Jeremiah 10:21 For our leaders are stupid. They have not sought the Lord’s advice. So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for have all been scattered.

10:21 NET

逐节对照

New English Translation - For our leaders are stupid. They have not sought the Lord’s advice. So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for have all been scattered.
新标点和合本 - 因为牧人都成为畜类，没有求问耶和华，所以不得顺利；他们的羊群也都分散。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为牧人如同畜牲，没有寻求耶和华，所以不得顺利；他们的羊群也都分散了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为牧人如同畜牲，没有寻求耶和华，所以不得顺利；他们的羊群也都分散了。
当代译本 - 首领愚昧，没有求问耶和华，因此一败涂地，百姓如羊群四散。
圣经新译本 - 牧人都是顽梗的，他们不求问耶和华；因此，他们不得亨通，他们所有的羊群都四散。
现代标点和合本 - 因为牧人都成为畜类，没有求问耶和华，所以不得顺利，他们的羊群也都分散。
和合本（拼音版） - 因为牧人都成为畜类，没有求问耶和华，所以不得顺利；他们的羊群也都分散。
New International Version - The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the Lord; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.
New International Reader's Version - The leaders of my people are like shepherds who don’t have any sense. They don’t ask the Lord for advice. That’s why they don’t succeed. And that’s why their whole flock is scattered like sheep.
English Standard Version - For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the Lord; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
New Living Translation - The shepherds of my people have lost their senses. They no longer seek wisdom from the Lord. Therefore, they fail completely, and their flocks are scattered.
The Message - It’s because our leaders are stupid. They never asked God for counsel, And so nothing worked right. The people are scattered all over.
Christian Standard Bible - For the shepherds are stupid: They don’t seek the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, and their whole flock is scattered.
New American Standard Bible - For the shepherds have become stupid And have not sought the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, And all their flock is scattered.
New King James Version - For the shepherds have become dull-hearted, And have not sought the Lord; Therefore they shall not prosper, And all their flocks shall be scattered.
Amplified Bible - For the shepherds [of the people] have become [like brutes,] irrational and stupid, And have not searched for the Lord or asked about Him or realized their need for Him; Therefore they have not been wise and have not prospered, And all their flocks are scattered.
American Standard Version - For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
King James Version - For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
World English Bible - For the shepherds have become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks have scattered.
新標點和合本 - 因為牧人都成為畜類，沒有求問耶和華，所以不得順利；他們的羊羣也都分散。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為牧人如同畜牲，沒有尋求耶和華，所以不得順利；他們的羊羣也都分散了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為牧人如同畜牲，沒有尋求耶和華，所以不得順利；他們的羊羣也都分散了。
當代譯本 - 首領愚昧，沒有求問耶和華，因此一敗塗地，百姓如羊群四散。
聖經新譯本 - 牧人都是頑梗的，他們不求問耶和華；因此，他們不得亨通，他們所有的羊群都四散。
呂振中譯本 - 因為牧民者竟成了畜類，連永恆主、他們也沒有求問；因此他們不得亨通，他們的羊羣都四散。
現代標點和合本 - 因為牧人都成為畜類，沒有求問耶和華，所以不得順利，他們的羊群也都分散。
文理和合譯本 - 民牧冥頑、未尋求耶和華、故作事不智、其羣四散、
文理委辦譯本 - 民牧愚懵、不求耶和華、故不亨通、群民四散。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 因牧者蒙昧、不尋求主、故不能亨通、其群四散、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Los pastores se han vuelto necios, no buscan al Señor; por eso no han prosperado, y su rebaño anda disperso.
현대인의 성경 - 목자들은 미련하여 여호와를 찾지 않으므로 패망하고 그들의 모든 양떼는 흩어져 버렸다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Пастухи безрассудны и не взывают к Господу, поэтому они не имеют успеха ни в чем, и все их стада рассеяны.
Восточный перевод - Пастухи безрассудны и не взывают к Вечному, поэтому они не имеют успеха ни в чём, и все их стада рассеяны.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Пастухи безрассудны и не взывают к Вечному, поэтому они не имеют успеха ни в чём, и все их стада рассеяны.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Пастухи безрассудны и не взывают к Вечному, поэтому они не имеют успеха ни в чём, и все их стада рассеяны.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Les dirigeants du peuple ╵ont été insensés : ils n’ont pas suivi l’Eternel. Et c’est bien pour cela ╵qu’ils n’ont pas réussi et que tout le troupeau ╵dont ils avaient la charge ╵a été dispersé.
リビングバイブル - 指導者たちは分別を失いました。彼らはもはや神に従おうとせず、御心を尋ねようともしません。そのため、彼らは滅び、群れは散り散りになります。
Nova Versão Internacional - Os líderes do povo são insensatos e não consultam o Senhor; por isso não prosperam e todo o seu rebanho está disperso.
