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Verse Jeremiah 23:2. _YE HAVE SCATTERED MY FLOCK_] The bad government
both in Church and State was a principal cause of the people's
profligacy....
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They had scattered them first spiritually by leading them into
idolatry; and secondly, many had literally been taken to Egypt with
Jehoahaz, many in Jehoiakim’s time had fled there, while others fell...
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CHAPTER 23:1-8
_ 1. The false shepherds (Jeremiah 23:1) _
2. The True Shepherd (Jeremiah 23:5)
Jeremiah 23:1. The word “pastors” means “shepherds.” Ezekiel
received a larger message about these fals
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JEREMIAH 22:1 TO JEREMIAH 23:8. This section contains several distinct
Jeremianic prophecies, relating to contemporary kings of Judah; they
have been editorially collected, probably with some expansio...
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THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 11:3.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._
THAT FEED. that are the feeders of. Figure of speech _Antimereia_ (of
the Verb).
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App...
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Jeremiah 23:1. See introd. summary to section. We should have
expected, as the natural sequel to the three preceding passages, a
direct reference to the reign of Zedekiah. Probably we may attribute
th...
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_feed_ Heb. _shepherd._Cp. Jeremiah 3:15.
_scattered_ by exile, voluntary or forced, in Egypt or Babylon.
_driven them away_ the opposite of that which is an Eastern shepherd's
duty, viz. to go befor...
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D. The Promise of an Ideal Ruler Jeremiah 23:1-8
TRANSLATION
(1) How sad it is that shepherds are destroying and scattering the
flock of My pasture! (oracle of the LORD). (2) Therefore, thus says
the...
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1-4. A remnant shall return....
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YE HAVE SCATTERED MY FLOCK. — The charge was true literally as well
as spiritually. The dispersion of the people in Egypt, Assyria, and
Chaldæa was the result of the neglect, the tyranny, the feeblene...
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לָ֠כֵן כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל...
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CHAPTER VIII
BAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETS
Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 24:1
"Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My
pasture!"- Jeremiah 23:1
"Of what avail is straw instead...
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Having thus passed in review the predecessors of Zedekiah on the
throne of Judah, the prophet proceeded to deal with those who had been
responsible for the failure of the people, the false kings and
p...
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Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds that
(c) feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away,
and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you th...
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It is blessed to observe, how from the unworthiness of man the Lord
takes occasion to magnify the riches of his grace. Not that our misery
is the cause of divine mercy: for his love was long before we...
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He afterwards adds, _Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, to the
pastors who feed my people _In the same sense he calls them now his
people, as he had called them before the flock of his pastures. T...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23.
On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord
would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the
Spir...
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THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL,.... The covenant God of
that people, who are Called his sheep, and the sheep of his pasture;
having made a covenant with their fathers, and provided a good...
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Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that
feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and
have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil...
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_Therefore thus saith the Lord against the pastors that feed my
people_ That undertake the care of my people, though they do not
faithfully execute their trust. God calls them _his people, his flock,...
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Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that
feed My people, to whom this sacred duty was entrusted, YE HAVE
SCATTERED MY FLOCK AND DRIVEN THEM AWAY, instead of holding them
to...
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THE RESTORATION OF THE SCATTERED FLOCK...
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1-8 Woe be to those who are set to feed God's people, but take no
concern to do them good! Here is a word of comfort to the neglected
sheep. Though only a remnant of God's flock is left, he will find...
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THAT FEED MY PEOPLE: God calleth them _his people, his flock, the
sheep of his pasture_, with respect to the ancient covenant which God
had made with their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They are...
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Jeremiah 23:2 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478
shepherds H7462 (H8802) feed H7462 ...
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THE FAILURE OF THE WORTHLESS SHEPHERDS (JEREMIAH 23:1).
YHWH passes His verdict on the false rulers who have failed His
people. Note the dual double repetition of ‘the word of YHWH' in
Jeremiah 23:1 i...
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SUBSECTION 7). WORDS CONCERNING VARIOUS KINGS (JEREMIAH 21:1 TO
JEREMIAH 24:10).
This subsection proceeds in logical sequence although not
chronologically, and will centre on three special themes, fir...
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THE PROMISE OF THE COMING SON OF DAVID WHO WILL TRIUMPH AND RULE
WISELY (JEREMIAH 23:1).
Having disabused the people's minds about the likelihood of any of
their current kings being the anticipated de...
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Jeremiah 23:1. _Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the
sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD._
What a dreadful woe this is upon all false shepherds, those who
profess to be sent of God to...
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CONTENTS: Future restoration and conversion of Israel. Message against
the faithless shepherds.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: Woe be to those who are commanded to feed God's people and
preten...
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Jeremiah 23:1. _Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the
sheep._ Princes are often called pastors, as Cyrus, Isaiah 44:28,
because they enforce the laws and protect the people. Shallum, and...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 23:1 SHEPHERDS. See note on 3:15. Rather
than bind up, heal, protect, and feed their SHEEP, Judah’s leaders
have destroyed and...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The
chapter is an epilogue to the denunciations of the three kings in
chap. 22. It must have been written and proclaimed about the beginnin...
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EXPOSITION
The first eight verses form the necessary conclusion of the group of
discourses summarized in Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 22:1. Like Isaiah,
our prophet follows up denunciation with consolation...
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Now in chapter 23 God speaks out against those
Pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the
LORD (Jeremiah 23:1).
God said, "They're My sheep, but these pastors are scattering...
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Exodus 32:34; Hosea 2:13; James 1:27; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 13:21;
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That feed — They are said to have fed this people, because it was
their duty so to do....