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Jeremiah 23:1 (show verse)
Wo to the shepherds destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture! says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 23:2 (show verse)
For this, thus said Jehovah God of Israel, against the shepherds feeding my people: Ye scattered my flock and ye will thrust them away, and ye reviewed them not: behold me reviewing over you the evil of your doings, says Jehovah.
Church » Compared to a flock » Scattered by persecution and false shepherds
God's Flock » Scattered by persecution and false shepherds
Israel/jews » The remnant of israel
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Scatter the flock
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Scatter the flock
Shepherds » FALSE » Scatter the flock
Shepherds/pastors » False shepherds/pastors
FALSE » Shepherds » Scatter the flock
God's Flock » Scattered by persecution and false shepherds
Israel/jews » The remnant of israel
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Scatter the flock
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Scatter the flock
Shepherds » FALSE » Scatter the flock
Shepherds/pastors » False shepherds/pastors
FALSE » Shepherds » Scatter the flock
Jeremiah 23:3 (show verse)
And I will gather the remnant of my flock from all the lands where I thrust them away there, and I turned them back to their rests, and they were fruitful and multiplied.
Jeremiah 23:4 (show verse)
And I set up shepherds over them, and they fed them; and they shall no more fear, and they shall not be terrified, and they shall not be reviewed, says Jehovah.
Christian ministers » Servants » Shepherds
Church » Compared to a flock » Ministers as under-shepherds of
God's Flock » Starving the
Israel/jews » The remnant of israel
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Leaders » Preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Work of preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Remuneration of » Shepherds
Names » Of ministers » Shepherds
Religious » Support of unfaithful » As shepherds to feed the flock
Shepherds » Illustrative » Ministers » Of the gospel
Shepherds/pastors » False shepherds/pastors
Titles and names of ministers » Shepherds
Church » Compared to a flock » Ministers as under-shepherds of
God's Flock » Starving the
Israel/jews » The remnant of israel
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Leaders » Preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Work of preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Remuneration of » Shepherds
Names » Of ministers » Shepherds
Religious » Support of unfaithful » As shepherds to feed the flock
Shepherds » Illustrative » Ministers » Of the gospel
Shepherds/pastors » False shepherds/pastors
Titles and names of ministers » Shepherds
Jeremiah 23:5 (show verse)
Behold the days coming, says Jehovah, and I raised up to David a just sprout, and a king reigned and prospered, and he did judgment and justice in the earth.
Branch » Figurative » A title of Christ
Branch of jesse » The coming of the branch of jesse
Christ » Appears, after his resurrection » Branch
Christ » Reproves » Righteousness of
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As jehovah, our righteousness
Jesus Christ, King » Foretold
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
Israel/jews » The lord saving israel
Israel/jews » When israel will dwell safely
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Jehovah our righteousness
Jesus Christ » Names of » Branch
Jesus Christ » Names of » Righteous branch
Justice » Christ, an example of
Prophecies respecting Christ » As the seed of david
Righteousness » Of Christ
Branch of jesse » The coming of the branch of jesse
Christ » Appears, after his resurrection » Branch
Christ » Reproves » Righteousness of
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As jehovah, our righteousness
Jesus Christ, King » Foretold
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
Israel/jews » The lord saving israel
Israel/jews » When israel will dwell safely
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Jehovah our righteousness
Jesus Christ » Names of » Branch
Jesus Christ » Names of » Righteous branch
Justice » Christ, an example of
Prophecies respecting Christ » As the seed of david
Righteousness » Of Christ
Jeremiah 23:6 (show verse)
In his days shall Judah be saved, and Israel shall dwell with confidence: and this his name which he shall be called: Jehovah Our Justice.
