Old Testament - Jeremiah 23

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Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

JEREMIAH 23:1

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 of your doings, saith the LORD.

JEREMIAH 23:2

And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

JEREMIAH 23:3

And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.

JEREMIAH 23:4

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

JEREMIAH 23:5

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

JEREMIAH 23:6

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

JEREMIAH 23:7

But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

JEREMIAH 23:8

Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.

JEREMIAH 23:9

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

JEREMIAH 23:10

For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

JEREMIAH 23:11

Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness they shall be driven on, and fall therein for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

JEREMIAH 23:12

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

JEREMIAH 23:13

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing they commit adultery, and walk in lies they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

JEREMIAH 23:14

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

JEREMIAH 23:15

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you they make you vain they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

JEREMIAH 23:16

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

JEREMIAH 23:17

For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

JEREMIAH 23:18

Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

JEREMIAH 23:19

The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

JEREMIAH 23:20

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

JEREMIAH 23:21

But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

JEREMIAH 23:22

Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

JEREMIAH 23:23

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

JEREMIAH 23:24

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

JEREMIAH 23:25

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

JEREMIAH 23:26

Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

JEREMIAH 23:27

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.

JEREMIAH 23:28

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

JEREMIAH 23:29

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

JEREMIAH 23:30

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

JEREMIAH 23:31

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

JEREMIAH 23:32

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.

JEREMIAH 23:33

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

JEREMIAH 23:34

Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

JEREMIAH 23:35

And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

JEREMIAH 23:36

Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

JEREMIAH 23:37

But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

JEREMIAH 23:38

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence

JEREMIAH 23:39

And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

JEREMIAH 23:40

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Say, We believe in God and what was sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and what was given to Moses, Jesus and all the Prophets by their Lord
Quran 2:136

Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me
John 14:6

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I
John 14:28

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord
Deuteronomy 6:4

The Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you mates from yourselves, and for the cattle (also) mates. By this means He creates you (in the wombs)
Quran 42:11

O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partners with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords besides Allah
Quran 3:64

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me
John 5:30

Indeed, We have revealed to you, (O Muhammad), as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the book (of Psalms)
Quran 4:163

Blessed be He Who has placed in the heaven big stars, and has placed therein a great lamp (sun), and a moon giving light. And He it is Who has put the night and the day in succession
Quran 25:61

He (Jesus) Himself stood in their midst and said to them, Peace be to you
Luke 24:36

O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of God. Indeed, God forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful
Quran 39: 53

Indeed, man is in loss, except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and advise one another to truth and patience
Quran 103:1-3

The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord
Mark 12:29

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God
John 20:17

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matthew 27:46

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John 13:16

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind
Matthew 22:37

By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
John 5:30

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
John 5:19

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:21

Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me
Isaiah 49:9

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