Jeremiah 23 (kjv)

Woe^H1945 be unto the pastors^H7462 that destroy^H6 and scatter^H6327 the sheep^H6629 of my pasture^H4830! saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.²Therefore thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478 against the pastors^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 the LORD^H3068.³And I will gather^H6908 the remnant^H7611 of my flock^H6629 out of all countries^H776 whither I have driven^H5080 them, and will bring them again^H7725 to their folds^H5116; and they shall be fruitful^H6509 and increase^H7235.⁴And I will set up^H6965 shepherds^H7462 over them which shall feed^H7462 them: and they shall fear^H3372 no more, nor be dismayed^H2865, neither shall they be lacking^H6485, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.

⁵Behold, the days^H3117 come^H935, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068, that I will raise^H6965 unto David^H1732 a righteous^H6662 Branch^H6780, and a King^H4428 shall reign^H4427 and prosper^H7919, and shall execute^H6213 judgment^H4941 and justice^H6666 in the earth^H776.⁶In his days^H3117 Judah^H3063 shall be saved^H3467, and Israel^H3478 shall dwell^H7931 safely^H983: and this is his name^H8034 whereby he shall be called^H7121, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS^H3072.⁷Therefore, behold, the days^H3117 come^H935, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068, that they shall no more say^H559, The LORD^H3068 liveth^H2416, which brought up^H5927 the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714;⁸But, The LORD^H3068 liveth^H2416, which brought up^H5927 and which led^H935 the seed^H2233 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 out of the north^H6828 country^H776, and from all countries^H776 whither I had driven^H5080 them; and they shall dwell^H3427 in their own land^H127.

⁹Mine heart^H3820 within^H7130 me is broken^H7665 because of the prophets^H5030; all my bones^H6106 shake^H7363; I am like a drunken^H7910 man^H376, and like a man^H1397 whom wine^H3196 hath overcome^H5674, because^H6440 of the LORD^H3068, and because of the words^H1697 of his holiness^H6944.¹⁰For the land^H776 is full^H4390 of adulterers^H5003; for because^H6440 of swearing^H423 the land^H776 mourneth^H56; the pleasant places^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057 are dried up^H3001, and their course^H4794 is evil^H7451, and their force^H1369 is not right.¹¹For both prophet^H5030 and priest^H3548 are profane^H2610; yea, in my house^H1004 have I found^H4672 their wickedness^H7451, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.¹²Wherefore their way^H1870 shall be unto them as slippery^H2519 ways 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 the LORD^H3068.¹³And I have seen^H7200 folly^H8604 in the prophets^H5030 of Samaria^H8111; they prophesied^H5012 in Baal^H1168, and caused my people^H5971 Israel^H3478 to err^H8582.¹⁴I have seen^H7200 also in the prophets^H5030 of Jerusalem^H3389 an horrible thing^H8186: they commit adultery^H5003, and walk^H1980 in lies^H8267: they strengthen^H2388 also the hands^H3027 of evildoers^H7489, that none^H376 doth return^H7725 from his wickedness^H7451: they are all of them unto me as Sodom^H5467, and the inhabitants^H3427 thereof as Gomorrah^H6017.¹⁵Therefore thus saith^H559 the LORD^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 profaneness^H2613 gone forth^H3318 into all the land^H776.¹⁶Thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, Hearken^H8085 not unto the words^H1697 of the prophets^H5030 that prophesy^H5012 unto you: they make you vain^H1891: they speak^H1696 a vision^H2377 of their own heart^H3820, and not out of the mouth^H6310 of the LORD^H3068.¹⁷They say^H559 still^H559 unto them that despise^H5006 me, The LORD^H3068 hath said^H1696, Ye shall have peace^H7965; and they say^H559 unto every one that walketh^H1980 after the imagination^H8307 of his own heart^H3820, No evil^H7451 shall come^H935 upon you.¹⁸For who hath stood^H5975 in the counsel^H5475 of the LORD^H3068, and hath perceived^H7200 and heard^H8085 his word^H1697? who hath marked^H7181 his word^H1697, and heard^H8085 it?¹⁹Behold, a whirlwind^H5591 of the LORD^H3068 is gone forth^H3318 in fury^H2534, even a grievous^H2342 whirlwind^H5591: it shall fall grievously^H2342 upon the head^H7218 of the wicked^H7563.²⁰The anger^H639 of the LORD^H3068 shall not return^H7725, until he have executed^H6213, and till he have performed^H6965 the thoughts^H4209 of his heart^H3820: in the latter^H319 days^H3117 ye shall consider^H995 it perfectly^H998.²¹I have not sent^H7971 these prophets^H5030, yet they ran^H7323: I have not spoken^H1696 to them, yet they prophesied^H5012.²²But if they had stood^H5975 in my counsel^H5475, and had caused my people^H5971 to hear^H8085 my words^H1697, then they should have turned^H7725 them from their evil^H7451 way^H1870, and from the evil^H7455 of their doings^H4611.²³Am I a God^H430 at hand^H7138, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068, and not a God^H430 afar off^H7350?²⁴Can any^H376 hide^H5641 himself in secret places^H4565 that I shall not see^H7200 him? saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068. Do not I fill^H4392 heaven^H8064 and earth^H776? saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.²⁵I have heard^H8085 what the prophets^H5030 said^H559, that prophesy^H5012 lies^H8267 in my name^H8034, saying^H559, I have dreamed^H2492, I have dreamed^H2492.²⁶How long shall this be^H3426 in the heart^H3820 of the prophets^H5030 that prophesy^H5012 lies^H8267? yea, they are prophets^H5030 of the deceit^H8649 of their own heart^H3820;²⁷Which 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 neighbour^H7453, as their fathers^H1 have forgotten^H7911 my name^H8034 for Baal^H1168.²⁸The prophet^H5030 that hath a dream^H2472, let him tell^H5608 a dream^H2472; and he that hath my word^H1697, let him speak^H1696 my word^H1697 faithfully^H571. What is the chaff^H8401 to the wheat^H1250? saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.²⁹Is not my word^H1697 like^H3541 as a fire^H784? saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068; and like a hammer^H6360 that breaketh^H6327 the rock^H5553 in pieces^H6327?³⁰Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets^H5030, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068, that steal^H1589 my words^H1697 every one^H376 from his neighbour^H7453.³¹Behold, I am against the prophets^H5030, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068, that use^H3947 their tongues^H3956, and say^H5001, He saith^H5002.³²Behold, I am against them that prophesy^H5012 false^H8267 dreams^H2472, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068, and do tell^H5608 them, and cause my people^H5971 to err^H8582 by their lies^H8267, and by their lightness^H6350; yet I sent^H7971 them not, nor commanded^H6680 them: therefore they shall not profit^H3276 this people^H5971 at all^H3276, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.

