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Jeremiah 23 (WEBP)

[1] “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.
[2] Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says against the shepherds who feed my people: “You have scattered my flock, driven them away, and have not visited them. Behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings,” says Yahweh.
[3] “I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they will be fruitful and multiply.
[4] I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, neither will any be lacking,” says Yahweh.
[5] “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch; and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
[6] In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
[7] “Therefore, behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that they will no more say, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’
[8] but, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will dwell in their own land.”
[9] Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.
[10] “For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
[11] for both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says Yahweh.
[12] Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.
[13] “I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
[14] In the prophets of Jerusalem I have also seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one returns from his wickedness. They have all become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.”
[15] Therefore Yahweh of Armies says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poisoned water; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”
[16] Yahweh of Armies says, “Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh.
[17] They say continually to those who despise me, ‘Yahweh has said, “You will have peace;” ’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil will come on you.’
[18] For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it?
[19] Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm! It will burst on the head of the wicked.
[20] Yahweh’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.
[21] I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
[22] But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
[23] “Am I a God at hand,” says Yahweh, “and not a God afar off?
[24] Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.
[25] “I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
[26] How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
[27] They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name because of Baal.
[28] The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.
[29] “Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
[30] “Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.
[31] Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’
[32] Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says Yahweh, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them or command them. They don’t profit this people at all,” says Yahweh.
[33] “When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, asks you, saying, ‘What is the message from Yahweh?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘ “What message? I will cast you off,” says Yahweh.’
[34] As for the prophet, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from Yahweh,’ I will even punish that man and his household.
[35] You will say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, ‘What has Yahweh answered?’ and, ‘What has Yahweh said?’
[36] You will mention the message from Yahweh no more, for every man’s own word has become his message; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Armies, our God.
[37] You will say to the prophet, ‘What has Yahweh answered you?’ and, ‘What has Yahweh spoken?’
[38] Although you say, ‘The message from Yahweh,’ therefore Yahweh says: ‘Because you say this word, “The message from Yahweh,” and I have sent to you, telling you not to say, “The message from Yahweh,”
[39] therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off with the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence.
[40] I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which will not be forgotten.’ ”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 23 (KJVS)

[1] Woe be unto the pastors () that destroy () and scatter () the sheep of my pasture ! saith () the LORD .
[2] Therefore thus saith () the LORD God of Israel against the pastors () that feed () my people ; Ye have scattered () my flock , and driven them away (), and have not visited () them: behold, I will visit () upon you the evil of your doings , saith () the LORD .
[3] And I will gather () the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven () them, and will bring them again () to their folds ; and they shall be fruitful () and increase ().
[4] And I will set up () shepherds () over them which shall feed () them: and they shall fear () no more, nor be dismayed (), neither shall they be lacking (), saith () the LORD .
[5] Behold, the days come (), saith () the LORD , that I will raise () unto David a righteous Branch , and a King shall reign () and prosper (), and shall execute () judgment and justice in the earth .
[6] In his days Judah shall be saved (), and Israel shall dwell () safely : and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called (), THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS .
[7] Therefore, behold, the days come (), saith () the LORD , that they shall no more say (), The LORD liveth , which brought up () the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt ;
[8] But, The LORD liveth , which brought up () and which led () the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country , and from all countries whither I had driven () them; and they shall dwell () in their own land .
[9] Mine heart within me is broken () because of the prophets ; all my bones shake (); I am like a drunken man , and like a man whom wine hath overcome (), because of the LORD , and because of the words of his holiness .
[10] For the land is full () of adulterers (); for because of swearing the land mourneth (); the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up (), and their course is evil , and their force [is] not right.
[11] For both prophet and priest are profane (); yea, in my house have I found () their wickedness , saith () the LORD .
[12] Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery [ways] in the darkness : they shall be driven on (), and fall () therein: for I will bring () evil upon them, [even] the year of their visitation , saith () the LORD .
[13] And I have seen () folly in the prophets of Samaria ; they prophesied () in Baal , and caused my people Israel to err ().
[14] I have seen () also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing : they commit adultery (), and walk () in lies : they strengthen () also the hands of evildoers (), that none doth return () from his wickedness : they are all of them unto me as Sodom , and the inhabitants () thereof as Gomorrah .
[15] Therefore thus saith () the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets ; Behold, I will feed () them with wormwood , and make them drink () the water of gall : for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth () into all the land .
[16] Thus saith () the LORD of hosts , Hearken () not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy () unto you: they make you vain (): they speak () a vision of their own heart , [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD .
[17] They say () still () unto them that despise () me, The LORD hath said (), Ye shall have peace ; and they say () unto every one that walketh () after the imagination of his own heart , No evil shall come () upon you.
[18] For who hath stood () in the counsel of the LORD , and hath perceived () and heard () his word ? who hath marked () his word , and heard () [it]?
[19] Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth () in fury , even a grievous () whirlwind : it shall fall grievously () upon the head of the wicked .
[20] The anger of the LORD shall not return (), until he have executed (), and till he have performed () the thoughts of his heart : in the latter days ye shall consider () it perfectly .
[21] I have not sent () these prophets , yet they ran (): I have not spoken () to them, yet they prophesied ().
[22] But if they had stood () in my counsel , and had caused my people to hear () my words , then they should have turned () them from their evil way , and from the evil of their doings .
[23] [Am] I a God at hand , saith () the LORD , and not a God afar off ?
[24] Can any hide () himself in secret places that I shall not see () him? saith () the LORD . Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith () the LORD .
[25] I have heard () what the prophets said (), that prophesy () lies in my name , saying (), I have dreamed (), I have dreamed ().
[26] How long shall [this] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy () lies ? yea, [they are] prophets of the deceit of their own heart ;
[27] Which think () to cause my people to forget () my name by their dreams which they tell () every man to his neighbour , as their fathers have forgotten () my name for Baal .
[28] The prophet that hath a dream , let him tell () a dream ; and he that hath my word , let him speak () my word faithfully . What [is] the chaff to the wheat ? saith () the LORD .
[29] [Is] not my word like as a fire ? saith () the LORD ; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces ()?
[30] Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets , saith () the LORD , that steal () my words every one from his neighbour .
[31] Behold, I [am] against the prophets , saith () the LORD , that use () their tongues , and say (), He saith ().
[32] Behold, I [am] against them that prophesy () false dreams , saith () the LORD , and do tell () them, and cause my people to err () by their lies , and by their lightness ; yet I sent () them not, nor commanded () them: therefore they shall not profit () this people at all (), saith () the LORD .
[33] And when this people , or the prophet , or a priest , shall ask () thee, saying (), What [is] the burden of the LORD ? thou shalt then say () unto them, What burden ? I will even forsake () you, saith () the LORD .
[34] And [as for] the prophet , and the priest , and the people , that shall say (), The burden of the LORD , I will even punish () that man and his house .
[35] Thus shall ye say () every one to his neighbour , and every one to his brother , What hath the LORD answered ()? and, What hath the LORD spoken ()?
[36] And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention () no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden ; for ye have perverted () the words of the living God , of the LORD of hosts our God .
[37] Thus shalt thou say () to the prophet , What hath the LORD answered () thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken ()?
[38] But since ye say (), The burden of the LORD ; therefore thus saith () the LORD ; Because ye say () this word , The burden of the LORD , and I have sent () unto you, saying (), Ye shall not say (), The burden of the LORD ;
[39] Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly () forget () you, and I will forsake () you, and the city that I gave () you and your fathers , [and cast you] out of my presence :
[40] And I will bring () an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame , which shall not be forgotten ().