Branch of jesse » The coming of the branch of jesse
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As jehovah, our righteousness
God » Remember » Righteousness of
God's Promises » Of reward for spiritual service » Of safety
Israel/jews » The lord saving israel
Israel/jews » When israel will dwell safely
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Jehovah our righteousness
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lord, the, our righteousness
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lord our righteousness
Justification before God » Under the gospel » By imputation of Christ's righteousness
Names » Of God » Jehovah-tsidkenu
Names » Of Christ » Lord our righteousness
Righteousness » Of God
Righteousness » Christ » Shall execute
Righteousness imputed » Christ called the lord of our righteousness
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As jehovah, our righteousness
God » Remember » Righteousness of
God's Promises » Of reward for spiritual service » Of safety
Israel/jews » The lord saving israel
Israel/jews » When israel will dwell safely
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Jehovah our righteousness
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lord, the, our righteousness
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lord our righteousness
Justification before God » Under the gospel » By imputation of Christ's righteousness
Names » Of God » Jehovah-tsidkenu
Names » Of Christ » Lord our righteousness
Righteousness » Of God
Righteousness » Christ » Shall execute
Righteousness imputed » Christ called the lord of our righteousness
Jeremiah 23:7 (show verse)
For this, behold the days coming, says Jehovah, and they shall no more say, Jehovah lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt
Jeremiah 23:8 (show verse)
But But Jehovah lives who brought up and who caused the seed of the house of Israel to come from the land of the north, and from all the lands where I thrust them away there; and they shall dwell upon their land.
Jeremiah 23:9 (show verse)
For the prophets my heart was broken in the midst of me, and all my bones were relaxed; I was as a man intoxicated, and as a man wine passing over him, from the face of Jehovah, and from the face of the words of his holiness.
Jeremiah 23:10 (show verse)
For the land was filled from adulteries, for from the face of these the land mourned, the beautiful things of the desert were dried up, and their race will be evil, and their strength not right
Jeremiah 23:11 (show verse)
For also the prophets, also the priests were polluted; also in my house I found their evil, says Jehovah.
Evil » Who shall have evil upon them
Leaders » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Ministers » Support of » Unfaithful, general references to
Priest » Miscellaneous facts concerning » Corrupt
False prophets » Described as » Immoral and profane
Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Leaders » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Ministers » Support of » Unfaithful, general references to
Priest » Miscellaneous facts concerning » Corrupt
False prophets » Described as » Immoral and profane
Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Jeremiah 23:12 (show verse)
For this their way shall be to them as slippery places in darkness: they shall be thrust away and they fell in it; for I will bring evil upon them, the year of their reviewing, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 23:13 (show verse)
And I saw folly in the prophets of Shomeron; they prophesied in Baal, and they will cause my people Israel to wander.
Jeremiah 23:14 (show verse)
And in the prophets of Jerusalem I saw a horrible thing, committing adultery and going in falsehood: and they strengthened the hands of those doing evil, they turned not back a man from his evil: they were to me all of them as Sodom, and those dwelling in her as Gomorrah.
Evil » Who strengthens the hands of evildoers
Gomorrah » Destroyed
Lying » False prophets addicted to
Prophecy » Guilt of pretending to the gift of
False prophets » Described as » Immoral and profane
False prophets » The people » Taught profaneness and sin by
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Sodom » Wickedness of the inhabitants of
Gomorrah » Destroyed
Lying » False prophets addicted to
Prophecy » Guilt of pretending to the gift of
False prophets » Described as » Immoral and profane
False prophets » The people » Taught profaneness and sin by
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Sodom » Wickedness of the inhabitants of
Jeremiah 23:15 (show verse)
For this, thus said Jehovah of armies concerning the prophets, Behold me feeding them with wormwood, and I caused to drink the water of poison: for from the prophets of Jerusalem went forth profaneness to all the earth.
