Jeremiah Chapter 23 verse 1 Holy Bible
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
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A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.
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Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
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Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
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Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh.
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Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXXIII.(1) Woe be unto the pastors . . .--The message that follows in Jeremiah 23:1-8 comes as a natural sequel to that of Jeremiah 22. The unfaithful shepherds who had been there denounced are contrasted with those, more faithful to their trust, whom Jehovah will raise up. As before, in Jeremiah 2:8 and elsewhere, we have to remember that the "pastors" are (like the "shepherds of the people" in Greek poets) the civil rulers, not the prophets or the priests, of Israel. The parallelism with the prophecy of Ezekiel 34, delivered about the same time in the land of exile, is suggestive either of direct communication between the two writers, or of traditional lines of thought common to the two priest-prophets.The sheep of my pasture.--The words assert the claims of Jehovah to be the true Shepherd of His people. (Comp. Psalm 79:13; Psalm 100:3.)Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“Woeה֣וֹי (hō·w)InterjectionStrong's 1945: Ah! alas! ha!to the shepherdsרֹעִ֗ים (rō·‘îm)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate withwho destroyמְאַבְּדִ֧ים (mə·’ab·bə·ḏîm)Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perishand scatterוּמְפִצִ֛ים (ū·mə·p̄i·ṣîm)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 6327: To be dispersed or scatteredthe sheepצֹ֥אן (ṣōn)Noun - common singular constructStrong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flockof My pasture!”מַרְעִיתִ֖י (mar·‘î·ṯî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 4830: A pasturing, shepherding, pasturagedeclaresנְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 5002: An oraclethe LORD.יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of IsraelJump to PreviousAffirmation Causing Curse Declares Destroy Destroying Destruction Field Flock Keepers Loss Pastors Pasture Scatter Scattering Sheep Shepherds Wo Woe
