<vn='1'><sn="1945">Woe</s> be unto the <sn="7462">pastors</s> that <sn="6">destroy</s> and <sn="6327">scatter</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6629">sheep</s> of my <sn="4830">pasture</s>! <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="7462">pastors</s> that <sn="7462">feed</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s>; <sn="859">Ye</s> have <sn="6327">scattered</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="6629">flock</s>, and driven them <sn="5080">away</s>, and have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6485">visited</s> them: <sn="2009">behold</s>, I will <sn="6485">visit</s><sn="5921">upon</s> you <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7455">evil</s> of your <sn="4611">doings</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="6908">gather</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7611">remnant</s> of my <sn="6629">flock</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="776">countries</s><sn="834 8033">whither</s> I have <sn="5080">driven</s> them, and will bring them <sn="7725 *853">again</s><sn="5921">to</s> their <sn="5116">folds</s>; and they shall be <sn="6509">fruitful</s> and <sn="7235">increase</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And I will set <sn="6965">up</s><sn="7462">shepherds</s><sn="5921">over</s> them which shall <sn="7462">feed</s> them: and they shall <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> be <sn="2865">dismayed</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall they be <sn="6485">lacking</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="3117">days</s><sn="935">come</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that I will <sn="6965">raise</s> unto <sn="1732">David</s> a <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="6780">Branch</s>, and a <sn="4428">King</s> shall <sn="4427">reign</s> and <sn="7919">prosper</s>, and shall <sn="6213">execute</s><sn="4941">judgment</s> and <sn="6666">justice</s> in the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>In his <sn="3117">days</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> shall be <sn="3467">saved</s>, and <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall <sn="7931">dwell</s><sn="983">safely</s>: and <sn="2088">this</s> is his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="834">whereby</s> he shall be <sn="7121">called</s>, THE <sn="3068">LORD</s> OUR <sn="6664">RIGHTEOUSNESS</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3651">Therefore</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="3117">days</s><sn="935">come</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that they shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="834">which</s> brought <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>; </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588 518">But</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="834">which</s> brought <sn="5927">up</s> and <sn="834">which</s><sn="935">led</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2233">seed</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> out of the <sn="6828">north</s><sn="4480 776">country</s>, and from <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="776">countries</s><sn="834 8033">whither</s> I had <sn="5080">driven</s> them; and they shall <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="5921">in</s> their own <sn="127">land</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Mine <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="7130">within</s> me is <sn="7665">broken</s> because of the <sn="5030">prophets</s>; <sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="6106">bones</s><sn="7363">shake</s>; I <sn="1961">am</s> like a <sn="7910">drunken</s><sn="376">man</s>, and like a <sn="1397">man</s> whom <sn="3196">wine</s> hath <sn="5674">overcome</s>, <sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="1697">words</s> of his <sn="6944">holiness</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="776">land</s> is <sn="4390">full</s> of <sn="5003">adulterers</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4480 6440">because</s> of <sn="423">swearing</s> the <sn="776">land</s><sn="56">mourneth</s>; the pleasant <sn="4999">places</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> are dried <sn="3001">up</s>, and their <sn="4794">course</s><sn="1961">is</s><sn="7451">evil</s>, and their <sn="1369">force</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3651">right</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="1571">both</s><sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="1571">and</s><sn="3548">priest</s> are <sn="2610">profane</s>; <sn="1571">yea</s>, in my <sn="1004">house</s> have I <sn="4672">found</s> their <sn="7451">wickedness</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3651">Wherefore</s> their <sn="1870">way</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> unto them as <sn="2519">slippery</s> ways in the <sn="653">darkness</s>: they shall be driven <sn="1760">on</s>, and <sn="5307">fall</s> therein: <sn="3588">for</s> I will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them, even the <sn="8141">year</s> of their <sn="6486">visitation</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And I have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="8604">folly</s> in