Hoffnung für alle - Unsere Hirten sind ohne Verstand – sie fragen nicht mehr nach dem Herrn. Kein Wunder, dass ihnen nichts mehr gelingt und ihre ganze Herde verstreut ist.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Những người chăn dân tôi đã đánh mất tri giác. Họ không còn tìm kiếm sự khôn ngoan từ Chúa Hằng Hữu. Vì thế, họ thất bại hoàn toàn, và cả bầy súc vật của họ phải ly tán.
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Jeremiah 50:17 - “The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
Jeremiah 5:31 - The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
Jeremiah 49:32 - Their camels will be taken as plunder. Their vast herds will be taken as spoil. I will scatter to the four winds those desert peoples who cut their hair short at the temples. I will bring disaster against them from every direction,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 8:9 - Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have?
Jeremiah 10:14 - All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.
Jeremiah 10:8 - The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!
Ezekiel 34:12 - As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.
Jeremiah 23:9 - Here is what the Lord says concerning the false prophets: My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed. I tremble all over. I am like a drunk person, like a person who has had too much wine, because of the way the Lord and his holy word are being mistreated.
Jeremiah 23:10 - For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.
Jeremiah 23:11 - Moreover, the Lord says, “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!
Jeremiah 23:12 - So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery. They will stumble and fall headlong. For I will bring disaster on them. A day of reckoning is coming for them.” The Lord affirms it!
Jeremiah 23:13 - The Lord says, “I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something that was disgusting. They prophesied in the name of the god Baal and led my people Israel astray.
Jeremiah 23:14 - But I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:15 - So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: ‘I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.’”
Jeremiah 23:16 - The Lord who rules over all says to the people of Jerusalem: “Do not listen to what those prophets are saying to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They are reporting visions of their own imaginations, not something the Lord has given them to say.
Jeremiah 23:17 - They continually say to those who reject what the Lord has said, ‘Things will go well for you!’ They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you!’
Jeremiah 23:18 - Yet which of them has ever stood in the Lord’s inner circle so they could see and hear what he has to say? Which of them have ever paid attention or listened to what he has said?
Jeremiah 23:19 - But just watch! The wrath of the Lord will come like a storm! Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked.
Jeremiah 23:20 - The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you people will come to understand this clearly.
Jeremiah 23:21 - I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.
Jeremiah 23:22 - But if they had stood in my inner circle, they would have proclaimed my message to my people. They would have caused my people to turn from their wicked ways and stop doing the evil things they are doing.
Jeremiah 23:23 - Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” the Lord asks.
Jeremiah 23:24 - “Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?” the Lord asks. “Do you not know that I am everywhere?” the Lord asks.
Jeremiah 23:25 - The Lord says, “I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, ‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’
Jeremiah 23:26 - Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds.
Jeremiah 23:27 - How long will they go on plotting to make my people forget who I am through the dreams they tell one another? That is just as bad as what their ancestors did when they forgot who I am by worshiping the god Baal.
Jeremiah 23:28 - Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the Lord, affirm it!
Jeremiah 23:29 - My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!
Jeremiah 23:30 - So I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.
Jeremiah 23:31 - I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who are using their own tongues to declare, ‘The Lord declares….’
Jeremiah 23:32 - I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies. I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all. I, the Lord, affirm it!”
Isaiah 56:10 - All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
Isaiah 56:11 - The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.
Isaiah 56:12 - Each one says, ‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’
Zechariah 13:7 - “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
John 10:12 - The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
John 10:13 - Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.
Jeremiah 2:8 - Your priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.
Ezekiel 22:25 - Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
Ezekiel 22:26 - Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.
Ezekiel 22:27 - Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey – shedding blood and destroying lives – so they can get dishonest profit.
Ezekiel 22:28 - Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
Ezekiel 22:29 - The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.
Ezekiel 22:30 - “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.
Zechariah 10:3 - I am enraged at the shepherds and will punish the lead-goats. For the Lord who rules over all has brought blessing to his flock, the house of Judah, and will transform them into his majestic warhorse.
Jeremiah 23:1 - The Lord says, “The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.
Jeremiah 23:2 - So the Lord God of Israel has this to say about the leaders who are ruling over his people: “You have caused my people to be dispersed and driven into exile. You have not taken care of them. So I will punish you for the evil that you have done. I, the Lord, affirm it!
Jeremiah 12:10 - Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wasteland.
Ezekiel 34:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them – to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
Ezekiel 34:3 - You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!
Ezekiel 34:4 - You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.
Ezekiel 34:5 - They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.
Ezekiel 34:6 - My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.
Ezekiel 34:7 - “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
Ezekiel 34:8 - As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,
Ezekiel 34:9 - Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
Ezekiel 34:10 - This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.

