Jeremiah 23:1 “Doom to the shepherd-leaders who butcher and scatter my sheep!” God’s Decree. “So here is what I, God, Israel’s God, say to the shepherd-leaders who misled ...

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逐节对照

The Message - “Doom to the shepherd-leaders who butcher and scatter my sheep!” God’s Decree. “So here is what I, God, Israel’s God, say to the shepherd-leaders who misled my people: ‘You’ve scattered my sheep. You’ve driven them off. You haven’t kept your eye on them. Well, let me tell you, I’m keeping my eye on you, keeping track of your criminal behavior. I’ll take over and gather what’s left of my sheep, gather them in from all the lands where I’ve driven them. I’ll bring them back where they belong, and they’ll recover and flourish. I’ll set shepherd-leaders over them who will take good care of them. They won’t live in fear or panic anymore. All the lost sheep rounded up!’ God’s Decree.
新标点和合本 - 耶和华说：“那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人有祸了！”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华说：“祸哉！那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华说：“祸哉！那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人！”
当代译本 - 耶和华说：“牧养我子民的首领有祸了！因为他们残害、驱散我草场上的羊群。”
圣经新译本 - “那些残杀和赶散我牧场上的羊群的牧人，有祸了！”这是耶和华的宣告。
现代标点和合本 - 耶和华说：“那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人有祸了！”
和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华说：“那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人，有祸了！”
New International Version - “Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord.
New International Reader's Version - “How terrible it will be for the shepherds who lead my people astray!” announces the Lord. “They are destroying and scattering the sheep that belong to my flock.”
English Standard Version - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord.
New Living Translation - “What sorrow awaits the leaders of my people—the shepherds of my sheep—for they have destroyed and scattered the very ones they were expected to care for,” says the Lord.
Christian Standard Bible - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” This is the Lord’s declaration.
New American Standard Bible - “Woe to the shepherds who are causing the sheep of My pasture to perish and are scattering them!” declares the Lord.
New King James Version - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.
Amplified Bible - “Woe to the shepherds (civil leaders, rulers) who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.
American Standard Version - Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
King James Version - Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
New English Translation - 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.
World English Bible - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.
新標點和合本 - 耶和華說：「那些殘害、趕散我草場之羊的牧人有禍了！」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華說：「禍哉！那些殘害、趕散我草場之羊的牧人！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華說：「禍哉！那些殘害、趕散我草場之羊的牧人！」
當代譯本 - 耶和華說：「牧養我子民的首領有禍了！因為他們殘害、驅散我草場上的羊群。」
聖經新譯本 - “那些殘殺和趕散我牧場上的羊群的牧人，有禍了！”這是耶和華的宣告。
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主發神諭說：『有禍啊那些牧民者，那使我牧場的羊喪亡或四散的！』
現代標點和合本 - 耶和華說：「那些殘害、趕散我草場之羊的牧人有禍了！」
文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、民牧殘我草場之羊、使之離散、其人禍矣、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、民牧害我群羊、驅之離散、禍必不遠。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、牧者使我苑之群羊、喪亡失散、使我苑之群羊喪亡失散或作害我苑之羊使之離散則必有禍、
Nueva Versión Internacional - «¡Ay de los pastores que destruyen y dispersan el rebaño de mis praderas!», afirma el Señor.
현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “내 목장의 양떼를 해치고 흩어 버리는 목자 들에게 화가 있을 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - – Горе пастухам, которые губят и разгоняют овец Моего стада! – возвещает Господь.
Восточный перевод - – Горе пастухам, которые губят и разгоняют овец Моего стада! – возвещает Вечный.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Горе пастухам, которые губят и разгоняют овец Моего стада! – возвещает Вечный.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Горе пастухам, которые губят и разгоняют овец Моего стада! – возвещает Вечный.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Malheur à ces bergers qui perdent et dispersent les brebis de mon pâturage, l’Eternel le déclare.
リビングバイブル - 神は宣告します。「わたしは、民の羊飼いである指導者に災いを下す。彼らは、世話をしなければならない者を滅ぼし、散らしたからだ。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Ai dos pastores que destroem e dispersam as ovelhas do meu pasto!”, diz o Senhor.
