Ezekiel 34:5
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5 (A)So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and (B)they became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered;
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Matthew 9:36
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36 (A)When he saw the crowds, (B)he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, (C)like sheep without a shepherd.
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2 Chronicles 18:16
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16 And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, (A)as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’”
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Ezekiel 34:8
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8 (A)As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because (B)my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep,
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Jeremiah 23:2
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2 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning (A)the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. (B)Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord.
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Acts 20:29-31
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29 I (A)know that after my departure (B)fierce wolves will come in among you, (C)not sparing the flock; 30 and (D)from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore (E)be alert, remembering that (F)for three years I did not cease night or day (G)to admonish every one (H)with tears.
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Zechariah 10:2-3
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2 For (A)the household gods (B)utter nonsense,
and the diviners see lies;
(C)they tell false dreams
and give empty consolation.
Therefore (D)the people wander like sheep;
they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.
3 (E)“My anger is hot against the shepherds,
and (F)I will punish the leaders;[a]
for (G)the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 10:3 Hebrew the male goats
Isaiah 56:9
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Israel's Irresponsible Leaders
9 (A)All you beasts of the field, come to devour—
all you beasts in the forest.
1 Kings 22:17
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17 And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, (A)as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’”
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John 10:2
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2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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Zechariah 13:7
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The Shepherd Struck
7 “Awake, O sword, against (A)my shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.
(B)“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
Ezekiel 34:28
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28 (A)They shall no more be a prey to the nations, (B)nor shall the beasts of the land devour them. (C)They shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.
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Ezekiel 34:6
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6 they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, (A)with none to search or seek for them.
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Ezekiel 33:28
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28 (A)And I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and (B)her proud might shall come to an end, and (C)the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through.
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Ezekiel 33:21
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Jerusalem Struck Down
21 In the (A)twelfth year (B)of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, (C)a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, (D)“The city has been struck down.”
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Jeremiah 50:6-7
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6 (A)“My people have been lost sheep. (B)Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold. 7 All who found them have devoured them, (C)and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for (D)they have sinned against the Lord, (E)their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, (F)the hope of their fathers.’
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Jeremiah 12:9-12
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9 Is (A)my heritage to me like (B)a hyena's lair?
Are the (C)birds of prey against her all around?
Go, (D)assemble all the wild beasts;
bring them to devour.
10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard;
(E)they have trampled down my portion;
they have made my pleasant portion
a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it a desolation;
desolate, (F)it mourns to me.
The whole land is made desolate,
(G)but no man lays it to heart.
12 Upon all the bare heights in the desert
destroyers have come,
for the sword of the Lord devours
from one end of the land to the other;
no flesh has peace.
Numbers 27:17
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17 who (A)shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be (B)as sheep that have no shepherd.”
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