Verse 2

For the teraphim{H8655} have spoken{H1696} vanity,{H205} and the diviners{H7080} have seen{H2372} a lie;{H8267} and they have told{H1696} false{H7723} dreams,{H2472} they comfort{H5162} in vain:{H1892} therefore they go{H5265} their way like sheep,{H6629} they are afflicted,{H6031} because there is no shepherd.{H7462}

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 34:5 : 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}
  • Hos 3:4 : 4 For the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall abide{H3427} many{H7227} days{H3117} without king,{H4428} and without prince,{H8269} and without sacrifice,{H2077} and without pillar,{H4676} and without ephod{H646} or teraphim:{H8655}
  • 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}
  • Hab 2:18 : 18 What profiteth{H3276} the graven image,{H6459} that the maker{H3335} thereof hath graven{H6458} it; the molten image,{H4541} even the teacher{H3384} of lies,{H8267} that he that fashioneth{H3335} its form{H3336} trusteth{H982} therein, to make{H6213} dumb{H483} idols?{H457}
  • Ezek 34:8 : 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}
  • Jer 27:9 : 9 But as for you, hearken{H8085} ye not to your prophets,{H5030} nor to your diviners,{H7080} nor to your dreams,{H2472} nor to your soothsayers,{H6049} nor to your sorcerers,{H3786} that speak{H559} unto you, saying,{H559} Ye shall not serve{H5647} the king{H4428} of Babylon:{H894}
  • Gen 31:19 : 19 Now Laban{H3837} was gone{H1980} to shear{H1494} his sheep:{H6629} and Rachel{H7354} stole{H1589} the teraphim{H8655} that were her father's.{H1}
  • Num 27:17 : 17 who may go out{H3318} before{H6440} them, and who may come in{H935} before{H6440} them, and who may lead them out,{H3318} and who may bring them in;{H935} that the congregation{H5712} of Jehovah{H3068} be not as sheep{H6629} which have no shepherd.{H7462}
  • Judg 18:14 : 14 Then answered{H6030} the five{H2568} men{H582} that went{H1980} to spy out{H7270} the country{H776} of Laish,{H3919} and said{H559} unto their brethren,{H251} Do ye know{H3045} that there is{H3426} in these houses{H1004} an ephod,{H646} and teraphim,{H8655} and a graven image,{H6459} and a molten image?{H4541} now therefore consider{H3045} what ye have to do.{H6213}
  • 1 Kgs 22:17 : 17 And he said,{H559} I saw{H7200} all Israel{H3478} scattered{H6327} upon the mountains,{H2022} as sheep{H6629} that have no shepherd:{H7462} and Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} These have no master;{H113} let them return{H7725} every man{H376} to his house{H1004} in peace.{H7965}
  • Job 13:4 : 4 But{H199} ye are forgers{H2950} of lies;{H8267} Ye are all physicians{H7495} of no value.{H457}
  • Job 21:34 : 34 How then comfort{H5162} ye me in vain,{H1892} Seeing in your answers{H8666} there remaineth{H7604} [only] falsehood?{H4604}
  • Isa 44:9 : 9 They that fashion{H3335} a graven image{H6459} are all of them vanity;{H8414} and the things{H2530} that they delight in shall not profit;{H3276} and their own witnesses{H5707} see{H7200} not, nor know:{H3045} that they may be put to shame.{H954}
  • Isa 46:5 : 5 To whom will ye like{H1819} me, and make me equal,{H7737} and compare{H4911} me, that we may be like?{H1819}
  • Jer 6:14 : 14 They have healed{H7495} also the hurt{H7667} of my people{H5971} slightly,{H7043} saying,{H559} Peace,{H7965} peace;{H7965} when there is no peace.{H7965}
  • Jer 8:11 : 11 And they have healed{H7495} the hurt{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} slightly,{H7043} saying,{H559} Peace,{H7965} peace;{H7965} when there is no peace.{H7965}
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are together{H259} brutish{H1197} and foolish:{H3688} the instruction{H4148} of idols!{H6086} it is but a stock.{H6086}
