Zechariah 10:3
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3 My anger is hot against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders,[a]
for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
and will make them like his proud war horse.(A)
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- 10.3 Or male goats
Ezekiel 34:7-10
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7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 As I live, says the Lord God, because my sheep have become a prey and my sheep have become food for all the wild animals, 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,(A) 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 Thus says the Lord God: I am against the shepherds, and I will hold them accountable for my sheep and put a stop to their feeding the sheep; no longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, so that they may not be food for them.(B)
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Ezekiel 34:2
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2 Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: To the shepherds—thus says the Lord God: Woe, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?(A)
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Zechariah 11:17
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17 Oh, my worthless shepherd,
who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and his right eye!
Let his arm be completely withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”(A)
Zephaniah 2:7
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7 The seacoast shall become the possession
of the remnant of the house of Judah,
on which they shall pasture,
and in the houses of Ashkelon
they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God will be mindful of them
and restore their fortunes.(A)
Ezekiel 34:20-21
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20 Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you pushed with flank and shoulder and butted at all the weak animals with your horns until you scattered them far and wide,
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Ezekiel 34:16-17
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16 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strays, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.(A)
17 As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats:(B)
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Jeremiah 25:34
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34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry out;
roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter have come—and your dispersions,[a]
and you shall fall like a choice vessel.(A)
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- 25.34 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 23:1-2
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Restoration after Exile
23 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord.(A) 2 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord.
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Proverbs 21:31
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31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but the victory belongs to the Lord.(A)
1 Peter 2:12
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12 Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.[a](A)
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- 2.12 Gk God on the day of visitation
Luke 1:68
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68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has looked favorably on[a] his people and redeemed them.(A)
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- 1.68 Or has visited
Ruth 1:6
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Naomi and Her Moabite Daughters-in-Law
6 Then she started to return with her daughters-in-law from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had considered his people and given them food.(A)
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Exodus 4:31
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31 The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had given heed to the Israelites and that he had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.(A)
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Matthew 25:32-33
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32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,(A) 33 and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.
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Zechariah 11:5-8
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5 Those who buy them kill them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich,’ and their own shepherds have no pity on them.(A) 6 For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord. I will cause them, every one, to fall each into the hand of a neighbor and each into the hand of the king, and they shall devastate the earth, and I will deliver no one from their hand.”(B)
7 So on behalf of the sheep merchants,[a] I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. I took two staffs; one I named Favor, the other I named Unity, and I tended the sheep.(C) 8 In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.(D)
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- 11.7 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Zephaniah 1:8
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8 And on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
I will punish the officials and the king’s sons
and all who dress themselves in foreign attire.(A)
Jeremiah 50:6
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6 My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their fold.(A)
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Jeremiah 25:12
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12 Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, says the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.(A)
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Jeremiah 11:22
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22 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: I am going to punish them; the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine,
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Jeremiah 10:21
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21 For the shepherds are stupid
and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock is scattered.(A)
Isaiah 56:9-12
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The Corruption of Israel’s Rulers
9 All you wild animals,
all you wild animals in the forest, come to devour!(A)
10 Israel’s[a] sentinels are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent dogs
that cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.(B)
11 The dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
The shepherds also have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
to their own gain, one and all.
12 “Come,” they say, “let us[b] get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink.
And tomorrow will be like today,
great beyond measure.”
Isaiah 24:21
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21 On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven in heaven
and on earth the kings of the earth.(A)
Isaiah 10:12
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12 When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he[a] will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.(A)
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- 10.12 Gk: Heb I
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