逐节对照

交叉引用

New English Translation - For our leaders are stupid. They have not sought the Lord’s advice. So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for have all been scattered.
新标点和合本 - 因为牧人都成为畜类，没有求问耶和华，所以不得顺利；他们的羊群也都分散。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为牧人如同畜牲，没有寻求耶和华，所以不得顺利；他们的羊群也都分散了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为牧人如同畜牲，没有寻求耶和华，所以不得顺利；他们的羊群也都分散了。
当代译本 - 首领愚昧，没有求问耶和华，因此一败涂地，百姓如羊群四散。
圣经新译本 - 牧人都是顽梗的，他们不求问耶和华；因此，他们不得亨通，他们所有的羊群都四散。
现代标点和合本 - 因为牧人都成为畜类，没有求问耶和华，所以不得顺利，他们的羊群也都分散。
和合本（拼音版） - 因为牧人都成为畜类，没有求问耶和华，所以不得顺利；他们的羊群也都分散。
New International Version - The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the Lord; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.
New International Reader's Version - The leaders of my people are like shepherds who don’t have any sense. They don’t ask the Lord for advice. That’s why they don’t succeed. And that’s why their whole flock is scattered like sheep.
English Standard Version - For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the Lord; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
New Living Translation - The shepherds of my people have lost their senses. They no longer seek wisdom from the Lord. Therefore, they fail completely, and their flocks are scattered.
The Message - It’s because our leaders are stupid. They never asked God for counsel, And so nothing worked right. The people are scattered all over.
Christian Standard Bible - For the shepherds are stupid: They don’t seek the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, and their whole flock is scattered.
New American Standard Bible - For the shepherds have become stupid And have not sought the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, And all their flock is scattered.
New King James Version - For the shepherds have become dull-hearted, And have not sought the Lord; Therefore they shall not prosper, And all their flocks shall be scattered.
Amplified Bible - For the shepherds [of the people] have become [like brutes,] irrational and stupid, And have not searched for the Lord or asked about Him or realized their need for Him; Therefore they have not been wise and have not prospered, And all their flocks are scattered.
American Standard Version - For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
King James Version - For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
World English Bible - For the shepherds have become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks have scattered.
新標點和合本 - 因為牧人都成為畜類，沒有求問耶和華，所以不得順利；他們的羊羣也都分散。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為牧人如同畜牲，沒有尋求耶和華，所以不得順利；他們的羊羣也都分散了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為牧人如同畜牲，沒有尋求耶和華，所以不得順利；他們的羊羣也都分散了。
當代譯本 - 首領愚昧，沒有求問耶和華，因此一敗塗地，百姓如羊群四散。
聖經新譯本 - 牧人都是頑梗的，他們不求問耶和華；因此，他們不得亨通，他們所有的羊群都四散。
呂振中譯本 - 因為牧民者竟成了畜類，連永恆主、他們也沒有求問；因此他們不得亨通，他們的羊羣都四散。
現代標點和合本 - 因為牧人都成為畜類，沒有求問耶和華，所以不得順利，他們的羊群也都分散。
文理和合譯本 - 民牧冥頑、未尋求耶和華、故作事不智、其羣四散、
文理委辦譯本 - 民牧愚懵、不求耶和華、故不亨通、群民四散。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 因牧者蒙昧、不尋求主、故不能亨通、其群四散、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Los pastores se han vuelto necios, no buscan al Señor; por eso no han prosperado, y su rebaño anda disperso.
현대인의 성경 - 목자들은 미련하여 여호와를 찾지 않으므로 패망하고 그들의 모든 양떼는 흩어져 버렸다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Пастухи безрассудны и не взывают к Господу, поэтому они не имеют успеха ни в чем, и все их стада рассеяны.
Восточный перевод - Пастухи безрассудны и не взывают к Вечному, поэтому они не имеют успеха ни в чём, и все их стада рассеяны.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Пастухи безрассудны и не взывают к Вечному, поэтому они не имеют успеха ни в чём, и все их стада рассеяны.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Пастухи безрассудны и не взывают к Вечному, поэтому они не имеют успеха ни в чём, и все их стада рассеяны.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Les dirigeants du peuple ╵ont été insensés : ils n’ont pas suivi l’Eternel. Et c’est bien pour cela ╵qu’ils n’ont pas réussi et que tout le troupeau ╵dont ils avaient la charge ╵a été dispersé.
リビングバイブル - 指導者たちは分別を失いました。彼らはもはや神に従おうとせず、御心を尋ねようともしません。そのため、彼らは滅び、群れは散り散りになります。
Nova Versão Internacional - Os líderes do povo são insensatos e não consultam o Senhor; por isso não prosperam e todo o seu rebanho está disperso.