  • Jer 13:17-20 : 17 But if ye will not hear{H8085} it, my soul{H5315} shall weep{H1058} in secret{H4565} for{H6440} your pride;{H1466} and mine eye{H5869} shall weep{H1830} sore,{H1830} and run down{H3381} with tears,{H1832} because Jehovah's{H3068} flock{H5739} is taken captive.{H7617} 18 Say{H559} thou unto the king{H4428} and to the queen-mother,{H1377} Humble{H8213} yourselves, sit down;{H3427} for your headtires{H4761} are come down,{H3381} even the crown{H5850} of your glory.{H8597} 19 The cities{H5892} of the South{H5045} are shut up,{H5462} and there is none to open{H6605} them: Judah{H3063} is carried away captive,{H1540} all of it; it is wholly{H7965} carried away captive.{H1540} 20 Lift up{H5375} your eyes,{H5869} and behold{H7200} them that come{H935} from the north:{H6828} where is the flock{H5739} that was given{H5414} thee, thy beautiful{H8597} flock?{H6629}
  • Jer 14:13 : 13 Then said{H559} I, Ah,{H162} Lord{H136} Jehovah!{H3069} behold, the prophets{H5030} say{H559} unto them, Ye shall not see{H7200} the sword,{H2719} neither shall ye have famine;{H7458} but I will give{H5414} you assured{H571} peace{H7965} in this place.{H4725}
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there{H3426} any among the vanities{H1892} of the nations{H1471} that can cause rain?{H1652} or can the heavens{H8064} give{H5414} showers?{H7241} art not thou he, O Jehovah{H3068} our God?{H430} therefore we will wait{H6960} for thee; for thou hast made{H6213} all these things.
  • Jer 23:17 : 17 They say{H559} continually{H559} unto them that despise{H5006} me, Jehovah{H3068} hath said,{H1696} Ye shall have peace;{H7965} and unto every one that walketh{H1980} in the stubbornness{H8307} of his own heart{H3820} they say,{H559} No evil{H7451} shall come{H935} upon you.
  • Jer 23:25-27 : 25 I have heard{H8085} what the prophets{H5030} have said,{H559} that prophesy{H5012} lies{H8267} in my name,{H8034} saying,{H559} I have dreamed,{H2492} I have dreamed.{H2492} 26 How long shall this be{H3426} in the heart{H3820} of the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012} lies,{H8267} even the prophets{H5030} of the deceit{H8649} of their own heart?{H3820} 27 that think{H2803} to cause my people{H5971} to forget{H7911} my name{H8034} by their dreams{H2472} which they tell{H5608} every man{H376} to his neighbor,{H7453} as their fathers{H1} forgat{H7911} my name{H8034} for Baal.{H1168}
  • Jer 28:4-6 : 4 and I will bring again{H7725} to this place{H4725} Jeconiah{H3204} the son{H1121} of Jehoiakim,{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} with all the captives{H1546} of Judah,{H3063} that went{H935} to Babylon,{H894} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} for I will break{H7665} the yoke{H5923} of the king{H4428} of Babylon.{H894} 5 Then the prophet{H5030} Jeremiah{H3414} said{H559} unto the prophet{H5030} Hananiah{H2608} in the presence{H5869} of the priests,{H3548} and in the presence{H5869} of all the people{H5971} that stood{H5975} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} 6 even the prophet{H5030} Jeremiah{H3414} said,{H559} Amen:{H543} Jehovah{H3068} do{H6213} so; Jehovah{H3068} perform{H6965} thy words{H1697} which thou hast prophesied,{H5012} to bring again{H7725} the vessels{H3627} of Jehovah's{H3068} house,{H1004} and all them of the captivity,{H1473} from Babylon{H894} unto this place.{H4725}
  • Jer 28:15 : 15 Then said{H559} the prophet{H5030} Jeremiah{H3414} unto Hananiah{H2608} the prophet,{H5030} Hear{H8085} now, Hananiah:{H2608} Jehovah{H3068} hath not sent{H7971} thee; but thou makest this people{H5971} to trust{H982} in a lie.{H8267}
  • Jer 29:8 : 8 For thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} Let not your prophets{H5030} that are in the midst{H7130} of you, and your diviners,{H7080} deceive{H5377} you; neither hearken{H8085} ye to your dreams{H2472} which ye cause to be dreamed.{H2492}