Hoffnung für alle - »So spricht der Herr: Wehe euch, ihr Führer meines Volkes! Ihr seid Hirten, die ihre Herde auseinandertreiben und zugrunde richten!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Khốn cho những người lãnh đạo dân Ta—những người chăn chiên Ta—vì chúng làm tan tác và tiêu diệt bầy chiên của đồng cỏ Ta.” Chúa Hằng Hữu phán.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศว่า “วิบัติแก่บรรดาคนเลี้ยงแกะซึ่งผลาญทำลายและทำให้ลูกแกะในท้องทุ่งของเรากระจัดกระจายไป!”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนี้ “วิบัติจงเกิดแก่บรรดาผู้เลี้ยงดูฝูงแกะที่ทำลายและทำให้แกะที่อยู่ในทุ่งหญ้าของเรากระจัดกระจายไป”

交叉引用

Jeremiah 2:26 - “Just as a thief is chagrined, but only when caught, so the people of Israel are chagrined, Caught along with their kings and princes, their priests and prophets. They walk up to a tree and say, ‘My father!’ They pick up a stone and say, ‘My mother! You bore me!’ All I ever see of them is their backsides. They never look me in the face. But when things go badly, they don’t hesitate to come running, calling out, ‘Get a move on! Save us!’ Why not go to your handcrafted gods you’re so fond of? Rouse them. Let them save you from your bad times. You’ve got more gods, Judah, than you know what to do with.
Jeremiah 25:34 - Wail, shepherds! Cry out for help! Grovel in the dirt, you masters of flocks! Time’s up—you’re slated for the slaughterhouse, like a choice ram with its throat cut. There’s no way out for the rulers, no escape for those shepherds. Hear that? Rulers crying for help, shepherds of the flock wailing! God is about to ravage their fine pastures. The peaceful sheepfolds will be silent with death, silenced by God’s deadly anger. God will come out into the open like a lion leaping from its cover, And the country will be torn to pieces, ripped and ravaged by his anger.
Jeremiah 23:13 - “Over in Samaria I saw prophets acting like silly fools—shocking! They preached using that no-god Baal for a text, messing with the minds of my people. And the Jerusalem prophets are even worse—horrible!— sex-driven, living a lie, Subsidizing a culture of wickedness, and never giving it a second thought. They’re as bad as those wretches in old Sodom, the degenerates of old Gomorrah.”
Jeremiah 23:15 - So here’s the Message to the prophets from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: “I’ll cook them a supper of maggoty meat with after-dinner drinks of strychnine. The Jerusalem prophets are behind all this. They’re the cause of the godlessness polluting this country.” * * *
Zechariah 11:6 - God’s Decree: “I’m washing my hands of the people of this land. From now on they’re all on their own. It’s dog-eat-dog, survival of the fittest, and every person for themselves. Don’t look for help from me.”
Zechariah 11:7 - So I took over from the crass, money-grubbing owners, and shepherded the sheep marked for slaughter. I got myself two shepherd staffs. I named one Lovely and the other Harmony. Then I went to work shepherding the sheep. Within a month I got rid of the corrupt shepherds. I got tired of putting up with them—and they couldn’t stand me.
Ezekiel 22:26 - “‘Your priests violated my law and desecrated my holy things. They can’t tell the difference between sacred and secular. They tell people there’s no difference between right and wrong. They’re contemptuous of my holy Sabbaths, profaning me by trying to pull me down to their level. Your politicians are like wolves prowling and killing and rapaciously taking whatever they want. Your preachers cover up for the politicians by pretending to have received visions and special revelations. They say, “This is what God, the Master, says . . .” when God hasn’t said so much as one word. Extortion is rife, robbery is epidemic, the poor and needy are abused, outsiders are kicked around at will, with no access to justice.’
Matthew 23:13 - “I’ve had it with you! You’re hopeless, you religion scholars, you Pharisees! Frauds! Your lives are roadblocks to God’s kingdom. You refuse to enter, and won’t let anyone else in either.
Matthew 23:15 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You go halfway around the world to make a convert, but once you get him you make him into a replica of yourselves, double-damned.
Matthew 23:16 - “You’re hopeless! What arrogant stupidity! You say, ‘If someone makes a promise with his fingers crossed, that’s nothing; but if he swears with his hand on the Bible, that’s serious.’ What ignorance! Does the leather on the Bible carry more weight than the skin on your hands? And what about this piece of trivia: ‘If you shake hands on a promise, that’s nothing; but if you raise your hand that God is your witness, that’s serious’? What ridiculous hairsplitting! What difference does it make whether you shake hands or raise hands? A promise is a promise. What difference does it make if you make your promise inside or outside a house of worship? A promise is a promise. God is present, watching and holding you to account regardless.
