<h3>The Righteous Branch</h3>23 “Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord. 2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done,” declares the Lord. 3 “I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4 I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing, ” declares the Lord.<poetry> 5 <poetry>“The days are coming,” declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>“when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, </indent> a King who will reign wisely <indent>and do what is just and right in the land.</indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>In his days Judah will be saved <indent>and Israel will live in safety. </indent> This is the name by which he will be called: <indent>The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> Our Righteous Savior. </indent></poetry> 7 “So then, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’ 8 but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.” <h3>Lying Prophets</h3> 9 Concerning the prophets:<poetry>My heart is broken within me; <indent>all my bones tremble. </indent> I am like a drunken man, <indent>like a strong man overcome by wine,</indent> because of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> <indent>and his holy words. </indent> 10 <poetry>The land is full of adulterers; <indent>because of the curse the land lies parched</indent> <indent>and the pastures in the wilderness are withered. </indent> The prophets follow an evil course <indent>and use their power unjustly.</indent><poetry></poetry> 11 <poetry>“Both prophet and priest are godless; <indent>even in my temple I find their wickedness,”</indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>. </poetry> 12 <poetry>“Therefore their path will become slippery; <indent>they will be banished to darkness</indent> <indent>and there they will fall.</indent> I will bring disaster on them <indent>in the year they are punished, ”</indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.<poetry></poetry> 13 <poetry>“Among the prophets of Samaria <indent>I saw this repulsive thing:</indent> They prophesied by Baal <indent>and led my people Israel astray. </indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>And among the prophets of Jerusalem <indent>I have seen something horrible: </indent> <indent>They commit adultery and live a lie. </indent> They strengthen the hands of evildoers, <indent>so that not one of them turns from their wickedness. </indent> They are all like Sodom to me; <indent>the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.” </indent></poetry> 15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:<poetry>“I will make them eat bitter food <indent>and drink poisoned water, </indent> because from the prophets of Jerusalem <indent>ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”</indent></poetry> 16 This is what the Lord Almighty says:<poetry>“Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; <indent>they fill you with false hopes.</indent> They speak visions from their own minds, <indent>not from the mouth of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent> 17 <poetry>They keep saying to those who despise me, <indent>‘The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> says: You will have peace.’ </indent> And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts <indent>they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’</indent> </poetry> 18 <poetry>But which of them has stood in the council of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> <indent>to see or to hear his word?</indent> <indent>Who has listened and heard his word?</indent> </poetry> 19 <poetry>See, the storm of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> <indent>will burst out in wrath,</indent> a whirlwind swirling down <indent>on the heads of the wicked.</indent> </poetry> 20 <poetry>The anger of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> will not turn back <indent>until he fully accomplishes</indent> <indent>the purposes of his heart.</indent> In days to come <indent>you will understand it clearly.</indent> </poetry> 21 <poetry>I did not send these prophets, <indent>yet they have run with their message;</indent> I did not speak to them, <indent>yet they have prophesied.</indent> </poetry> 22 <poetry>But if they had stood in my council, <indent>they would have proclaimed my words to my people</indent> and would have turned them from their evil ways <indent>and from their evil deeds. </indent><poetry></poetry> 23 <poetry>“Am I only a God nearby, ” declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>“and not a God far away?</indent> </poetry> 24 <poetry>Who can hide in secret places <indent>so that I cannot see them?”</indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>. <indent>“Do not I fill heaven and earth?” </indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</poetry> 25 “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? 27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship. 28 Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. 29 “Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? 30 “Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me. 31 Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’ 32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, ” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least,” declares the Lord. <h3>False Prophecy</h3> 33 “When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message from the Lord?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake you, declares the Lord.’ 34 If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ I will punish them and their household. 35 This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: ‘What is the Lord’s answer?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 36 But you must not mention ‘a message from the Lord’ again, because each one’s word becomes their own message. So you distort the words of the living God, the Lord Almighty, our God. 37 This is what you keep saying to a prophet: ‘What is the Lord’s answer to you?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 38 Although you claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ this is what the Lord says: You used the words, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ even though I told you that you must not claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord.’ 39 Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors. 40 I will bring on you everlasting disgrace —everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”

Jeremiah 23:1

“Woe to the shepherds<cr>1</cr> who are destroying and scattering<cr>2</cr> the sheep of my pasture!”<cr>3</cr> declares the Lord.

Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds<cr>1</cr> who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock<cr>2</cr> and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil<cr>3</cr> you have done,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:2

“I myself will gather the remnant<cr>1</cr> of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,<cr>2</cr> where they will be fruitful and increase in number.

