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Jeremiah 23:1

ה֣וֹי
hôwy
oh!
רֹעִ֗ים
râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
מְאַבְּדִ֧ים
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
וּמְפִצִ֛ים
pûwts
and — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
צֹ֥אן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
מַרְעִיתִ֖י
mirʻîyth
pasturage; concretely, a flock
נְאֻם
nᵉʼum
an oracle
יְהוָֽה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
Jeremiah 23:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Narrator's Aside
The chapter's opening indictment, naming Judah's own leaders as the direct cause of the flock's scattering - not an anonymous disaster, but …
Woe to the shepherds
Narrator's Aside
The chapter's opening indictment, naming Judah's own leaders as the direct cause of the flock's scattering - not an anonymous disaster, but …
(civil leaders, rulers) who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.
Narrator's Aside
The chapter's opening indictment, naming Judah's own leaders as the direct cause of the flock's scattering - not an anonymous disaster, but …
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“Woe to the shepherds (civil leaders, rulers) who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:1
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