Evil » Influences » Evil influences emanate from the unGodly
Influence » Evil influences emanate from the unGodly
evil Influences » Evil influences emanate from the unGodly
Prophecy » Punishment for » Pretending to the gift of
False prophets » The people » Taught profaneness and sin by
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Wormwood » Figurative
Influence » Evil influences emanate from the unGodly
evil Influences » Evil influences emanate from the unGodly
Prophecy » Punishment for » Pretending to the gift of
False prophets » The people » Taught profaneness and sin by
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Wormwood » Figurative
Jeremiah 23:16 (show verse)
Thus said Jehovah of armies, Ye shall not hear to the words of the prophets prophesying to you; they making you vain: they will speak the vision of their heart, not from the mouth of Jehovah.
false Doctrines » Should be avoided by » All men
Heart » Those that walk in the imagination of their heart
False prophets » The people » Warned not to listen to
False prophets » Prophesied » Out of their own heart
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Speech/communication » Who speaks visions of their own heart
Vision » A mode of revelation
Visions » False prophets pretended to have seen
Heart » Those that walk in the imagination of their heart
False prophets » The people » Warned not to listen to
False prophets » Prophesied » Out of their own heart
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Speech/communication » Who speaks visions of their own heart
Vision » A mode of revelation
Visions » False prophets pretended to have seen
Jeremiah 23:17 (show verse)
Saying to say to those despising the word of Jehovah, There shall be peace to you; and every one going in the stubbornness of his heart, they said, Evil shall not come to you.
Evil » The whole » Imagination
Heart » Those that walk in the imagination of their heart
False prophets » Prophesied » Peace, when there was no peace
False prophets » Pretended to be sent by God
Self-will » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Speech/communication » Who speaks visions of their own heart
Heart » Those that walk in the imagination of their heart
False prophets » Prophesied » Peace, when there was no peace
False prophets » Pretended to be sent by God
Self-will » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Speech/communication » Who speaks visions of their own heart
Jeremiah 23:18 (show verse)
For who stood in the consultation of Jehovah, and will see and hear his word who attended to his word and will hear?
Jeremiah 23:19 (show verse)
Behold, the storm of Jehovah went forth with wrath, a piercing storm; it shall be hurled upon the head of the evil ones.
Anger » The anger of the lord
Meteorology » Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
Whirlwind » Called the whirlwind of the lord
Whirlwind » Figurative » Of the judgment of God
Meteorology » Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
Whirlwind » Called the whirlwind of the lord
Whirlwind » Figurative » Of the judgment of God
Jeremiah 23:20 (show verse)
The anger of Jehovah shall not turn back till his doing, and till his setting up the purposes of his heart: in the last of the days ye shall understand in it with understanding.
Jeremiah 23:21 (show verse)
I sent not the prophets, and they ran; I spake not to them, and they prophesied.
Jeremiah 23:22 (show verse)
And if they stood in my consultation, and they will cause my people to hear my word, and turn them back from their evil way and from the evil of their doings.
Jeremiah 23:23 (show verse)
Am I God from near, says Jehovah, and not God from far off?
Jeremiah 23:24 (show verse)
If a man shall hide in secret places and I shall not see him, says Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? says Jehovah.
Attributes of God » Omnipresence
Divine Knowledge » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
God » Remember » Searcher, as
God » Mercy of » Omnipresence of
God » Fills heaven and earth
Heaven » God » Fills
Hiding » Nobody being able to hide from the lord
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Knowledge » God's » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Omnipresence » The lord filling heaven and earth
Searcher of hearts » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Secret sins » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Omnipresent
Divine Knowledge » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
God » Remember » Searcher, as
God » Mercy of » Omnipresence of
God » Fills heaven and earth
Heaven » God » Fills
Hiding » Nobody being able to hide from the lord
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Knowledge » God's » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Omnipresence » The lord filling heaven and earth
Searcher of hearts » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Secret sins » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Omnipresent
Jeremiah 23:25 (show verse)
I heard what the prophets said, prophesying a falsehood in my name, saying, I dreamed, I dreamed.
Jeremiah 23:26 (show verse)
How long is it in the heart of the prophets prophesying a lie, and prophesying the deceit of their heart?
Jeremiah 23:27 (show verse)
Reckoning to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they will recount a man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgat my name in Baal.
Jeremiah 23:28 (show verse)
The prophet whom with him a dream, he will recount a dream; and whom my word with him, he will speak my word in truth. What to the straw with the grain? says Jehovah.