Matthew 23:23 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but on the meat of God’s Law, things like fairness and compassion and commitment—the absolute basics!—you carelessly take it or leave it. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required. Do you have any idea how silly you look, writing a life story that’s wrong from start to finish, nitpicking over commas and semicolons?
Matthew 23:25 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You buff the surface of your cups and bowls so they sparkle in the sun, while the insides are maggoty with your greed and gluttony. Stupid Pharisee! Scour the insides, and then the gleaming surface will mean something.
Matthew 23:27 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You’re like manicured grave plots, grass clipped and the flowers bright, but six feet down it’s all rotting bones and worm-eaten flesh. People look at you and think you’re saints, but beneath the skin you’re total frauds.
Matthew 23:29 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You build granite tombs for your prophets and marble monuments for your saints. And you say that if you had lived in the days of your ancestors, no blood would have been on your hands. You protest too much! You’re cut from the same cloth as those murderers, and daily add to the death count.
Jeremiah 50:6 - “My people were lost sheep. Their shepherds led them astray. They abandoned them in the mountains where they wandered aimless through the hills. They lost track of home, couldn’t remember where they came from. Everyone who met them took advantage of them. Their enemies had no qualms: ‘Fair game,’ they said. ‘They walked out on God. They abandoned the True Pasture, the hope of their parents.’
Isaiah 56:9 - A call to the savage beasts: Come on the run. Come, devour, beast barbarians! For Israel’s watchmen are blind, the whole lot of them. They have no idea what’s going on. They’re dogs without sense enough to bark, lazy dogs, dreaming in the sun— But hungry dogs, they do know how to eat, voracious dogs, with never enough. And these are Israel’s shepherds! They know nothing, understand nothing. They all look after themselves, grabbing whatever’s not nailed down. “Come,” they say, “let’s have a party. Let’s go out and get drunk!” And tomorrow, more of the same: “Let’s live it up!”
Luke 11:42 - “I’ve had it with you! You’re hopeless, you Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but manage to find loopholes for getting around basic matters of justice and God’s love. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required.
Luke 11:43 - “You’re hopeless, you Pharisees! Frauds! You love sitting at the head table at church dinners, love preening yourselves in the radiance of public flattery. Frauds! You’re just like unmarked graves: People walk over that nice, grassy surface, never suspecting the rot and corruption that is six feet under.”
Luke 11:45 - One of the religion scholars spoke up: “Teacher, do you realize that in saying these things you’re insulting us?”
Luke 11:46 - He said, “Yes, and I can be even more explicit. You’re hopeless, you religion scholars! You load people down with rules and regulations, nearly breaking their backs, but never lift even a finger to help.
Luke 11:47 - “You’re hopeless! You build tombs for the prophets your ancestors killed. The tombs you build are monuments to your murdering ancestors more than to the murdered prophets. That accounts for God’s Wisdom saying, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, but they’ll kill them and run them off.’ What it means is that every drop of righteous blood ever spilled from the time earth began until now, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was struck down between altar and sanctuary, is on your heads. Yes, it’s on the bill of this generation and this generation will pay.
Luke 11:52 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars! You took the key of knowledge, but instead of unlocking doors, you locked them. You won’t go in yourself, and won’t let anyone else in either.”
Ezekiel 34:7 - “‘Therefore, shepherds, listen to the Message of God: As sure as I am the living God—Decree of God, the Master—because my sheep have been turned into mere prey, into easy meals for wolves because you shepherds ignored them and only fed yourselves, listen to what God has to say:
Ezekiel 34:10 - “‘Watch out! I’m coming down on the shepherds and taking my sheep back. They’re fired as shepherds of my sheep. No more shepherds who just feed themselves! I’ll rescue my sheep from their greed. They’re not going to feed off my sheep any longer!
Zechariah 11:15 - God then said, “Dress up like a stupid shepherd. I’m going to install just such a shepherd in this land—a shepherd indifferent to victims, who ignores the lost, abandons the injured, and disdains decent citizens. He’ll only be in it for what he can get out of it, using and abusing any and all.
Zechariah 11:17 - “Doom to you, useless shepherd, walking off and leaving the sheep! A curse on your arm! A curse on your right eye! Your arm will hang limp and useless. Your right eye will go stone blind.”