the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s>; they <sn="5012">prophesied</s> in <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and caused <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="8582">err</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>I have <sn="7200">seen</s> also in the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> a horrible <sn="8186">thing</s>: they commit <sn="5003">adultery</s>, and <sn="1980">walk</s> in <sn="8267">lies</s>: they <sn="2388">strengthen</s> also the <sn="3027">hands</s> of <sn="7489">evildoers</s>, that <sn="1115 376">none</s> doth <sn="7725">return</s> from his <sn="4480 7451">wickedness</s>: they <sn="1961">are</s><sn="3605">all</s> of them unto me as <sn="5467">Sodom</s>, and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> thereof as <sn="6017">Gomorrah</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="398">feed</s> them with <sn="3939">wormwood</s>, and make them <sn="8248">drink</s> the <sn="4325">water</s> of <sn="7219">gall</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> is <sn="2613">profaneness</s> gone <sn="3318">forth</s> into <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="8085">Hearken</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="5030">prophets</s> that <sn="5012">prophesy</s> unto you: they make you <sn="1891 *853">vain</s>: <sn="1992">they</s><sn="1696">speak</s> a <sn="2377">vision</s> of their own <sn="3820">heart</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> out of the <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>They say <sn="559 559">still</s> unto them that <sn="5006">despise</s> me, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">said</s>, Ye shall <sn="1961">have</s><sn="7965">peace</s>; and they <sn="559">say</s> unto every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="1980">walketh</s> after the <sn="8307">imagination</s> of his own <sn="3820">heart</s>, <sn="3808">No</s><sn="7451">evil</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> you. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="4310">who</s> hath <sn="5975">stood</s> in the <sn="5475">counsel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and hath <sn="7200">perceived</s> and <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1697">word</s>? <sn="4310">who</s> hath <sn="7181">marked</s> his <sn="1697">word</s>, and <sn="8085">heard</s> it? </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, a <sn="5591">whirlwind</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is gone <sn="3318">forth</s> in <sn="2534">fury</s>, even a <sn="2342">grievous</s><sn="5591">whirlwind</s>: it shall fall <sn="2342">grievously</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="7218">head</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>The <sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">return</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he have <sn="6213">executed</s>, and <sn="5704">till</s> he have <sn="6965">performed</s> the <sn="4209">thoughts</s> of his <sn="3820">heart</s>: in the <sn="319">latter</s><sn="3117">days</s> ye shall <sn="995">consider</s> it <sn="998">perfectly</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s> these <sn="5030">prophets</s>, yet <sn="1992">they</s><sn="7323">ran</s>: I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="413">to</s> them, yet <sn="1992">they</s><sn="5012">prophesied</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>But <sn="518">if</s> they had <sn="5975">stood</s> in my <sn="5475">counsel</s>, and had caused <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="8085">hear</s> my <sn="1697">words</s>, then they should have <sn="7725">turned</s> them from their <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="4480 1870">way</s>, and from the <sn="4480 7455">evil</s> of their <sn="4611">doings</s>. </v>
<vn='23'> Am <sn="589">I</s> a <sn="430">God</s> at <sn="4480 7138">hand</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> a <sn="430">God</s> afar <sn="4480 7350">off</s>? </v>
<vn='24'><sn="518">Can</s><sn="376">any</s> hide <sn="5641">himself</s> in secret <sn="4565">places</s> that <sn="589">I</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s> him? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. Do <sn="3808">not</s><sn="589">I</s><sn="4390">fill</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8064">heaven</s> and <sn="776">earth</s>? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>I have <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="559">said</s>, that <sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="8267">lies</s> in my <sn="8034">name</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, I have <sn="2492">dreamed</s>, I have <sn="2492">dreamed</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>How <sn="5704 4970">long</s> shall this <sn="3426">be</s> in the <sn="3820">heart</s> of the <sn="5030">prophets</s> that <sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="8267">lies</s>? yea, they are <sn="5030">prophets</s> of the <sn="8649">deceit</s> of their own <sn="3820">heart</s>; </v>
