Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 23:1
The pastors - shepherds, i. e., civil rulers Jeremiah 2:8.
The sheep of My pasture - literally, of My pasturing, the sheep of whom I am shepherd. The people do not belong to the rulers but to God.
The pastors - shepherds, i. e., civil rulers Jeremiah 2:8.
The sheep of My pasture - literally, of My pasturing, the sheep of whom I am shepherd. The people do not belong to the rulers but to God.
CHAPTER XXIII _Sequel of the discourse which commenced in the preceding_ _chapter. The prophet denounces vengeance against the pastors of_ _Israel who have scattered and destroyed the flock of the...
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 PASTORS. rulers. See notes on Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:15, &c. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
_the shepherds_ See on Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 22:22, and for the figure of sheep cp. Psalms 74:1; Psalms 95:7;...
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...
WOE BE UNTO THE PASTORS, &C.— _To the kings_ and _officers_ of the princes, who abused their authority by oppressing the poor. This is a sequel to the preceding discourse, principally addressed to the...
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...
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. This forms the epilogue to the denunciations of the four kings in Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 22:1. WOE BE UNT...
THE PASTORS] i.e. the rulers of Judah....
1-4. A remnant shall return....
XXIII. (1) WOE BE UNTO THE PASTORS... — The message that follows in Jeremiah 23:1 comes as a natural sequel to that of Jeremiah 22. The unfaithful shepherds who had been there denounced are contrasted...
הֹ֣וי רֹעִ֗ים מְאַבְּדִ֧ים וּ מְפִצִ֛ים אֶת ־
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...
Woe be to (a) the shepherds that destroy and scatter the (b) sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. (a) Meaning the prince's governors and false prophets as in (Ezekiel 34:2). (b) For which I have spe...
_Pastors. Successors of Josias (Calmet) and false prophets. (Menochius)_...
CONTENTS We have in this Chapter a blessed and gracious word of comfort succeeding the awful message, in the preceding Chapter. And what tends to make this Chapter most eminently blessed to the Churc...
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...
Here the Prophet promises the restoration of the Church; but he reminds hypocrites that there was no reason for them on that account to flatter themselves, especially the king, his councillors, and th...
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...
WOE BE UNTO THE PASTORS,.... Or, "O ye shepherds" or "governors", as the Targum; the civil rulers and magistrates, kings and princes of the land of Israel; since ecclesiastical rulers, the priests and...
_Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD._ Ver. 1. _Woe to the pastors,_] _i.e., _ To the rulers and chieftains, whether in the State or Church; woe t...
_Wo be unto the pastors_ Or, as הוי is by some rendered, _Alas for the pastors!_ or, _Ho the pastors!_ For it may be a particle of _calling_, as the LXX. and Syriac represent it, and not of comminatio...
THE RESTORATION OF THE SCATTERED FLOCK...
Woe be unto the pastors, the rulers, the spiritual leaders of the people in particular, THAT DESTROY AND SCATTER THE SHEEP OF MY PASTURE! SAITH THE LORD, Israel and Judah, specifically the congregatio...
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...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 23 Woe against wicked pastors; the scattered flock shall be gathered; Christ shall rule and save them, JEREMIAH 23:1: against false prophets, JEREMIAH 23:9, and mockers of the true, J...
Jeremiah 23:1 Woe H1945 shepherds H7462 (H8802) destroy H6 (H8764) scatter H6327 (H8688) sheep H6629 pasture...
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 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...
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...
RESTORATION This final restoration is shown to be accomplished after a period of unexampled tribulation (Jeremiah 30:3) and in connection with the manifestation of David's righteous Branch (Jeremiah...
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...
Ezekiel 13:3; Ezekiel 22:25; Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 34:21; Ezekie