The Coming Messiah: the Righteous Branch

23 “^(A)Woe to the shepherds who are ^(B)destroying and scattering the ^(C)sheep of My pasture!” declares the Lord.

²⁵ There is a ^(A)conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have ^(B)devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many ^(C)widows in the midst of her.

⁸ “As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely because My flock has become a ^(A)prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock; ⁹ therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ¹⁰ ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am ^(B)against the shepherds, and I will demand My ^[a]sheep ^[b]from them and make them ^(C)cease from feeding ^[c]sheep. So the shepherds will not ^[d]feed themselves anymore, but I will ^(D)deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’”

Rulers Denounced

3 And I said,