  • Jer 29:21-22 : 21 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} concerning Ahab{H256} the son{H1121} of Kolaiah,{H6964} and concerning Zedekiah{H6667} the son{H1121} of Maaseiah,{H4641} who prophesy{H5012} a lie{H8267} unto you in my name:{H8034} Behold, I will deliver{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon;{H894} and he shall slay{H5221} them before your eyes;{H5869} 22 and of them shall be taken up{H3947} a curse{H7045} by all the captives{H1546} of Judah{H3063} that are in Babylon,{H894} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} make{H7760} thee like Zedekiah{H6667} and like Ahab,{H256} whom the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} roasted{H7033} in the fire;{H784}
  • Jer 37:19 : 19 Where now{H346} are your prophets{H5030} that prophesied{H5012} unto you, saying,{H559} The king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} shall not come{H935} against you, nor against this land?{H776}
  • Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel{H3478} is a hunted{H6340} sheep;{H7716} the lions{H738} have driven him away:{H5080} first,{H7223} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} devoured{H398} him; and now at last{H314} Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath broken his bones.{H6105}
  • Jer 51:23 : 23 and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} the shepherd{H7462} and his flock;{H5739} and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} the husbandman{H406} and his yoke [of oxen];{H6776} and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} governors{H6346} and deputies.{H5461}
  • Lam 2:14 : 14 Thy prophets{H5030} have seen{H2372} for thee false{H7723} and foolish visions;{H8602} And they have not uncovered{H1540} thine iniquity,{H5771} to bring back{H7725} thy captivity,{H7622} But have seen{H2372} for thee false{H7723} oracles{H4864} and causes of banishment.{H4065}
  • Ezek 13:6-9 : 6 They have seen{H2372} falsehood{H7723} and lying{H3577} divination,{H7081} that say,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} saith;{H5002} but Jehovah{H3068} hath not sent{H7971} them: and they have made men to hope{H3176} that the word{H1697} would be confirmed.{H6965} 7 Have ye not seen{H2372} a false{H7723} vision,{H4236} and have ye not spoken{H1696} a lying{H3577} divination,{H4738} in that ye say,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} saith;{H5002} albeit I have not spoken?{H559} 8 Therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because ye have spoken{H1696} falsehood,{H7723} and seen{H2372} lies,{H3577} therefore, behold, I am against you, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069} 9 And my hand{H3027} shall be against the prophets{H5030} that see{H2374} false{H7723} visions, and that divine{H7080} lies:{H3577} they shall not be in the council{H5475} of my people,{H5971} neither shall they be written{H3789} in the writing{H3791} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} neither shall they enter{H935} into the land{H127} of Israel;{H3478} and ye shall know{H3045} that I am the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069} 10 Because, even because they have seduced{H2937} my people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Peace;{H7965} and there is no peace;{H7965} and when one buildeth up{H1129} a wall,{H2434} behold,{H2009} they daub{H2902} it with untempered{H8602} [mortar]: 11 say{H559} unto them that daub{H2902} it with untempered{H8602} [mortar], that it shall fall:{H5307} there shall be an overflowing{H7857} shower;{H1653} and ye,{H859} O great hailstones,{H417} shall fall;{H5307} and a stormy{H5591} wind{H7307} shall rend{H1234} it. 12 Lo, when the wall{H7023} is fallen,{H5307} shall it not be said{H559} unto you, Where is the daubing{H2915} wherewith