<vn='27'>Which <sn="2803">think</s> to cause <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="7911">forget</s> my <sn="8034">name</s> by their <sn="2472">dreams</s><sn="834">which</s> they <sn="5608">tell</s> every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>, <sn="834">as</s> their <sn="1">fathers</s> have <sn="7911">forgotten</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="8034">name</s> for <sn="1168">Baal</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>The <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="834 854">that</s> hath a <sn="2472">dream</s>, let him <sn="5608">tell</s> a <sn="2472">dream</s>; and he <sn="834 854">that</s> hath my <sn="1697">word</s>, let him <sn="1696">speak</s> my <sn="1697">word</s><sn="571">faithfully</s>. <sn="4100">What</s> is the <sn="8401">chaff</s><sn="854">to</s> the <sn="1250">wheat</s>? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='29'> Is <sn="3808">not</s> my <sn="1697">word</s><sn="3541">like</s> as a <sn="784">fire</s>? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and like a <sn="6360">hammer</s> that <sn="6327">breaketh</s> the <sn="5553">rock</s> in pieces? </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3651">Therefore</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I am <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that <sn="1589">steal</s> my <sn="1697">words</s> every <sn="376">one</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I am <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that <sn="3947">use</s> their <sn="3956">tongues</s>, and <sn="5001">say</s>, He <sn="5002">saith</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I am <sn="5921">against</s> them that <sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="8267">false</s><sn="2472">dreams</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and do <sn="5608">tell</s> them, and cause <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="8582">err</s> by their <sn="8267">lies</s>, and by their <sn="6350">lightness</s>; yet <sn="595">I</s><sn="7971">sent</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="6680">commanded</s> them: therefore they shall <sn="3808">not</s> profit this people at <sn="3276 3276 5971 2088">all</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And <sn="3588">when</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="176">or</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="176">or</s> a <sn="3548">priest</s>, shall <sn="7592">ask</s> thee, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> is the <sn="4853">burden</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? thou shalt then <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="*853"></s><sn="4100">What</s><sn="4853">burden</s>? I will even <sn="5203">forsake</s> you, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And as for the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, and the <sn="3548">priest</s>, and the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">that</s> shall <sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="4853">burden</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, I will even <sn="6485 5921">punish</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="376">man</s> and his <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='35'><sn="3541">Thus</s> shall ye <sn="559">say</s> every <sn="376">one</s><sn="5921">to</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>, and every <sn="376">one</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6030">answered</s>? and, <sn="4100">What</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoken</s>? </v>
<vn='36'>And the <sn="4853">burden</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall ye <sn="2142">mention</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> every <sn="376">man</s> 's <sn="1697">word</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> his <sn="4853">burden</s>; for ye have <sn="2015">perverted</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="2416">living</s><sn="430">God</s>, of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="3541">Thus</s> shalt thou <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6030">answered</s> thee? and, <sn="4100">What</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoken</s>? </v>
<vn='38'>But <sn="518">since</s> ye <sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="4853">burden</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3651">therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3282">Because</s> ye <sn="559">say</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">word</s>, The <sn="4853">burden</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and I have <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> you, <sn="559">saying</s>, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="4853">burden</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; </v>
<vn='39'><sn="3651">Therefore</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I, even I, will utterly <sn="5382 5382">forget</s> you, and I will <sn="5203">forsake</s> you, and the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="834">that</s> I <sn="5414">gave</s> you and your <sn="1">fathers</s>, and cast you out <sn="4480 5921">of</s> my <sn="6440">presence</s>: </v>
<vn='40'>And I will <sn="5414">bring</s> an <sn="5769">everlasting</s><sn="2781">reproach</s><sn="5921">upon</s> you, and a <sn="5769">perpetual</s><sn="3640">shame</s>, <sn="834">which</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="7911">forgotten</s>. </v>