Young’s Literal Translation

Jeremiah 23 (YLT)

[1] Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.
[2] Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah.
[3] And I do gather the remnant of My flock Out of all the lands whither I drove them, And have brought them back unto their fold, And they have been fruitful, and multiplied.
[4] And I have raised for them shepherds, And they have fed them, And they fear no more, nor are affrighted, Nor are they lacking-an affirmation of Jehovah.
[5] Lo, days are coming-an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.
[6] In his days is Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth confidently, And this his name that Jehovah proclaimeth him, ‘Our Righteousness.’
[7] Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they do not say any more, Jehovah liveth who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,
[8] But-Jehovah liveth, who brought up, And who brought in, the seed of the house of Israel, From the land of the north, And from all the lands whither I drove them, And they have dwelt on their own ground!
[9] In reference to the prophets: Broken hath been my heart in my midst, Fluttered have all my bones, I have been as a man-a drunkard, And as a man-wine hath passed over him, Because of Jehovah, and of His holy words.
[10] For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might-not right.
[11] For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah.
[12] Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.
[13] And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people-Israel-to err.
[14] And in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me-all of them-as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.
[15] Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land.
[16] Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Ye do not hearken unto the words Of the prophets who are prophesying to you, They are making you vain things, A vision of their own heart they speak, Not from the mouth of Jehovah.
[17] Saying diligently to those despising The word of Jehovah: Peace is for you, And to every one walking in the stubbornness of his heart they have said: Evil doth not come in unto you.
[18] For who hath stood in the counsel of Jehovah, And seeth and heareth His word? Who hath regarded My word, and hearkeneth?
[19] Lo, a whirlwind of Jehovah- Fury hath gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, On the head of the wicked it stayeth.
[20] The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.
[21] I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.
[22] But-if they stood in My counsel, Then they cause My people to hear My words, And they turn them back from their evil way, And from the evil of their doings.
[23] A God near am I-an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off?
[24] Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.
[25] I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed.’
[26] Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,
[27] Who are devising to cause My people To forget My name by their dreams, That they recount each to his neighbour, As their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
[28] The prophet with whom is a dream, Let him recount the dream, And he with whom is My word, Let him truly speak My word. What-to the straw with the corn? An affirmation of Jehovah.
[29] Is it not thus? My word is as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer-it breaketh in pieces a rock.
[30] Therefore, lo, I am against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Stealing My words each from his neighbour.
[31] Lo, I am against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are making smooth their tongue, And they affirm-an affirmation.
[32] Lo, I am against the prophets of false dreams, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they recount them, and cause my people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I-I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not at all profitable to this people, An affirmation of Jehovah.
[33] And when this people, or the prophet, Or a priest, doth ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? Then thou hast said unto them: Ye are the burden, and I have left you, An affirmation of Jehovah.
[34] And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That saith, The burden of Jehovah, I have seen after that man, and after his house.
[35] Thus do ye say each unto his neighbour, And each unto his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? And what hath Jehovah spoken?
[36] And the burden of Jehovah ye do not mention any more, For the burden to each is-His word, And ye have overturned the words of the living God, Jehovah of Hosts, our God.
[37] Thus dost thou say unto the prophet What hath Jehovah answered thee? And what hath Jehovah spoken?
[38] And if the burden of Jehovah ye say, Therefore thus said Jehovah: Because of your saying this word, The burden of Jehovah, And I do send unto you, saying, Ye do not say, The burden of Jehovah.
[39] Therefore, lo, I-I have taken you utterly away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face,
[40] And I have put on you reproach age-during, And shame age-during that is not forgotten!