Thereforethussaith the LORD God of Israelagainst the pastorsthatfeed my people; Ye havescattered my flock, and driventhemaway, and have not visitedthem: behold, I willvisitupon you the evil of yourdoings, saith the LORD.
And I willgather the remnant of my flock out of all countrieswhither I havedriventhem, and willbringthemagain to theirfolds; and theyshall be fruitful and increase.
Behold, the dayscome, saith the LORD, that I willraiseuntoDavid a righteousBranch, and a Kingshallreign and prosper, and shallexecutejudgment and justice in the earth.
Therefore, behold, the dayscome, saith the LORD, thattheyshall no more say, The LORDliveth, whichbrought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
But, The LORDliveth, whichbrought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the northcountry, and from all countrieswhither I had driventhem; and theyshalldwell in their own land.
Mineheartwithin me is brokenbecause of the prophets; all my bonesshake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whomwinehathovercome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the landmourneth; the pleasantplaces of the wilderness are dried up, and theircourse is evil, and theirforce is not right.
Whereforetheir way shall be untothem as slipperyways in the darkness: theyshall be driven on, and falltherein: for I willbringeviluponthem, even the year of theirvisitation, saith the LORD.
I haveseenalso in the prophets of Jerusalem an horriblething: theycommitadultery, and walk in lies: theystrengthenalso the hands of evildoers, thatnonedothreturnfrom his wickedness: they are all of themunto me as Sodom, and the inhabitantsthereof as Gomorrah.
Thereforethussaith the LORD of hostsconcerning the prophets; Behold, I willfeedthemwithwormwood, and makethemdrink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profanenessgoneforthinto all the land.
Thussaith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophetsthatprophesyunto you: theymake you vain: theyspeak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
They say stilluntothemthatdespise me, The LORDhathsaid, Ye shallhavepeace; and they say untoevery one thatwalkethafter the imagination of his own heart, No evilshallcomeupon you.
The anger of the LORDshall not return, until he haveexecuted, and till he haveperformed the thoughts of his heart: in the latterdays ye shallconsider it perfectly.
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, thentheyshouldhaveturnedthemfromtheirevil way, and from the evil of theirdoings.
The prophetthathath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he thathath my word, let him speak my wordfaithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
Behold, I am againstthemthatprophesyfalsedreams, saith the LORD, and do tellthem, and cause my people to err by theirlies, and by theirlightness; yet I sentthem not, nor commandedthem: thereforetheyshall not profitthispeople at all, saith the LORD.
And whenthispeople, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thoushaltthen say untothem, Whatburden? I willevenforsake you, saith the LORD.
And the burden of the LORDshall ye mention no more: for everyman’swordshall be his burden; for ye haveperverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; thereforethussaith the LORD; Because ye say thisword, The burden of the LORD, and I havesentunto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
Therefore, behold, I, even I, willutterlyforget you, and I willforsake you, and the citythat I gave you and yourfathers, and cast you out of my presence: