Jeremiah 23:1
Strong's Lexicon
“Woe
ה֣וֹי (hō·w)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 1945: 1) ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!

to the shepherds
רֹעִ֗ים (rō·‘îm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7462: 1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tend, pasture 1a1a) to shepherd 1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig) 1a1c) of people as flock (fig) 1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst) 1a2) to feed, graze 1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal) 1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig) 1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess 2) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable) 2a) (Qal) to associate with 2b) (Hithpael) to be companions 3) (Piel) to be a special friend

who destroy
מְאַבְּדִ֧ים (mə·’ab·bə·ḏîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6: 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.)

and scatter
וּמְפִצִ֛ים (ū·mə·p̄i·ṣîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6327: 1) to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered 1a) (Qal) to be dispersed, be scattered 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be scattered 1b2) to be spread abroad 1c) (Hiphil) to scatter 1d) Hithpael) scatter 2) (Qal) to flow, overflow 3) to break 3a) (Polel) to shatter 3b) (Pilpel) to dash to pieces

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the sheep
צֹ֥אן (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6629: 1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks 1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats) 1b) of multitude (simile) 1c) of multitude (metaphor)

of My pasture !”
מַרְעִיתִ֖י (mar·‘î·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4830: 1) pasturing, pasturage, shepherding 1a) pasturing, shepherding 1b) pasturage 1c) flock (meton)

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: 1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet) 1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state) 1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name)

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! ”  This is the LORD’s declaration.

New American Standard Bible
"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!" declares the LORD.

King James Bible
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.

New Living Translation
"What sorrow awaits the leaders of my people--the shepherds of my sheep--for they have destroyed and scattered the very ones they were expected to care for," says the LORD.

English Standard Version
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!" declares the LORD.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" This is the LORD's declaration.

International Standard Version
"How terrible for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.

NET Bible
The LORD says, "The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.

American Standard Version
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

English Revised Version
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.
















Cross References
John 10:8
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

Isaiah 56:9
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

Jeremiah 10:21
For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

Jeremiah 12:10
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Jeremiah 13:17
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.

Jeremiah 22:22
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

Jeremiah 50:6
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

Ezekiel 13:3
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Ezekiel 34:2
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

Ezekiel 34:31
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 36:38
As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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