Hoffnung für alle - Unsere Hirten sind ohne Verstand – sie fragen nicht mehr nach dem Herrn. Kein Wunder, dass ihnen nichts mehr gelingt und ihre ganze Herde verstreut ist.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Những người chăn dân tôi đã đánh mất tri giác. Họ không còn tìm kiếm sự khôn ngoan từ Chúa Hằng Hữu. Vì thế, họ thất bại hoàn toàn, và cả bầy súc vật của họ phải ly tán.
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Jeremiah 50:17 - “The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
Jeremiah 5:31 - The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
Jeremiah 49:32 - Their camels will be taken as plunder. Their vast herds will be taken as spoil. I will scatter to the four winds those desert peoples who cut their hair short at the temples. I will bring disaster against them from every direction,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 8:9 - Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have?
Jeremiah 10:14 - All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.
Jeremiah 10:8 - The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!
Ezekiel 34:12 - As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.
Jeremiah 23:9 - Here is what the Lord says concerning the false prophets: My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed. I tremble all over. I am like a drunk person, like a person who has had too much wine, because of the way the Lord and his holy word are being mistreated.
Jeremiah 23:10 - For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.
Jeremiah 23:11 - Moreover, the Lord says, “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!
Jeremiah 23:12 - So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery. They will stumble and fall headlong. For I will bring disaster on them. A day of reckoning is coming for them.” The Lord affirms it!
Jeremiah 23:13 - The Lord says, “I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something that was disgusting. They prophesied in the name of the god Baal and led my people Israel astray.
Jeremiah 23:14 - But I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:15 - So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: ‘I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.’”
Jeremiah 23:16 - The Lord who rules over all says to the people of Jerusalem: “Do not listen to what those prophets are saying to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They are reporting visions of their own imaginations, not something the Lord has given them to say.
Jeremiah 23:17 - They continually say to those who reject what the Lord has said, ‘Things will go well for you!’ They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you!’
Jeremiah 23:18 - Yet which of them has ever stood in the Lord’s inner circle so they could see and hear what he has to say? Which of them have ever paid attention or listened to what he has said?
Jeremiah 23:19 - But just watch! The wrath of the Lord will come like a storm! Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked.
Jeremiah 23:20 - The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you people will come to understand this clearly.
Jeremiah 23:21 - I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.
Jeremiah 23:22 - But if they had stood in my inner circle, they would have proclaimed my message to my people. They would have caused my people to turn from their wicked ways and stop doing the evil things they are doing.
Jeremiah 23:23 - Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” the Lord asks.
Jeremiah 23:24 - “Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?” the Lord asks. “Do you not know that I am everywhere?” the Lord asks.
Jeremiah 23:25 - The Lord says, “I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, ‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’
Jeremiah 23:26 - Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds.
Jeremiah 23:27 - How long will they go on plotting to make my people forget who I am through the dreams they tell one another? That is just as bad as what their ancestors did when they forgot who I am by worshiping the god Baal.
Jeremiah 23:28 - Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the Lord, affirm it!
Jeremiah 23:29 - My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!
Jeremiah 23:30 - So I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.
Jeremiah 23:31 - I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who are using their own tongues to declare, ‘The Lord declares….’
Jeremiah 23:32 - I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies. I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all. I, the Lord, affirm it!”
Isaiah 56:10 - All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
Isaiah 56:11 - The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.
Isaiah 56:12 - Each one says, ‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’
Zechariah 13:7 - “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
John 10:12 - The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
John 10:13 - Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.
Jeremiah 2:8 - Your priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.
Ezekiel 22:25 - Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
Ezekiel 22:26 - Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.
Ezekiel 22:27 - Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey – shedding blood and destroying lives – so they can get dishonest profit.
Ezekiel 22:28 - Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
Ezekiel 22:29 - The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.
Ezekiel 22:30 - “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.
Zechariah 10:3 - I am enraged at the shepherds and will punish the lead-goats. For the Lord who rules over all has brought blessing to his flock, the house of Judah, and will transform them into his majestic warhorse.
Jeremiah 23:1 - The Lord says, “The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.
Jeremiah 23:2 - So the Lord God of Israel has this to say about the leaders who are ruling over his people: “You have caused my people to be dispersed and driven into exile. You have not taken care of them. So I will punish you for the evil that you have done. I, the Lord, affirm it!
Jeremiah 12:10 - Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wasteland.
Ezekiel 34:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them – to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
Ezekiel 34:3 - You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!
Ezekiel 34:4 - You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.
Ezekiel 34:5 - They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.
Ezekiel 34:6 - My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.
Ezekiel 34:7 - “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
Ezekiel 34:8 - As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,
Ezekiel 34:9 - Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
Ezekiel 34:10 - This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.