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Ecclesiastes Chapter 23

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