ye have daubed{H2902} it? 13 Therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} I will even rend{H1234} it with a stormy{H5591} wind{H7307} in my wrath;{H2534} and there shall be an overflowing{H7857} shower{H1653} in mine anger,{H639} and great hailstones{H417} in wrath{H2534} to consume{H3617} it. 14 So will I break down{H2040} the wall{H7023} that ye have daubed{H2902} with untempered{H8602} [mortar], and bring{H5060} it down to the ground,{H776} so that the foundation{H3247} thereof shall be uncovered;{H1540} and it shall fall,{H5307} and ye shall be consumed{H3615} in the midst{H8432} thereof: and ye shall know{H3045} that I am Jehovah.{H3068} 15 Thus will I accomplish{H3615} my wrath{H2534} upon the wall,{H7023} and upon them that have daubed{H2902} it with untempered{H8602} [mortar]; and I will say{H559} unto you, The wall{H7023} is no more, neither they that daubed{H2902} it; 16 [ to wit], the prophets{H5030} of Israel{H3478} that prophesy{H5012} concerning Jerusalem,{H3389} and that see{H2374} visions{H2377} of peace{H7965} for her, and there is no peace,{H7965} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
  • Ezek 13:22-23 : 22 Because with lies{H8267} ye have grieved{H3512} the heart{H3820} of the righteous,{H6662} whom I have not made sad;{H3512} and strengthened{H2388} the hands{H3027} of the wicked,{H7451} that he should not return{H7725} from his wicked{H7563} way,{H1870} and be saved alive;{H2421} 23 therefore ye shall no more see{H2372} false{H7723} visions, nor divine{H7080} divinations:{H7081} and I will deliver{H5337} my people{H5971} out of your hand;{H3027} and ye shall know{H3045} that I am Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Ezek 21:21 : 21 For the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} stood{H5975} at the parting{H517} of the way,{H1870} at the head{H7218} of the two{H8147} ways,{H1870} to use{H7080} divination:{H7081} he shook{H7043} the arrows{H2671} to and fro, he consulted{H7592} the teraphim,{H8655} he looked{H7200} in the liver.{H3516}
  • Ezek 21:29 : 29 while they see{H2372} for thee false visions, while they divine{H7080} lies{H3577} unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks{H6677} of the wicked{H7563} that are deadly wounded, whose day{H3117} is come{H935} in the time{H3117} of the iniquity{H5771} of the end.{H7093}
  • Mic 2:12 : 12 I will surely{H622} assemble,{H622} O Jacob,{H3290} all of thee; I will surely{H6908} gather{H6908} the remnant{H7611} of Israel;{H3478} I will put{H7760} them together{H3162} as the sheep{H6629} of Bozrah,{H1223} as a flock{H5739} in the midst{H8432} of their pasture;{H1699} they shall make great noise{H1949} by reason of [the multitude of] men.{H120}
  • Mic 3:6-9 : 6 Therefore it shall be night{H3915} unto you, that ye shall have no vision;{H2377} and it shall be dark{H2821} unto you, that ye shall not divine;{H7080} and the sun{H8121} shall go down{H935} upon the prophets,{H5030} and the day{H3117} shall be black{H6937} over them. 7 And the seers{H2374} shall be put to shame,{H2659} and the diviners{H7080} confounded;{H954} yea, they shall all cover{H5844} their lips;{H8222} for there is no answer{H4617} of God.{H430} 8 But as{H199} for me, I am full{H4390} of power{H3581} by the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah,{H3068} and of judgment,{H4941} and of might,{H1369} to declare{H5046} unto Jacob{H3290} his transgression,{H6588} and to Israel{H3478} his sin.{H2403} 9 Hear{H8085} this, I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of the house{H1004} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} that abhor{H8581} justice,{H4941} and pervert{H6140} all equity.{H3477} 10 They build up{H1129} Zion{H6726} with blood,{H1818} and Jerusalem{H3389} with iniquity.{H5766} 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.