Verse 1

Woe{H1945} unto the shepherds{H7462} that destroy{H6} and scatter{H6327} the sheep{H6629} of my pasture!{H4830} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 10:21 : 21 For the shepherds{H7462} are become brutish,{H1197} and have not inquired{H1875} of Jehovah:{H3068} therefore they have not prospered,{H7919} and all their flocks{H4830} are scattered.{H6327}
  • Zech 11:15-17 : 15 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Take{H3947} unto thee yet again the instruments{H3627} of a foolish{H196} shepherd.{H7462} 16 For, lo, I will raise up{H6965} a shepherd{H7462} in the land,{H776} who will not visit{H6485} those that are cut off,{H3582} neither will seek{H1245} those that are scattered,{H5289} nor heal{H7495} that which is broken,{H7665} nor feed{H3557} that which is sound;{H5324} but he will eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of the fat{H1277} [sheep], and will tear{H6561} their hoofs{H6541} in pieces.{H6561} 17 Woe{H1945} to the worthless{H457} shepherd{H7473} that leaveth{H5800} the flock!{H6629} the sword{H2719} shall be upon his arm,{H2220} and upon his right{H3225} eye:{H5869} his arm{H2220} shall be clean{H3001} dried up,{H3001} and his right{H3225} eye{H5869} shall be utterly{H3543} darkened.{H3543}
  • Ezek 34:2-9 : 2 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} prophesy{H5012} against the shepherds{H7462} of Israel,{H3478} prophesy,{H5012} and say{H559} unto them, even to the shepherds,{H7462} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} Woe{H1945} unto the shepherds{H7462} of Israel{H3478} that do feed{H7462} themselves! should not the shepherds{H7462} feed{H7462} the sheep?{H6629} 3 Ye eat{H398} the fat,{H2459} and ye clothe{H3847} you with the wool,{H6785} ye kill{H2076} the fatlings;{H1277} but ye feed{H1277} not the sheep.{H6629} 4 The diseased{H2470} have ye not strengthened,{H2388} neither have ye healed{H7495} that which was sick,{H2470} neither have ye bound up{H2280} that which was broken,{H7665} neither have ye brought back{H7725} that which was driven away,{H5080} neither have ye sought{H1245} that which was lost;{H6} but with force{H2394} and with rigor{H6531} have ye ruled{H7287} over them. 5 And they were scattered,{H6327} because there was no shepherd;{H7462} and they became food{H402} to all the beasts{H2416} of the field,{H7704} and were scattered.{H6327} 6 My sheep{H6629} wandered{H7686} through all the mountains,{H2022} and upon every high{H7311} hill:{H1389} yea, my sheep{H6629} were scattered{H6327} upon all the face{H6440} of the earth;{H776} and there was none that did search{H1875} or seek{H1245} [after them]. 7 Therefore, ye shepherds,{H7462} hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah:{H3068} 8 As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H136} surely forasmuch as my sheep{H6629} became a prey,{H957} and my sheep{H6629} became food{H402} to all the beasts{H2416} of the field,{H7704} because there was no shepherd,{H7462} neither did my shepherds{H7462} search{H1875} for my sheep,{H6629} but the shepherds{H7462} fed{H7462} themselves, and fed{H7462} not my sheep;{H6629} 9 therefore, ye shepherds,{H7462} hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah:{H3068} 10 Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Behold, I am against the shepherds;{H7462} and I will require{H1875} my sheep{H6629} at their hand,{H3027} and cause them to cease{H7673} from feeding{H7462} the sheep;{H6629} neither shall the shepherds{H7462} feed{H7462} themselves any more; and I will deliver{H5337} my sheep{H6629} from their mouth,{H6310} that they may not be food{H402} for them.
  • Matt 9:36 : 36 But{G1161} when he saw{G1492} the multitudes,{G3793} he was moved with compassion{G4697} for{G4012} them,{G846} because{G3754} they{G2258} were{G2258} distressed{G1590} and{G2532} scattered, as{G5616} sheep{G4263} not{G3361} having{G2192} a shepherd.{G4166}
  • Ezek 13:3 : 3 Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} Woe{H1945} unto the foolish{H5036} prophets,{H5030} that follow{H1980} their own spirit,{H7307} and have seen{H7200} nothing!
  • Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All ye beasts{H2416} of the field,{H7704} come{H857} to devour,{H398} [yea], all ye beasts{H2416} in the forest.{H3293} 10 His watchmen{H6822} are blind,{H5787} they are all without knowledge;{H3045} they are all dumb{H483} dogs,{H3611} they cannot{H3201} bark;{H5024} dreaming,{H1957} lying down,{H7901} loving{H157} to slumber.{H5123} 11 Yea, the dogs{H3611} are greedy,{H5794} they can{H3045} never have{H3045} enough;{H7654} and these are shepherds{H7462} that cannot understand:{H995} they have all turned{H6437} to their own way,{H1870} each one{H376} to his gain,{H1215} from every quarter.{H7097} 12 Come{H857} ye, [say they], I will fetch{H3947} wine,{H3196} and we will fill{H5433} ourselves with strong drink;{H7941} and to-morrow{H4279} shall be as this day,{H4279} [a day] great{H3966} beyond{H3499} measure.{H1419}
  • Jer 2:8 : 8 The priests{H3548} said{H559} not, Where is Jehovah?{H3068} and they that handle{H8610} the law{H8451} knew{H3045} me not: the rulers{H7462} also transgressed{H6586} against me, and the prophets{H5030} prophesied{H5012} by Baal,{H1168} and walked{H1980} after{H310} things that do not profit.{H3276}
  • Jer 12:10 : 10 Many{H7227} shepherds{H7462} have destroyed{H7843} my vineyard,{H3754} they have trodden{H947} my portion{H2513} under foot,{H947} they have made{H5414} my pleasant{H2532} portion{H2513} a desolate{H8077} wilderness.{H4057}
  • Jer 22:22 : 22 The wind{H7307} shall feed{H7462} all thy shepherds,{H7462} and thy lovers{H157} shall go{H3212} into captivity:{H7628} surely then shalt thou be ashamed{H954} and confounded{H3637} for all thy wickedness.{H7451}
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let{G863} them{G846} alone:{G863} they are{G1526} blind{G5185} guides.{G3595} And{G1161} if{G1437} the blind{G5185} guide{G3594} the blind,{G5185} both{G297} shall fall{G4098} into{G1519} a pit.{G999}
  • Matt 23:13-29 : 13 But woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} because{G3754} ye shut{G2808} the kingdom{G932} of heaven{G3772} against{G1715} men:{G444} for{G1063} ye{G5210} enter not{G3756} in{G1525} yourselves, neither{G3756} suffer ye{G5210} them that are entering{G1525} in{G1525} to enter. 15 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} for{G3754} ye compass{G4013} sea{G2281} and{G2532} land{G3584} to make{G4160} one{G1520} proselyte;{G4339} and{G2532} when{G3752} he is become{G1096} so, ye make{G4160} him{G846} twofold more{G1362} a son{G5207} of hell{G1067} than yourselves.{G5216} 16 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} ye blind{G5185} guides,{G3595} that say,{G3004} Whosoever{G3739} shall swear{G3660} by{G1722} the temple,{G3485} it is{G2076} nothing;{G3762} but{G1161} whosoever{G3739} shall swear{G3660} by{G1722} the gold{G5557} of the temple,{G3485} he is a debtor.{G3784} 17 Ye fools{G3474} and{G2532} blind:{G5185} for{G1063} which{G5101} is{G2076} greater,{G3187} the gold,{G5557} or{G2228} the temple{G3485} that hath sanctified{G37} the gold?{G5557} 18 And,{G3739} Whosoever{G1437} shall swear{G3660} by{G1722} the altar,{G2379} it is{G2076} nothing;{G3762} but{G1161} whosoever{G302} shall swear{G3660} by{G1722} the gift{G1435} that is upon{G1883} it,{G846} he is a debtor.{G3784} 19 Ye blind:{G5185} for{G1063} which{G5101} is greater,{G3173} the gift,{G1435} or{G2228} the altar{G2379} that sanctifieth{G37} the gift?{G1435} 20 He{G3660} therefore{G3767} that sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} the altar,{G2379} sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} it,{G846} and{G2532} by{G1722} all things{G3956} thereon.{G846} 21 And{G2532} he that sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} the temple,{G3485} sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} it,{G846} and{G2532} by{G1722} him that dwelleth{G2730} therein.