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 together in a compact flock, and have not visited them, this being the most reprehensible form of neglect. Behold, I will visit upon you, in a visitation of His avenging wrath, the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.
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....
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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 evi...
1-4. A remnant shall return....
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...
לָ֠כֵן כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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,...
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...
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...
Jeremiah 23:2 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 shepherds H7462 (H8802) feed H7462 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Exodus 32:34; Hosea 2:13; James 1:27; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 13:21;
That feed — They are said to have fed this people, because it was their duty so to do....