Dream » Instances of » False prophets pretended to receive revelations through
Dream » Instances of » Revelations by
Dreams » General references to
Dreams » False prophets » Pretended to
Faithfulness » Exhibited in » Declaring the word of God
False prophets » Often pretended to dreams, &c
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Wheat » Chaff of
Dream » Instances of » Revelations by
Dreams » General references to
Dreams » False prophets » Pretended to
Faithfulness » Exhibited in » Declaring the word of God
False prophets » Often pretended to dreams, &c
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Wheat » Chaff of
Jeremiah 23:29 (show verse)
So is not my word as fire? says Jehovah; and as a hammer, it will break the rock in pieces.
Dream » Instances of » False prophets pretended to receive revelations through
Fire » Figurative » Judgments
Fire » Illustrative of » The word of God
God » Mighty in its influence » A crushing hammer
Hammer » Figurative
Power » Of the word » A crushing hammer
Rocks » Hammers used for breaking
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
The bible » Mighty in its influence » A crushing hammer
The word of God » Mighty in its influence » A crushing hammer
Word » As weapon » A crushing hammer
Word » Power of » A crushing hammer
Fire » Figurative » Judgments
Fire » Illustrative of » The word of God
God » Mighty in its influence » A crushing hammer
Hammer » Figurative
Power » Of the word » A crushing hammer
Rocks » Hammers used for breaking
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
The bible » Mighty in its influence » A crushing hammer
The word of God » Mighty in its influence » A crushing hammer
Word » As weapon » A crushing hammer
Word » Power of » A crushing hammer
Jeremiah 23:30 (show verse)
For this, behold me against the prophets, says Jehovah, stealing my words, a man from his neighbor.
Dream » Instances of » False prophets pretended to receive revelations through
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
Profit » Who does not profit others
Prophets » FALSE
False prophets » The people » Deprived of God's word by
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Theft » Illustrates the guilt of false teachers
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
Profit » Who does not profit others
Prophets » FALSE
False prophets » The people » Deprived of God's word by
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Theft » Illustrates the guilt of false teachers
Jeremiah 23:31 (show verse)
Behold me against the prophets, says Jehovah, taking their tongue, and they will mutter an oracle.
Jeremiah 23:32 (show verse)
Behold me against them prophesying dreams of falsehood, says Jehovah, and they will recount them, and will cause my people to wander by their falsehoods and by their boasting; and I sent them not, and I commanded them not; and helping, they shall be of no profit to this people, says Jehovah.
Dream » Instances of » False prophets pretended to receive revelations through
Dreams » False prophets » Condemned for pretending to
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
Profit » Who does not profit others
Prophets » FALSE
False prophets » Often pretended to dreams, &c
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Vanity » False teaching is but
Dreams » False prophets » Condemned for pretending to
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
Profit » Who does not profit others
Prophets » FALSE
False prophets » Often pretended to dreams, &c
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Vanity » False teaching is but
Jeremiah 23:33 (show verse)
And when this people, or prophet, or priest, shall ask thee, saying, What the burden of Jehovah? and thou saidst to them, What burden? And I cast you off, says Jehovah.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 23:34 (show verse)
And the prophet and the priest and the people which shall say, The burden of Jehovah, and I reviewed upon that man, and upon his house.
Jeremiah 23:35 (show verse)
Thus shall ye say, a man to his neighbor, a man to his brother, What answered Jehovah? and what spake Jehovah?
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 23:36 (show verse)
And ye shall no more make mention of the burden of Jehovah, for the burden to a man shall be his word; and ye perverted the words of the living God, Jehovah of armies our God.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 23:37 (show verse)
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What answered Jehovah? and what spake Jehovah?
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 23:38 (show verse)
And if ye shall say, The burden of Jehovah; for this, thus said Jehovah, Because ye said this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I shall send to you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah:
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 23:39 (show verse)
Therefore behold me, and neglecting, I deserted you, and I cast you off, and the city which I gave to you and to your fathers from my face.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 23:40 (show verse)
And I gave upon you an eternal reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.