{G846} 22 And{G2532} he that sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} the heaven,{G3772} sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} the throne{G2362} of God,{G2316} and{G2532} by{G1722} him that sitteth{G2521} thereon.{G846} 23 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} for{G3754} ye tithe{G586} mint{G2238} and{G2532} anise{G432} and{G2532} cummin,{G2951} and{G2532} have left undone{G863} the weightier{G926} matters of the law,{G3551} justice,{G2532} and mercy,{G1656} and{G2532} faith:{G4102} but these{G5023} ye{G1163} ought to have done,{G4160} and{G2548} not{G3361} to have left{G863} the other{G2548} undone.{G863} 24 Ye blind{G5185} guides,{G3595} that strain out{G1368} the gnat,{G2971} and{G1161} swallow{G2666} the camel!{G2574} 25 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} for{G3754} ye cleanse{G2511} the outside{G1855} of the cup{G4221} and{G2532} of the platter,{G3953} but{G1161} within{G2081} they are full{G1073} from{G1537} extortion{G724} and{G2532} excess.{G192} 26 Thou blind{G5185} Pharisee,{G5330} cleanse{G2511} first{G4412} the inside{G1787} of the cup{G4221} and{G2532} of the platter,{G3953} that{G2443} the outside{G1622} thereof{G846} may become{G1096} clean{G2513} also.{G2532} 27 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} for{G3754} ye are like unto{G3945} whited{G2867} sepulchres,{G5028} which{G3748} outwardly{G1855} appear{G5316} beautiful,{G5611} but{G1161} inwardly{G2081} are{G1073} full{G1073} of{G3747} dead{G3498} men's bones,{G3747} and{G2532} of{G3747} all{G3956} uncleanness.{G167} 28 Even so{G3779} ye{G5210} also{G2532} outwardly{G1855} appear{G5316} righteous{G1342} unto men,{G444} but{G1161} inwardly{G2081} ye are{G2075} full{G3324} of hypocrisy{G5272} and{G2532} iniquity.{G458} 29 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} for{G3754} ye build{G3618} the sepulchres{G5028} of the prophets,{G4396} and{G2532} garnish{G2885} the tombs{G3419} of the righteous,{G1342}
  • Luke 11:42-52 : 42 But{G235} woe{G3759} unto you{G5213} Pharisees!{G5330} for{G3754} ye tithe{G586} mint{G2238} and{G2532} rue{G4076} and{G2532} every{G3956} herb,{G3001} and{G2532} pass over{G3928} justice{G2920} and{G2532} the love{G26} of God:{G2316} but these{G5023} ought ye{G1163} to have done,{G4160} and{G2548} not{G3361} to leave{G863} the other{G2548} undone.{G863} 43 Woe{G3759} unto you{G5213} Pharisees!{G5330} for{G3754} ye love{G25} the chief seats{G4410} in{G1722} the synagogues,{G4864} and{G2532} the salutations{G783} in{G1722} the marketplaces.{G58} 44 Woe{G3759} unto you!{G5213} for{G3754} ye are{G2075} as{G5613} the tombs{G3419} which appear not,{G82} and{G2532} the men{G444} that walk{G4043} over{G1883} [them] know{G1492} it{G1492} not.{G3756} 45 And{G1161} one{G5100} of the lawyers{G3544} answering{G611} saith{G3004} unto him,{G846} Teacher,{G1320} in{G5023} saying{G3004} this thou reproachest{G5195} us{G2248} also.{G2532} 46 And{G1161} he said,{G2036} Woe{G3759} unto you{G5213} lawyers{G3544} also!{G2532} for{G3754} ye load{G5412} men{G444} with burdens{G5413} grievous to be borne,{G1419} and{G2532} ye{G4379} yourselves{G846} touch{G4379} not{G3756} the burdens{G5413} with{G1147} one of{G1520} your{G5216} fingers.{G1147} 47 Woe{G3759} unto you!{G5213} for{G3754} ye build{G3618} the tombs{G3419} of the prophets,{G4396} and{G1161} your{G5216} fathers{G3962} killed{G615} them.{G846} 48 So{G686} ye are witnesses{G3140} and{G2532} consent{G4909} unto the works{G2041} of{G3962} your{G5216} fathers:{G3962} for{G3754} they{G846} {G3303} killed{G615} them,{G846} and{G1161} ye{G5210} build{G3618} their{G846} tombs.{G3419} 49 Therefore{G1223} {G5124} also{G2532} said{G2036} the wisdom{G4678} of God,{G2316} I{G5124} will send{G649} unto them{G846} prophets{G4396} and{G2532} apostles;{G652} and{G2532} [some] of{G1537} them{G846} they shall kill{G615} and{G2532} persecute;{G1559} 50 that{G2443} the blood{G129} of{G4396} all{G3956} the prophets,{G4396} which was shed{G1632} from{G575} the foundation{G2602} of the world,{G2889} may be required{G1567} of{G575} this{G3778} generation;{G1074} 51 from{G575} the blood{G129} of Abel{G6} unto{G2193} the blood{G129} of Zachariah,{G2197} who perished{G622} between{G3342} the altar{G2379} and{G2532} the sanctuary:{G3624} yea,{G3483} I say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} it shall be required{G1567} of{G575} this{G3778} generation.{G1074} 52 Woe{G3759} unto you{G5213} lawyers!{G3544} for{G3754} ye took away{G142} the key{G2807} of knowledge:{G1108} ye entered{G1525} not{G3756} in{G1525} yourselves,{G846} and{G2532} them that were entering in{G1525} ye hindered.{G2967}