Jeremiah 10:21 - It’s because our leaders are stupid. They never asked God for counsel, And so nothing worked right. The people are scattered all over.

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - “Doom to the shepherd-leaders who butcher and scatter my sheep!” God’s Decree. “So here is what I, God, Israel’s God, say to the shepherd-leaders who misled my people: ‘You’ve scattered my sheep. You’ve driven them off. You haven’t kept your eye on them. Well, let me tell you, I’m keeping my eye on you, keeping track of your criminal behavior. I’ll take over and gather what’s left of my sheep, gather them in from all the lands where I’ve driven them. I’ll bring them back where they belong, and they’ll recover and flourish. I’ll set shepherd-leaders over them who will take good care of them. They won’t live in fear or panic anymore. All the lost sheep rounded up!’ God’s Decree.
新标点和合本 - 耶和华说：“那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人有祸了！”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华说：“祸哉！那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华说：“祸哉！那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人！”
当代译本 - 耶和华说：“牧养我子民的首领有祸了！因为他们残害、驱散我草场上的羊群。”
圣经新译本 - “那些残杀和赶散我牧场上的羊群的牧人，有祸了！”这是耶和华的宣告。
现代标点和合本 - 耶和华说：“那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人有祸了！”
和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华说：“那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人，有祸了！”
New International Version - “Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord.
New International Reader's Version - “How terrible it will be for the shepherds who lead my people astray!” announces the Lord. “They are destroying and scattering the sheep that belong to my flock.”
English Standard Version - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord.
New Living Translation - “What sorrow awaits the leaders of my people—the shepherds of my sheep—for they have destroyed and scattered the very ones they were expected to care for,” says the Lord.
Christian Standard Bible - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” This is the Lord’s declaration.
New American Standard Bible - “Woe to the shepherds who are causing the sheep of My pasture to perish and are scattering them!” declares the Lord.
New King James Version - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.
Amplified Bible - “Woe to the shepherds (civil leaders, rulers) who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.
American Standard Version - Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
King James Version - Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
New English Translation - 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.
World English Bible - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.
新標點和合本 - 耶和華說：「那些殘害、趕散我草場之羊的牧人有禍了！」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華說：「禍哉！那些殘害、趕散我草場之羊的牧人！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華說：「禍哉！那些殘害、趕散我草場之羊的牧人！」
當代譯本 - 耶和華說：「牧養我子民的首領有禍了！因為他們殘害、驅散我草場上的羊群。」
聖經新譯本 - “那些殘殺和趕散我牧場上的羊群的牧人，有禍了！”這是耶和華的宣告。
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主發神諭說：『有禍啊那些牧民者，那使我牧場的羊喪亡或四散的！』
現代標點和合本 - 耶和華說：「那些殘害、趕散我草場之羊的牧人有禍了！」
文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、民牧殘我草場之羊、使之離散、其人禍矣、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、民牧害我群羊、驅之離散、禍必不遠。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、牧者使我苑之群羊、喪亡失散、使我苑之群羊喪亡失散或作害我苑之羊使之離散則必有禍、
Nueva Versión Internacional - «¡Ay de los pastores que destruyen y dispersan el rebaño de mis praderas!», afirma el Señor.
현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “내 목장의 양떼를 해치고 흩어 버리는 목자 들에게 화가 있을 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - – Горе пастухам, которые губят и разгоняют овец Моего стада! – возвещает Господь.
Восточный перевод - – Горе пастухам, которые губят и разгоняют овец Моего стада! – возвещает Вечный.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Горе пастухам, которые губят и разгоняют овец Моего стада! – возвещает Вечный.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Горе пастухам, которые губят и разгоняют овец Моего стада! – возвещает Вечный.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Malheur à ces bergers qui perdent et dispersent les brebis de mon pâturage, l’Eternel le déclare.
リビングバイブル - 神は宣告します。「わたしは、民の羊飼いである指導者に災いを下す。彼らは、世話をしなければならない者を滅ぼし、散らしたからだ。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Ai dos pastores que destroem e dispersam as ovelhas do meu pasto!”, diz o Senhor.
