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Jeremiah 23:1-2
“ Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” This is the Lord’s declaration.“ Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who shepherd My people: You have scattered My flock, banished them, and have not attended to them. I will attend to you because of your evil acts”— this is the Lord’s declaration.
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Proverbs 21:31
A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory comes from the Lord.
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Ezekiel 34:7-10
“ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.As I live”— the declaration of the Lord God—“ because My flock has become prey and food for every wild animal since they lack a shepherd, for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than My flock,therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!“ This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against the shepherds. I will demand My flock from them and prevent them from shepherding the flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock from their mouths so that they will not be food for them.
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Ezekiel 34:16-17
“ I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.“ The Lord God says to you, My flock: I am going to judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and male goats.
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Zechariah 11:17
Woe to the worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither away and his right eye go completely blind!”
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Zephaniah 2:7
The coastland will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; they will find pasture there. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the Lord their God will return to them and restore their fortunes.
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Ezekiel 34:2
“ Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them: This is what the Lord God says to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed their flock?
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Ezekiel 34:20-21
“ Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: See, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.Since you have pushed with flank and shoulder and butted all the weak ones with your horns until you scattered them all over,
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Jeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds are stupid: they don’t seek the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, and their whole flock is scattered.
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Ruth 1:6
She and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab, because she had heard in Moab that the Lord had paid attention to His people’s need by providing them food.
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Song of Solomon 1 9
I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
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1 Peter 2 12
Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.
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Isaiah 56:9-12
All you animals of the field and forest, come and eat!Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them, they know nothing; all of them are mute dogs, they cannot bark; they dream, lie down, and love to sleep.These dogs have fierce appetites; they never have enough. And they are shepherds who have no discernment; all of them turn to their own way, every last one for his own gain.“ Come, let me get some wine, let’s guzzle some beer; and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
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Zechariah 11:5-8
Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished. Those who sell them say: Praise the Lord because I have become rich! Even their own shepherds have no compassion for them.Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land”— this is the Lord’s declaration.“ Instead, I will turn everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.”So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
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Jeremiah 25:12
When the 70 years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation’— this is the Lord’s declaration—‘ the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it a ruin forever.
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Isaiah 10:12
But when the Lord finishes all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say,“ I will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”
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Zephaniah 1:8
On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice I will punish the officials, the king’s sons, and all who are dressed in foreign clothing.
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Jeremiah 25:34
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. Because the days of your slaughter have come, you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.
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Luke 1:68
Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and provided redemption for His people.
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Matthew 25:32-33
All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on the left.
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Jeremiah 11:22
Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:“ I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword; their sons and daughters will die by famine.
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Jeremiah 50:6
My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
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Isaiah 24:21
On that day the Lord will punish the host of heaven above and kings of the earth below.
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Exodus 4:31
The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had paid attention to them and that He had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.
