1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my
2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors
3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries
4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and
5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto
6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely:
7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall
9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my
10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the
11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I
12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the
13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing:
15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets;
16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye
18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a
20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed,
21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to
23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?
25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my
26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that
28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that
29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer
31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use
32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the
33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask
34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that
35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to
37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered
40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a