Jeremiah 23:3

I will place shepherds<cr>1</cr> over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid<cr>2</cr> or terrified, nor will any be missing,<cr>3</cr> ” declares the Lord.<pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 23:4

“The days are coming,” declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>“when I will raise up for David<ft>1</ft> a righteous Branch,<cr>1</cr> </indent> a King<cr>2</cr> who will reign<cr>3</cr> wisely <indent>and do what is just and right<cr>4</cr> in the land.</indent>

Jeremiah 23:5

In his days Judah will be saved <indent>and Israel will live in safety.<cr>1</cr> </indent> This is the name<cr>2</cr> by which he will be called: <indent>The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> Our Righteous Savior.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 23:6

“So then, the days are coming,”<cr>1</cr> declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’<cr>2</cr>

Jeremiah 23:7

but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”<cr>1</cr>

Jeremiah 23:8

Jeremiah 23:9

Concerning the prophets:<pb/><poetry>My heart<cr>1</cr> is broken within me; <indent>all my bones tremble.<cr>2</cr> </indent> I am like a drunken man, <indent>like a strong man overcome by wine,</indent> because of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> <indent>and his holy words.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

The land is full of adulterers;<cr>1</cr> <indent>because of the curse<ft>1</ft><cr>2</cr> the land lies parched</indent> <indent>and the pastures<cr>3</cr> in the wilderness are withered.<cr>4</cr> </indent> The prophets follow an evil course <indent>and use their power unjustly.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 23:10

“Both prophet and priest are godless;<cr>1</cr> <indent>even in my temple<cr>2</cr> I find their wickedness,”</indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.

Jeremiah 23:11

“Therefore their path will become slippery;<cr>1</cr> <indent>they will be banished to darkness</indent> <indent>and there they will fall.</indent> I will bring disaster on them <indent>in the year they are punished,<cr>2</cr> ”</indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.<pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 23:12

“Among the prophets of Samaria <indent>I saw this repulsive thing:</indent> They prophesied by Baal<cr>1</cr> <indent>and led my people Israel astray.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 23:13

And among the prophets of Jerusalem <indent>I have seen something horrible:<cr>1</cr> </indent> <indent>They commit adultery and live a lie.<cr>2</cr> </indent> They strengthen the hands of evildoers,<cr>3</cr> <indent>so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.<cr>4</cr> </indent> They are all like Sodom<cr>5</cr> to me; <indent>the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”<cr>6</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 23:14

Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:<pb/><poetry>“I will make them eat bitter food <indent>and drink poisoned water,<cr>1</cr> </indent> because from the prophets of Jerusalem <indent>ungodliness<cr>2</cr> has spread throughout the land.”</indent></poetry>

Jeremiah 23:15

This is what the Lord Almighty says:<pb/><poetry>“Do not listen<cr>1</cr> to what the prophets are prophesying to you; <indent>they fill you with false hopes.</indent> They speak visions<cr>2</cr> from their own minds, <indent>not from the mouth<cr>3</cr> of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent>

Jeremiah 23:16

They keep saying<cr>1</cr> to those who despise me, <indent>‘The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> says: You will have peace.’<cr>2</cr> </indent> And to all who follow the stubbornness<cr>3</cr> of their hearts <indent>they say, ‘No harm<cr>4</cr> will come to you.’</indent>

Jeremiah 23:17

But which of them has stood in the council<cr>1</cr> of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> <indent>to see or to hear his word?</indent> <indent>Who has listened and heard his word?</indent>

Jeremiah 23:18

See, the storm<cr>1</cr> of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> <indent>will burst out in wrath,</indent> a whirlwind<cr>2</cr> swirling down <indent>on the heads of the wicked.</indent>

Jeremiah 23:19

The anger<cr>1</cr> of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> will not turn back<cr>2</cr> <indent>until he fully accomplishes</indent> <indent>the purposes of his heart.</indent> In days to come <indent>you will understand it clearly.</indent>

Jeremiah 23:20

I did not send<cr>1</cr> these prophets, <indent>yet they have run with their message;</indent> I did not speak to them, <indent>yet they have prophesied.</indent>

Jeremiah 23:21

But if they had stood in my council,<cr>1</cr> <indent>they would have proclaimed<cr>2</cr> my words to my people</indent> and would have turned<cr>3</cr> them from their evil ways <indent>and from their evil deeds.<cr>4</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 23:22

“Am I only a God nearby,<cr>1</cr> ” declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>“and not a God far away?</indent>

Jeremiah 23:23

Who can hide<cr>1</cr> in secret places <indent>so that I cannot see them?”</indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>. <indent>“Do not I fill heaven and earth?”<cr>2</cr> </indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.

Jeremiah 23:24

“I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies<cr>1</cr> in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream!<cr>2</cr> I had a dream!’

Jeremiah 23:25

How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions<cr>1</cr> of their own minds?<cr>2</cr>

Jeremiah 23:26

They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget<cr>1</cr> my name, just as their ancestors forgot<cr>2</cr> my name through Baal worship.<cr>3</cr>

Jeremiah 23:27

Let the prophet who has a dream<cr>1</cr> recount the dream, but let the one who has my word<cr>2</cr> speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:28

“Is not my word like fire,”<cr>1</cr> declares the Lord, “and like a hammer<cr>2</cr> that breaks a rock in pieces?