  • John 10:10 : 10 The thief{G2812} cometh{G2064} not,{G3756} but{G1487} that{G2443} he may steal,{G2813} and{G2532} kill,{G2380} and{G2532} destroy:{G622} I{G1473} came{G2064} that{G2443} they may have{G2192} life,{G2222} and{G2532} {G2443} may have{G2192} [it] abundantly.{G4053}
  • Zeph 3:3-4 : 3 Her princes{H8269} in the midst{H7130} of her are roaring{H7580} lions;{H738} her judges{H8199} are evening{H6153} wolves;{H2061} they leave nothing{H1633} till the morrow.{H1242} 4 Her prophets{H5030} are light{H6348} and treacherous{H900} persons;{H582} her priests{H3548} have profaned{H2490} the sanctuary,{H6944} they have done violence{H2554} to the law.{H8451}
  • Zech 11:5-7 : 5 whose possessors{H7069} slay{H2026} them, and hold themselves not guilty;{H816} and they that sell{H4376} them say,{H559} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} for I am rich;{H6238} and their own shepherds{H7462} pity{H2550} them not. 6 For I will no more pity{H2550} the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} but, lo, I will deliver{H4672} the men{H120} every one{H376} into his neighbor's{H7453} hand,{H3027} and into the hand{H3027} of his king;{H4428} and they shall smite{H3807} the land,{H776} and out of their hand{H3027} I will not deliver{H5337} them. 7 So I fed{H7462} the flock{H6629} of slaughter,{H2028} verily{H3651} the poor{H6041} of the flock.{H6629} And I took{H3947} unto me two{H8147} staves;{H4731} the one{H259} I called{H7121} Beauty,{H5278} and the other{H259} I called{H7121} Bands;{H2254} and I fed{H7462} the flock.{H6629}
  • John 10:12 : 12 He{G1161} that is a hireling,{G3411} and{G2532} not{G3756} a shepherd,{G4166} whose own{G2398} the sheep{G4263} are{G1526} not,{G3739} beholdeth{G2334} the wolf{G3074} coming,{G2064} and{G2532} leaveth{G863} the sheep,{G4263} and{G2532} fleeth,{G5343} and{G2532} the wolf{G3074} snatcheth{G726} them,{G846} and{G2532} scattereth{G4650} [them]:{G846}
  • Jer 23:2 : 2 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} against the shepherds{H7462} that feed{H7462} my people:{H5971} Ye have scattered{H6327} my flock,{H6629} and driven them away,{H5080} and have not visited{H6485} them; behold, I will visit{H6485} upon you the evil{H7455} of your doings,{H4611} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Jer 23:11-15 : 11 for both prophet{H5030} and priest{H3548} are profane;{H2610} yea, in my house{H1004} have I found{H4672} their wickedness,{H7451} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 12 Wherefore their way{H1870} shall be unto them as slippery{H2519} places in the darkness:{H653} they shall be driven on,{H1760} and fall{H5307} therein; for I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon them, even the year{H8141} of their visitation,{H6486} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 13 And I have seen{H7200} folly{H8604} in the prophets{H5030} of Samaria;{H8111} they prophesied{H5012} by Baal,{H1168} and caused my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} to err.{H8582} 14 In the prophets{H5030} of Jerusalem{H3389} also I have seen{H7200} a horrible thing:{H8186} they commit adultery,{H5003} and walk{H1980} in lies;{H8267} and they strengthen{H2388} the hands{H3027} of evil-doers,{H7489} so that none{H376} doth return{H7725} from his wickedness:{H7451} they are all of them become unto me as Sodom,{H5467} and the inhabitants{H3427} thereof as Gomorrah.{H6017} 15 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} concerning the prophets:{H5030} Behold, I will feed{H398} them with wormwood,{H3939} and make them drink{H8248} the water{H4325} of gall;{H7219} for from the prophets{H5030} of Jerusalem{H3389} is ungodliness{H2613} gone forth{H3318} into all the land.{H776}
