- 1Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.ה֣וֹי רֹעִ֗ים מְאַבְּדִ֧ים וּמְפִצִ֛ים אֶת צֹ֥אן מַרְעִיתִ֖י נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
- 2Therefore 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.לָ֠כֵן כֹּֽה אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַֽל הָרֹעִים֮ הָרֹעִ֣ים אֶת עַמִּי֒ אַתֶּ֞ם הֲפִצֹתֶ֤ם אֶת צֹאנִי֙ וַתַּדִּח֔וּם וְלֹ֥א פְקַדְתֶּ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם הִנְנִ֨י פֹקֵ֧ד עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
- 3And 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.וַאֲנִ֗י אֲקַבֵּץ֙ אֶת שְׁאֵרִ֣ית צֹאנִ֔י מִכֹּל֙ הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר הִדַּ֥חְתִּי אֹתָ֖ם שָׁ֑ם וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֥י אֶתְהֶ֛ן עַל נְוֵהֶ֖ן וּפָר֥וּ וְרָבֽוּ
- 4And 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.וַהֲקִמֹתִ֧י עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם רֹעִ֖ים וְרָע֑וּם וְלֹא יִֽירְא֨וּ ע֧וֹד וְלֹא יֵחַ֛תּוּ וְלֹ֥א יִפָּקֵ֖דוּ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
- 5Behold, 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.הִנֵּ֨ה יָמִ֤ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה וַהֲקִמֹתִ֥י לְדָוִ֖ד צֶ֣מַח צַדִּ֑יק וּמָ֤לַךְ מֶ֨לֶךְ֙ וְהִשְׂכִּ֔יל וְעָשָׂ֛ה מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה בָּאָֽרֶץ
- 6In 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.בְּיָמָיו֙ תִּוָּשַׁ֣ע יְהוּדָ֔ה וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִשְׁכֹּ֣ן לָבֶ֑טַח וְזֶה שְּׁמ֥וֹ אֲֽשֶׁר יִקְרְא֖וֹ יְהוָ֥ה צִדְקֵֽנוּ
- 7Therefore, 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;לָכֵ֛ן הִנֵּֽה יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹא יֹ֤אמְרוּ עוֹד֙ חַי יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֶעֱלָ֛ה אֶת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
- 8But, 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.כִּ֣י אִם חַי יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶעֱלָה֩ וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵבִ֜יא אֶת זֶ֨רַע בֵּ֤ית יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹנָה וּמִכֹּל֙ הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִדַּחְתִּ֖ים שָׁ֑ם וְיָשְׁב֖וּ עַל אַדְמָתָֽם
- 9Mine 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.לַנְּבִאִ֞ים נִשְׁבַּ֧ר לִבִּ֣י בְקִרְבִּ֗י רָֽחֲפוּ֙ כָּל עַצְמוֹתַ֔י הָיִ֨יתִי֙ כְּאִ֣ישׁ שִׁכּ֔וֹר וּכְגֶ֖בֶר עֲבָ֣רוֹ יָ֑יִן מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י דִּבְרֵ֥י קָדְשֽׁוֹ
- 10For 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.כִּ֤י מְנָֽאֲפִים֙ מָלְאָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּֽי מִפְּנֵ֤י אָלָה֙ אָבְלָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ יָבְשׁ֖וּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וַתְּהִ֤י מְרֽוּצָתָם֙ רָעָ֔ה וּגְבוּרָתָ֖ם לֹא כֵֽן
- 11For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.כִּֽי גַם נָבִ֥יא גַם כֹּהֵ֖ן חָנֵ֑פוּ גַּם בְּבֵיתִ֛י מָצָ֥אתִי רָעָתָ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
- 12Wherefore 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.לָכֵן֩ יִֽהְיֶ֨ה דַרְכָּ֜ם כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת֙ בָּֽאֲפֵלָ֔ה יִדַּ֖חוּ וְנָ֣פְלוּ כִּֽי אָבִ֨יא עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם רָעָ֛ה שְׁנַ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
- 13And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.וּבִנְבִיאֵ֥י שֹׁמְר֖וֹן רָאִ֣יתִי תִפְלָ֑ה הִנַּבְּא֣וּ בַבַּ֔עַל וַיַּתְע֥וּ אֶת עַמִּ֖י אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