Hoffnung für alle - »So spricht der Herr: Wehe euch, ihr Führer meines Volkes! Ihr seid Hirten, die ihre Herde auseinandertreiben und zugrunde richten!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Khốn cho những người lãnh đạo dân Ta—những người chăn chiên Ta—vì chúng làm tan tác và tiêu diệt bầy chiên của đồng cỏ Ta.” Chúa Hằng Hữu phán.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศว่า “วิบัติแก่บรรดาคนเลี้ยงแกะซึ่งผลาญทำลายและทำให้ลูกแกะในท้องทุ่งของเรากระจัดกระจายไป!”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนี้ “วิบัติจงเกิดแก่บรรดาผู้เลี้ยงดูฝูงแกะที่ทำลายและทำให้แกะที่อยู่ในทุ่งหญ้าของเรากระจัดกระจายไป”

Jeremiah 2:26 - “Just as a thief is chagrined, but only when caught, so the people of Israel are chagrined, Caught along with their kings and princes, their priests and prophets. They walk up to a tree and say, ‘My father!’ They pick up a stone and say, ‘My mother! You bore me!’ All I ever see of them is their backsides. They never look me in the face. But when things go badly, they don’t hesitate to come running, calling out, ‘Get a move on! Save us!’ Why not go to your handcrafted gods you’re so fond of? Rouse them. Let them save you from your bad times. You’ve got more gods, Judah, than you know what to do with.
Jeremiah 25:34 - Wail, shepherds! Cry out for help! Grovel in the dirt, you masters of flocks! Time’s up—you’re slated for the slaughterhouse, like a choice ram with its throat cut. There’s no way out for the rulers, no escape for those shepherds. Hear that? Rulers crying for help, shepherds of the flock wailing! God is about to ravage their fine pastures. The peaceful sheepfolds will be silent with death, silenced by God’s deadly anger. God will come out into the open like a lion leaping from its cover, And the country will be torn to pieces, ripped and ravaged by his anger.
Jeremiah 23:13 - “Over in Samaria I saw prophets acting like silly fools—shocking! They preached using that no-god Baal for a text, messing with the minds of my people. And the Jerusalem prophets are even worse—horrible!— sex-driven, living a lie, Subsidizing a culture of wickedness, and never giving it a second thought. They’re as bad as those wretches in old Sodom, the degenerates of old Gomorrah.”
Jeremiah 23:15 - So here’s the Message to the prophets from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: “I’ll cook them a supper of maggoty meat with after-dinner drinks of strychnine. The Jerusalem prophets are behind all this. They’re the cause of the godlessness polluting this country.” * * *
Zechariah 11:6 - God’s Decree: “I’m washing my hands of the people of this land. From now on they’re all on their own. It’s dog-eat-dog, survival of the fittest, and every person for themselves. Don’t look for help from me.”
Zechariah 11:7 - So I took over from the crass, money-grubbing owners, and shepherded the sheep marked for slaughter. I got myself two shepherd staffs. I named one Lovely and the other Harmony. Then I went to work shepherding the sheep. Within a month I got rid of the corrupt shepherds. I got tired of putting up with them—and they couldn’t stand me.
Ezekiel 22:26 - “‘Your priests violated my law and desecrated my holy things. They can’t tell the difference between sacred and secular. They tell people there’s no difference between right and wrong. They’re contemptuous of my holy Sabbaths, profaning me by trying to pull me down to their level. Your politicians are like wolves prowling and killing and rapaciously taking whatever they want. Your preachers cover up for the politicians by pretending to have received visions and special revelations. They say, “This is what God, the Master, says . . .” when God hasn’t said so much as one word. Extortion is rife, robbery is epidemic, the poor and needy are abused, outsiders are kicked around at will, with no access to justice.’
Matthew 23:13 - “I’ve had it with you! You’re hopeless, you religion scholars, you Pharisees! Frauds! Your lives are roadblocks to God’s kingdom. You refuse to enter, and won’t let anyone else in either.
Matthew 23:15 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You go halfway around the world to make a convert, but once you get him you make him into a replica of yourselves, double-damned.
Matthew 23:16 - “You’re hopeless! What arrogant stupidity! You say, ‘If someone makes a promise with his fingers crossed, that’s nothing; but if he swears with his hand on the Bible, that’s serious.’ What ignorance! Does the leather on the Bible carry more weight than the skin on your hands? And what about this piece of trivia: ‘If you shake hands on a promise, that’s nothing; but if you raise your hand that God is your witness, that’s serious’? What ridiculous hairsplitting! What difference does it make whether you shake hands or raise hands? A promise is a promise. What difference does it make if you make your promise inside or outside a house of worship? A promise is a promise. God is present, watching and holding you to account regardless.
