“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flo
And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe
This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep witho
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into
The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humili
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. Yo
The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against
My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered f
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep a
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the tr
whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their o
‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they l
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come;
As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, thei