³³And when this people^H5971, or the prophet^H5030, or a priest^H3548, shall ask^H7592 thee, saying^H559, What is the burden^H4853 of the LORD^H3068? thou shalt then say^H559 unto them, What burden^H4853? I will even forsake^H5203 you, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.³⁴And as for the prophet^H5030, and the priest^H3548, and the people^H5971, that shall say^H559, The burden^H4853 of the LORD^H3068, I will even punish^H6485 that man^H376 and his house^H1004.³⁵Thus shall ye say^H559 every one^H376 to his neighbour^H7453, and every one^H376 to his brother^H251, What hath the LORD^H3068 answered^H6030? and, What hath the LORD^H3068 spoken^H1696?³⁶And the burden^H4853 of the LORD^H3068 shall ye mention^H2142 no more: for every man's^H376 word^H1697 shall be his burden^H4853; for ye have perverted^H2015 the words^H1697 of the living^H2416 God^H430, of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 our God^H430.³⁷Thus shalt thou say^H559 to the prophet^H5030, What hath the LORD^H3068 answered^H6030 thee? and, What hath the LORD^H3068 spoken^H1696?³⁸But^H518 since ye say^H559, The burden^H4853 of the LORD^H3068; therefore thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068; Because ye say^H559 this word^H1697, The burden^H4853 of the LORD^H3068, and I have sent^H7971 unto you, saying^H559, Ye shall not say^H559, The burden^H4853 of the LORD^H3068;³⁹Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly^H5377 forget^H5382 you, and I will forsake^H5203 you, and the city^H5892 that I gave^H5414 you and your fathers^H1, and cast you out of my presence^H6440:⁴⁰And I will bring^H5414 an everlasting^H5769 reproach^H2781 upon you, and a perpetual^H5769 shame^H3640, which shall not be forgotten^H7911.