  • Jer 25:34-36 : 34 Wail,{H3213} ye shepherds,{H7462} and cry;{H2199} and wallow{H6428} [in ashes], ye principal{H117} of the flock;{H6629} for the days{H3117} of your slaughter{H2873} and of your dispersions{H8600} are fully come,{H4390} and ye shall fall{H5307} like a goodly{H2532} vessel.{H3627} 35 And the shepherds{H7462} shall have no way{H4498} to flee,{H6} nor the principal{H117} of the flock{H6629} to escape.{H6413} 36 A voice{H6963} of the cry{H6818} of the shepherds,{H7462} and the wailing{H3215} of the principal{H117} of the flock!{H6629} for Jehovah{H3068} layeth waste{H7703} their pasture.{H4830}
  • Jer 50:6 : 6 My people{H5971} have been lost{H6} sheep:{H6629} their shepherds{H7462} have caused them to go astray;{H8582} they have turned them away{H7725} on the mountains;{H2022} they have gone{H1980} from mountain{H2022} to hill;{H1389} they have forgotten{H7911} their resting-place.{H7258}
  • Jer 2:26 : 26 As the thief{H1590} is ashamed{H1322} when he is found,{H4672} so is the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} ashamed;{H3001} they, their kings,{H4428} their princes,{H8269} and their priests,{H3548} and their prophets;{H5030}
  • Ezek 22:25-29 : 25 There is a conspiracy{H7195} of her prophets{H5030} in the midst{H8432} thereof, like a roaring{H7580} lion{H738} ravening{H2963} the prey:{H2964} they have devoured{H398} souls;{H5315} they take{H3947} treasure{H2633} and precious things;{H3366} they have made her widows{H490} many{H7235} in the midst{H8432} thereof. 26 Her priests{H3548} have done violence{H2554} to my law,{H8451} and have profaned{H2490} my holy things:{H6944} they have made no distinction{H914} between the holy{H6944} and the common,{H2455} neither have they caused men to discern{H3045} between the unclean{H2931} and the clean,{H2889} and have hid{H5956} their eyes{H5869} from my sabbaths,{H7676} and I am profaned{H2490} among{H8432} them. 27 Her princes{H8269} in the midst{H7130} thereof are like wolves{H2061} ravening{H2963} the prey,{H2964} to shed{H8210} blood,{H1818} [and] to destroy{H6} souls,{H5315} that they may get{H1214} dishonest gain.{H1215} 28 And her prophets{H5030} have daubed{H2902} for them with untempered{H8602} [mortar], seeing{H2374} false{H7723} visions, and divining{H7080} lies{H3577} unto them, saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3068} when Jehovah{H3068} hath not spoken.{H1696} 29 The people{H5971} of the land{H776} have used oppression,{H6231} and exercised{H1497} robbery;{H1498} yea, they have vexed{H3238} the poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} and have oppressed{H6231} the sojourner{H1616} wrongfully.{H4941}
  • Mic 3:11-12 : 11 The heads{H7218} thereof judge{H8199} for reward,{H7810} and the priests{H3548} thereof teach{H3384} for hire,{H4242} and the prophets{H5030} thereof divine{H7080} for money:{H3701} yet they lean{H8172} upon Jehovah,{H3068} and say,{H559} Is not Jehovah{H3068} in the midst{H7130} of us? no evil{H7451} shall come{H935} upon us. 12 Therefore shall Zion{H6726} for your sake{H1558} be plowed{H2790} as a field,{H7704} and Jerusalem{H3389} shall become heaps,{H5856} and the mountain{H2022} of the house{H1004} as the high places{H1116} of a forest.{H3293}
  • Ezek 34:21 : 21 Because ye thrust{H1920} with side{H6654} and with shoulder,{H3802} and push{H5055} all the diseased{H2470} with your horns,{H7161} till ye have scattered{H6327} them abroad;{H2351}
  • Ezek 34:31 : 31 And ye{H859} my sheep,{H6629} the sheep{H6629} of my pasture,{H4830} are men,{H120} and I am your God,{H430} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}