Matthew 23:23 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but on the meat of God’s Law, things like fairness and compassion and commitment—the absolute basics!—you carelessly take it or leave it. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required. Do you have any idea how silly you look, writing a life story that’s wrong from start to finish, nitpicking over commas and semicolons?
Matthew 23:25 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You buff the surface of your cups and bowls so they sparkle in the sun, while the insides are maggoty with your greed and gluttony. Stupid Pharisee! Scour the insides, and then the gleaming surface will mean something.
Matthew 23:27 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You’re like manicured grave plots, grass clipped and the flowers bright, but six feet down it’s all rotting bones and worm-eaten flesh. People look at you and think you’re saints, but beneath the skin you’re total frauds.
Matthew 23:29 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You build granite tombs for your prophets and marble monuments for your saints. And you say that if you had lived in the days of your ancestors, no blood would have been on your hands. You protest too much! You’re cut from the same cloth as those murderers, and daily add to the death count.
Jeremiah 50:6 - “My people were lost sheep. Their shepherds led them astray. They abandoned them in the mountains where they wandered aimless through the hills. They lost track of home, couldn’t remember where they came from. Everyone who met them took advantage of them. Their enemies had no qualms: ‘Fair game,’ they said. ‘They walked out on God. They abandoned the True Pasture, the hope of their parents.’
Isaiah 56:9 - A call to the savage beasts: Come on the run. Come, devour, beast barbarians! For Israel’s watchmen are blind, the whole lot of them. They have no idea what’s going on. They’re dogs without sense enough to bark, lazy dogs, dreaming in the sun— But hungry dogs, they do know how to eat, voracious dogs, with never enough. And these are Israel’s shepherds! They know nothing, understand nothing. They all look after themselves, grabbing whatever’s not nailed down. “Come,” they say, “let’s have a party. Let’s go out and get drunk!” And tomorrow, more of the same: “Let’s live it up!”
Luke 11:42 - “I’ve had it with you! You’re hopeless, you Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but manage to find loopholes for getting around basic matters of justice and God’s love. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required.
Luke 11:43 - “You’re hopeless, you Pharisees! Frauds! You love sitting at the head table at church dinners, love preening yourselves in the radiance of public flattery. Frauds! You’re just like unmarked graves: People walk over that nice, grassy surface, never suspecting the rot and corruption that is six feet under.”
Luke 11:45 - One of the religion scholars spoke up: “Teacher, do you realize that in saying these things you’re insulting us?”
Luke 11:46 - He said, “Yes, and I can be even more explicit. You’re hopeless, you religion scholars! You load people down with rules and regulations, nearly breaking their backs, but never lift even a finger to help.
Luke 11:47 - “You’re hopeless! You build tombs for the prophets your ancestors killed. The tombs you build are monuments to your murdering ancestors more than to the murdered prophets. That accounts for God’s Wisdom saying, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, but they’ll kill them and run them off.’ What it means is that every drop of righteous blood ever spilled from the time earth began until now, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was struck down between altar and sanctuary, is on your heads. Yes, it’s on the bill of this generation and this generation will pay.
Luke 11:52 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars! You took the key of knowledge, but instead of unlocking doors, you locked them. You won’t go in yourself, and won’t let anyone else in either.”
Ezekiel 34:7 - “‘Therefore, shepherds, listen to the Message of God: As sure as I am the living God—Decree of God, the Master—because my sheep have been turned into mere prey, into easy meals for wolves because you shepherds ignored them and only fed yourselves, listen to what God has to say:
Ezekiel 34:10 - “‘Watch out! I’m coming down on the shepherds and taking my sheep back. They’re fired as shepherds of my sheep. No more shepherds who just feed themselves! I’ll rescue my sheep from their greed. They’re not going to feed off my sheep any longer!
Zechariah 11:15 - God then said, “Dress up like a stupid shepherd. I’m going to install just such a shepherd in this land—a shepherd indifferent to victims, who ignores the lost, abandons the injured, and disdains decent citizens. He’ll only be in it for what he can get out of it, using and abusing any and all.
Zechariah 11:17 - “Doom to you, useless shepherd, walking off and leaving the sheep! A curse on your arm! A curse on your right eye! Your arm will hang limp and useless. Your right eye will go stone blind.”
Jeremiah 10:21 - It’s because our leaders are stupid. They never asked God for counsel, And so nothing worked right. The people are scattered all over.