- 14I 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.וּבִנְבִאֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם רָאִ֣יתִי שַׁעֲרוּרָ֗ה נָא֞וֹף וְהָלֹ֤ךְ בַּשֶּׁ֨קֶר֙ וְחִזְּקוּ֙ יְדֵ֣י מְרֵעִ֔ים לְבִ֨לְתִּי שָׁ֔בוּ אִ֖ישׁ מֵרָֽעָת֑וֹ הָֽיוּ כֻלָּם֙ כִּסְדֹ֔ם וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כַּעֲמֹרָֽה
- 15Therefore 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.לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ עַל הַנְּבִאִ֔ים הִנְנִ֨י מַאֲכִ֤יל אוֹתָם֙ לַֽעֲנָ֔ה וְהִשְׁקִתִ֖ים מֵי רֹ֑אשׁ כִּ֗י מֵאֵת֙ נְבִיאֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם יָצְאָ֥ה חֲנֻפָּ֖ה לְכָל הָאָֽרֶץ
- 16Thus 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.כֹּֽה אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת אַֽל תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ עַל דִּבְרֵ֤י הַנְּבִאִים֙ הַנִּבְּאִ֣ים מַהְבִּלִ֥ים הֵ֖מָּה אֶתְכֶ֑ם חֲז֤וֹן לִבָּם֙ יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ לֹ֖א מִפִּ֥י יְהוָֽה
- 17They 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.אֹמְרִ֤ים אָמוֹר֙ לִֽמְנַאֲצַ֔י דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שָׁל֖וֹם יִֽהְיֶ֣ה וְ֠כֹל הֹלֵ֞ךְ בִּשְׁרִר֤וּת לִבּוֹ֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹֽא תָב֥וֹא עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם רָעָֽה
- 18For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?כִּ֣י מִ֤י עָמַד֙ בְּס֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה וְיֵ֖רֶא וְיִשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת דְּבָר֑וֹ מִֽי הִקְשִׁ֥יב דברי דְּבָר֖וֹ וַיִּשְׁמָֽע
- 19Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.הִנֵּ֣ה סַעֲרַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה חֵמָה֙ יָֽצְאָ֔ה וְסַ֖עַר מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל עַ֛ל רֹ֥אשׁ רְשָׁעִ֖ים יָחֽוּל
- 20The 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.לֹ֤א יָשׁוּב֙ אַף יְהוָ֔ה עַד עֲשֹׂת֥וֹ וְעַד הֲקִימ֖וֹ מְזִמּ֣וֹת לִבּ֑וֹ בְּאַֽחֲרִית֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים תִּתְבּ֥וֹנְנוּ בִּינָֽה
- 21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.לֹא שָׁלַ֥חְתִּי אֶת הַנְּבִאִ֖ים וְהֵ֣ם רָ֑צוּ לֹא דִבַּ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְהֵ֥ם נִבָּֽאוּ
- 22But 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.וְאִֽם עָמְד֖וּ בְּסוֹדִ֑י וְיַשְׁמִ֤עוּ דְבָרַי֙ אֶת עַמִּ֔י וִֽישִׁבוּם֙ מִדַּרְכָּ֣ם הָרָ֔ע וּמֵרֹ֖עַ מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם
- 23Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?הַאֱלֹהֵ֧י מִקָּרֹ֛ב אָ֖נִי נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א אֱלֹהֵ֖י מֵרָחֹֽק
- 24Can 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.אִם יִסָּתֵ֨ר אִ֧ישׁ בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֛ים וַאֲנִ֥י לֹֽא אֶרְאֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה הֲל֨וֹא אֶת הַשָּׁמַ֧יִם וְאֶת הָאָ֛רֶץ אֲנִ֥י מָלֵ֖א נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
- 25I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר אָֽמְרוּ֙ הַנְּבִאִ֔ים הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים בִּשְׁמִ֛י שֶׁ֖קֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר חָלַ֖מְתִּי חָלָֽמְתִּי
- 26How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;עַד מָתַ֗י הֲיֵ֛שׁ בְּלֵ֥ב הַנְּבִאִ֖ים נִבְּאֵ֣י הַשָּׁ֑קֶר וּנְבִיאֵ֖י תַּרְמִ֥ת לִבָּֽם
- 27Which 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.הַחֹשְׁבִ֗ים לְהַשְׁכִּ֤יחַ אֶת עַמִּי֙ שְׁמִ֔י בַּחֲל֣וֹמֹתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְסַפְּר֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁכְח֧וּ אֲבוֹתָ֛ם אֶת שְׁמִ֖י בַּבָּֽעַל
