whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, the
and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of
And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no in
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a
My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with
Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know th
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remain
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove the
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is i
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of th
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
Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling yo
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all th
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the tr
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon
because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, e
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe
of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horse
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief an