my bones[H6106] shake[H7363]; I am like a drunken[H7910] man[H376], and like a man[H1397] whom wine[H3196] hath overcome[H5674], because[H6440] of Jehovah[H3068], and because of his holy[H6944] words[H1697].
10. For the land[H776] is full[H4390] of adulterers[H5003]; for because[H6440] of swearing[H423] the land[H776] mourneth[H56]; the pastures[H4999] of the wilderness[H4057] are dried up[H3001]. And their course[H4794] is evil[H7451], and their might is not right[H1369];
11. for both prophet[H5030] and priest[H3548] are profane[H2610]; yea[H1004], in my house have I found[H4672] their wickedness[H7451], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
12. Wherefore their way[H1870] shall be unto them as slippery[H2519] places in the darkness[H653]: they shall be driven on[H1760], and fall[H5307] therein[H935]; for I will bring evil[H7451] upon them[H8141], even the year of their visitation[H6486], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
13. And I have seen[H7200] folly[H8604] in the prophets[H5030] of Samaria[H8111]; they prophesied[H5012] by Baal[H1168], and caused my people[H5971] Israel[H3478] to err[H8582].
14. In the prophets[H5030] of Jerusalem[H3389] also I have seen[H7200] a horrible thing[H8186]: they commit adultery[H5003], and walk[H1980] in lies[H8267]; and they strengthen[H2388] the hands[H3027] of evil-doers[H7489], so that none[H376] doth return[H7725] from his wickedness[H7451]: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom[H5467], and the inhabitants[H3427] thereof as Gomorrah[H6017].
15. Therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] concerning the prophets[H5030]: Behold[H398], I will feed them with wormwood[H3939], and make them drink[H8248] the water[H4325] of gall[H7219]; for from the prophets[H5030] of Jerusalem[H3389] is ungodliness[H2613] gone forth[H3318] into all the land[H776].
16. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], Hearken[H8085] not unto the words[H1697] of the prophets[H5030] that prophesy[H5012] unto you[H1891]: they teach you vanity; they speak[H1696] a vision[H2377] of their own heart[H3820], and not out of the mouth[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068].
17. They say[H559] continually[H559] unto them that despise[H5006] me[H3068], Jehovah hath said[H1696], Ye shall have peace[H7965]; and unto every one that walketh[H1980] in the stubbornness[H8307] of his own heart[H3820] they say[H559], No evil[H7451] shall come upon you[H935].
18. For who hath stood[H5975] in the council[H5475] of Jehovah[H3068], that he should perceive[H7200] and hear[H8085] his word[H1697]? who hath marked[H7181] my word[H1697], and heard it[H8085]?
19. Behold[H5591], the tempest of Jehovah[H3068], even his wrath[H2534], is gone forth[H3318], yea[H2342], a whirling tempest[H5591]: it shall burst[H2342] upon the head[H7218] of the wicked[H7563].
20. The anger[H639] of Jehovah[H3068] shall not return[H7725], until he have executed[H6213], and till he have performed[H6965] the intents[H4209] of his heart[H3820]: in the latter[H319] days[H3117] ye shall understand[H995] it perfectly[H998].
21. I sent[H7971] not these prophets[H5030], yet they ran[H7323]: I spake[H1696] not unto them[H5012], yet they prophesied.
22. But if they had stood[H5975] in my council[H5475], then had they caused my people[H5971] to hear[H8085] my words[H1697], and had turned[H7725] them from their evil[H7451] way[H1870], and from the evil[H7455] of their doings[H4611].
23. Am I a God[H430] at hand[H7138], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], and not a God[H430] afar off[H7350]?
24. Can any[H376] hide[H5641] himself in secret places[H4565] so that I shall not see[H7200] him[H5002]? saith Jehovah[H3068]. Do not I fill[H4392] heaven[H8064] and earth[H776]? saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
25. I have heard[H8085] what the prophets[H5030] have said[H559], that prophesy[H5012] lies[H8267] in my name[H8034], saying[H559], I have dreamed[H2492], I have dreamed[H2492].
26. How long shall this be[H3426] in the heart[H3820] of the prophets[H5030] that prophesy[H5012] lies[H8267], even the prophets[H5030] of the deceit[H8649] of their own heart[H3820]?
27. that think[H2803] to cause my people[H5971] to forget[H7911] my name[H8034] by their dreams[H2472] which they tell[H5608] every man[H376] to his neighbor[H7453], as their fathers[H1] forgat[H7911] my name[H8034] for Baal[H1168].
28. The prophet[H5030] that hath a dream[H2472], let him tell[H5608] a dream[H2472]; and he that hath my word[H1697], let him speak[H1696] my word[H1697] faithfully[H571]. What is the straw[H8401] to the wheat[H1250]? saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
29. Is not my word[H1697] like[H3541] fire[H784]? saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]; and like a hammer[H6360] that breaketh[H6327] the rock[H5553] in pieces[H6327]?
30. Therefore[H5030], behold, I am against the prophets, saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], that steal[H1589] my words[H1697] every one[H376] from his neighbor[H7453].
31. Behold[H5030], I am against the prophets, saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], that use[H3947] their tongues[H3956], and say[H5001], He saith[H5002].
32. Behold[H5012], I am against them that prophesy lying[H8267] dreams[H2472], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], and do tell[H5608] them[H5971], and cause my people to err[H8582] by their lies[H8267], and by their vain boasting[H6350]: yet I sent[H7971] them not[H6680], nor commanded them[H3276]; neither do they profit this people[H5971] at all[H3276], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
33. And when this people[H5971], or the prophet[H5030], or a priest[H3548], shall ask[H7592] thee[H559], saying, What is the burden[H4853] of Jehovah[H3068]? then shalt thou say[H559] unto them[H4853], What burden! I will cast[H5203] you off[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
34. And as for the prophet[H5030], and the priest[H3548], and the people[H5971], that shall say[H559], The burden[H4853] of Jehovah[H3068], I will even punish[H6485] that man[H376] and his house[H1004].
35. Thus shall ye say[H559] every one[H376] to his neighbor[H7453], and every one[H376] to his brother[H251], What hath Jehovah[H3068] answered[H6030]? and[H3068], What hath Jehovah spoken[H1696]?
36. And the burden[H4853] of Jehovah[H3068] shall ye mention[H2142] no more[H376]: for every man's own word[H1697] shall be his burden[H4853]; for ye have perverted[H2015] the words[H1697] of the living[H2416] God[H430], of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] our God[H430].
37. Thus shalt thou say[H559] to the prophet[H5030], What hath Jehovah[H3068] answered[H6030] thee[H3068]? and, What hath Jehovah spoken[H1696]?
38. But[H518] if ye say[H559], The burden[H4853] of Jehovah[H3068]; therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: Because ye say[H559] this word[H1697], The burden[H4853] of Jehovah[H3068], and I have sent[H7971] unto you[H559], saying, Ye shall not say[H559], The burden[H4853] of Jehovah[H3068];
39. therefore[H5377], behold, I will utterly forget[H5382] you[H5203], and I will cast you off[H5892], and the city that I gave[H5414] unto you and to your fathers[H1], away from my presence[H6440]:
40. and I will bring[H5414] an everlasting[H5769] reproach[H2781] upon you[H5769], and a perpetual shame[H3640], which shall not be forgotten[H7911].
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