1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 23:1
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Jeremiah 25:35–37
35 Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock. 36 Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture. 37 The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burn…
Ezekiel 34:9–11
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Jeremiah 10:20–22
20 My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains. 21 For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered…
Ezekiel 34:1–3
1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their floc…
Zechariah 11:3–5
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Zechariah 11:15–17
15 And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the fle…
Jeremiah 12:9–11
9 Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her. 10 Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have…
2 Esdras 15:23–25
23 A fire has gone out from his wrath and has consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners, like burnt straw. (WEB) 24 Woe to those who sin and don’t keep my commandments!” says the Lord. (WEB) 25 “I will not spare them. Go your way, you rebellious children! Don’t defile m… (WEB)
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