Jeremiah 23:29

“Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against<cr>1</cr> the prophets<cr>2</cr> who steal from one another words supposedly from me.

Jeremiah 23:30

Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’<cr>1</cr>

Jeremiah 23:31

Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,<cr>1</cr> ” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray<cr>2</cr> with their reckless lies,<cr>3</cr> yet I did not send<cr>4</cr> or appoint them. They do not benefit<cr>5</cr> these people in the least,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:32

Jeremiah 23:33

“When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message<cr>1</cr> from the Lord?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake<cr>2</cr> you, declares the Lord.’

If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message<cr>1</cr> from the Lord,’ I will punish<cr>2</cr> them and their household.

Jeremiah 23:34

This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: ‘What is the Lord’s answer?’<cr>1</cr> or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’

Jeremiah 23:35

But you must not mention ‘a message from the Lord’ again, because each one’s word becomes their own message. So you distort<cr>1</cr> the words of the living God,<cr>2</cr> the Lord Almighty, our God.

Jeremiah 23:36

This is what you keep saying to a prophet: ‘What is the Lord’s answer to you?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’

Jeremiah 23:37

Although you claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ this is what the Lord says: You used the words, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ even though I told you that you must not claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord.’

Jeremiah 23:38

Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast<cr>1</cr> you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors.

Jeremiah 23:39

I will bring on you everlasting disgrace<cr>1</cr> —everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”

Jeremiah 23:40

 1 “Woe to the shepherds   who are destroying and scattering   the sheep of my pasture!”   declares the Lord. 2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds   who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock   and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil   you have done,” declares the Lord. 3 “I myself will gather the remnant   of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,   where they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4 I will place shepherds   over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid   or terrified, nor will any be missing,  ” declares the Lord.  5 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David  a righteous Branch,   a King   who will reign   wisely and do what is just and right   in the land.  6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety.   This is the name   by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.   7 “So then, the days are coming,”   declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’   8 but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”   9 Concerning the prophets: My heart   is broken within me; all my bones tremble.   I am like a drunken man, like a strong man overcome by wine, because of the Lord and his holy words.    10 The land is full of adulterers;   because of the curse    the land lies parched and the pastures   in the wilderness are withered.   The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.  11 “Both prophet and priest are godless;   even in my temple   I find their wickedness,” declares the Lord.  12 “Therefore their path will become slippery;   they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall. I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished,  ” declares the Lord.  13 “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw this repulsive thing: They prophesied by Baal   and led my people Israel astray.    14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible:   They commit adultery and live a lie.   They strengthen the hands of evildoers,   so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.   They are all like Sodom   to me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”   15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets: “I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water,   because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness   has spread throughout the land.” 16 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Do not listen   to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions   from their own minds, not from the mouth   of the Lord.  17 They keep saying   to those who despise me, ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’   And to all who follow the stubbornness   of their hearts they say, ‘No harm   will come to you.’  18 But which of them has stood in the council   of the Lord to see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word?  19 See, the storm   of the Lord will burst out in wrath, a whirlwind   swirling down on the heads of the wicked.  20 The anger   of the Lord will not turn back   until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand it clearly.  21 I did not send   these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.  22 But if they had stood in my council,   they would have proclaimed   my words to my people and would have turned   them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds.    23 “Am I only a God nearby,  ” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away?  24 Who can hide   in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”   declares the Lord. 25 “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies   in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream!   I had a dream!’ 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions   of their own minds?   27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget   my name, just as their ancestors forgot   my name through Baal worship.   28 Let the prophet who has a dream   recount the dream, but let the one who has my word   speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. 29 “Is not my word like fire,”   declares the Lord, “and like a hammer   that breaks a rock in pieces? 30 “Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against   the prophets   who steal from one another words supposedly from me. 31 Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’   32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,  ” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray   with their reckless lies,   yet I did not send   or appoint them. They do not benefit   these people in the least,” declares the Lord. 33 “When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message   from the Lord?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake   you, declares the Lord.’ 34 If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message   from the Lord,’ I will punish   them and their household. 35 This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: ‘What is the Lord’s answer?’   or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 36 But you must not mention ‘a message from the Lord’ again, because each one’s word becomes their own message. So you distort   the words of the living God,   the Lord Almighty, our God. 37 This is what you keep saying to a prophet: ‘What is the Lord’s answer to you?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 38 Although you claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ this is what the Lord says: You used the words, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ even though I told you that you must not claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord.’ 39 Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast   you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors. 40 I will bring on you everlasting disgrace  —everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”

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