- 28The 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.הַנָּבִ֞יא אֲשֶׁר אִתּ֤וֹ חֲלוֹם֙ יְסַפֵּ֣ר חֲל֔וֹם וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר דְּבָרִי֙ אִתּ֔וֹ יְדַבֵּ֥ר דְּבָרִ֖י אֱמֶ֑ת מַה לַתֶּ֥בֶן אֶת הַבָּ֖ר נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
- 29Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?הֲל֨וֹא כֹ֧ה דְבָרִ֛י כָּאֵ֖שׁ נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וּכְפַטִּ֖ישׁ יְפֹ֥צֵֽץ סָֽלַע
- 30Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.לָכֵ֛ן הִנְנִ֥י עַל הַנְּבִאִ֖ים נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה מְגַנְּבֵ֣י דְבָרַ֔י אִ֖ישׁ מֵאֵ֥ת רֵעֵֽהוּ
- 31Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.הִנְנִ֥י עַל הַנְּבִיאִ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה הַלֹּקְחִ֣ים לְשׁוֹנָ֔ם וַֽיִּנְאֲמ֖וּ נְאֻֽם
- 32Behold, 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.הִ֠נְנִי עַֽל נִבְּאֵ֞י חֲלֹמ֥וֹת שֶׁ֨קֶר֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה וַֽיְסַפְּרוּם֙ וַיַּתְע֣וּ אֶת עַמִּ֔י בְּשִׁקְרֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְפַחֲזוּתָ֑ם וְאָנֹכִ֨י לֹֽא שְׁלַחְתִּ֜ים וְלֹ֣א צִוִּיתִ֗ים וְהוֹעֵ֛יל לֹֽא יוֹעִ֥ילוּ לָֽעָם הַזֶּ֖ה נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
- 33And 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.וְכִי יִשְׁאָלְךָ֩ הָעָ֨ם הַזֶּ֜ה אֽוֹ הַנָּבִ֤יא אֽוֹ כֹהֵן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מַה מַשָּׂ֖א יְהוָ֑ה וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֶת מַה מַשָּׂ֔א וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
- 34And 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.וְהַנָּבִ֤יא וְהַכֹּהֵן֙ וְהָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֹאמַ֖ר מַשָּׂ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וּפָקַדְתִּ֛י עַל הָאִ֥ישׁ הַה֖וּא וְעַל בֵּיתֽוֹ
- 35Thus 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?כֹּ֥ה תֹאמְר֛וּ אִ֥ישׁ עַל רֵעֵ֖הוּ וְאִ֣ישׁ אֶל אָחִ֑יו מֶה עָנָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה וּמַה דִּבֶּ֖ר יְהוָֽה
- 36And 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.וּמַשָּׂ֥א יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א תִזְכְּרוּ ע֑וֹד כִּ֣י הַמַּשָּׂ֗א יִֽהְיֶה֙ לְאִ֣ישׁ דְּבָר֔וֹ וַהֲפַכְתֶּ֗ם אֶת דִּבְרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַיִּ֔ים יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
- 37Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?כֹּ֥ה תֹאמַ֖ר אֶל הַנָּבִ֑יא מֶה עָנָ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה וּמַה דִּבֶּ֖ר יְהוָֽה
- 38But 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;וְאִם מַשָּׂ֣א יְהוָה֮ תֹּאמֵרוּ֒ לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה יַ֧עַן אֲמָרְכֶ֛ם אֶת הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה מַשָּׂ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח אֲלֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תֹאמְר֖וּ מַשָּׂ֥א יְהוָֽה
- 39Therefore, 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:לָכֵ֣ן הִנְנִ֔י וְנָשִׁ֥יתִי אֶתְכֶ֖ם נָשֹׁ֑א וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֣י אֶתְכֶ֗ם וְאֶת הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧תִּי וְלַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם מֵעַ֥ל פָּנָֽי
- 40And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.וְנָתַתִּ֥י עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם חֶרְפַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם וּכְלִמּ֣וּת עוֹלָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ
Jeremiah 23 KJV
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(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
to say (used with great latitude)
an oracle
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage
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