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Jeremiah 23
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The Righteous Branch

23"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.H1945H7462H6H6327H6629H4830H5002H3068 2Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: "Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done," declares the LORD.H559H3068H430H3478H7462H7462H5971H6327H6629H5080H6485H6485H7455H4611H5002H3068 3"I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number.H6908H7611H6629H776H5080H7725H5116H6509H7235 4I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing," declares the LORD.H6965H7462H7462H3372H2865H6485H5002H3068 5"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.H3117H935H5002H3068H6965H1732H6662H6780H4428H4427H7919H6213H4941H6666H776 6In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.H3117H3063H3467H3478H7931H983H8034H7121H3072 7"So then, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when people will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,'H3117H935H5002H3068H559H3068H2416H5927H1121H3478H776H4714 8but they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.' Then they will live in their own land."H3068H2416H5927H935H2233H1004H3478H6828H776H776H5080H3427H127

Lying Prophets

9Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones tremble. I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD and his holy words.H3820H7130H7665H5030H6106H7363H7910H376H1397H3196H5674H6440H3068H1697H6944 10The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land lies parched and the pastures in the desert are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.H776H4390H5003H6440H423H776H56H4999H4057H3001H4794H7451H1369 11"Both prophet and priest are godless; even in my temple I find their wickedness," declares the LORD.H5030H3548H2610H1004H4672H7451H5002H3068 12"Therefore their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall. I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished," declares the LORD.H1870H2519H653H1760H5307H935H7451H8141H6486H5002H3068 13"Among the prophets of Samaria I saw this repulsive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.H7200H8604H5030H8111H5012H1168H5971H3478H8582 14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible: They commit adultery and live a lie. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his wickedness. They are all like Sodom to me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah."H7200H5030H3389H8186H5003H1980H8267H2388H3027H7489H376H7725H7451H5467H3427H6017 15Therefore, this is what the LORD Almighty says concerning the prophets: "I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land."H559H3068H6635H5030H398H3939H8248H4325H7219H5030H3389H2613H3318H776 16This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.H559H3068H6635H8085H1697H5030H5012H1891H1696H2377H3820H6310H3068 17They keep saying to those who despise me, 'The LORD says: You will have peace.' And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts they say, 'No harm will come to you.'H559H559H5006H3068H1696H7965H559H1980H8307H3820H7451H935 18But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word?H5975H5475H3068H7200H8085H1697H7181H1697H8085 19See, the storm of the LORD will burst out in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.H5591H3068H3318H2534H2342H5591H2342H7218H7563 20The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand it clearly.H639H3068H7725H6213H6965H4209H3820H319H3117H995H998 21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.H7971H5030H7323H1696H5012 22But if they had stood in my council, they would have proclaimed my words to my people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds.H5975H5475H5971H8085H1697H7725H7451H1870H7455H4611 23"Am I only a God nearby," declares the LORD, "and not a God far away?H430H7138H5002H3068H430H7350 24Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?" declares the LORD. "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the LORD.H376H5641H4565H7200H5002H3068H4392H8064H776H5002H3068 25"I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!'H8085H5030H559H5012H8267H8034H559H2492H2492 26How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?H3426H3820H5030H5012H8267H5030H8649H3820 27They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their fathers forgot my name through Baal worship.H2803H5971H7911H8034H2472H5608H376H7453H1H7911H8034H1168 28Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the LORD.H5030H2472H5608H2472H1697H1696H1697H571H8401H1250H5002H3068 29"Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?H1697H3541H784H5002H3068H6360H6327H5553H6327 30"Therefore," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.H5030H5002H3068H1589H1697H376H7453 31Yes," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The LORD declares.'H5030H5002H3068H3947H3956H5001H5002 32Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the LORD. "They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the LORD.H5012H8267H2472H5002H3068H5608H5971H8582H8267H6350H7971H6680H3276H5971H3276H5002H3068

False Prophecy

33"When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, 'What is the oracle of the LORD?' say to them, 'What oracle? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.'H5971H5030H3548H7592H559H4853H3068H559H4853H5203H5002H3068 34If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' I will punish that man and his household.H5030H3548H5971H559H4853H3068H6485H376H1004 35This is what each of you keeps on saying to his friend or relative: 'What is the LORD'S answer?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'H559H376H7453H376H251H3068H6030H3068H1696 36But you must not mention 'the oracle of the LORD' again, because every man's own word becomes his oracle and so you distort the words of the living God, the LORD Almighty, our God.H4853H3068H2142H376H1697H4853H2015H1697H2416H430H3068H6635H430 37This is what you keep saying to a prophet: 'What is the LORD'S answer to you?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'H559H5030H3068H6030H3068H1696 38Although you claim, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' this is what the LORD says: You used the words, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' even though I told you that you must not claim, 'This is the oracle of the LORD.'H518H559H4853H3068H559H3068H559H1697H4853H3068H7971H559H559H4853H3068 39Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your fathers.H5377H5382H5203H5892H5414H1H6440 40I will bring upon you everlasting disgrace—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten."H5414H5769H2781H5769H3640H7911


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