The Branch of Righteousness

23 “Woe (A)to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.

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“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: (A)“Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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For the (A)idols[a] speak delusion;
The diviners envision (B)lies,
And tell false dreams;
They (C)comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wend their way like (D)sheep;
They are [b]in trouble (E)because there is no shepherd.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 10:2 Heb. teraphim
  2. Zechariah 10:2 afflicted

15 And the Lord said to me, (A)“Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.

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12 But a [a]hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (A)leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

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Footnotes

  1. John 10:12 hired man

13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.

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