Jeremiah 23:1-12, 13-32, NIV
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Role and responsibilities of a good shepherd and punishment for failure vs 1-4;…gather the remnant of my flock…pasture…fruitful and increase in number
Prophecy fulfilled? Refers to Jesus…raise up in David a righteous Branch vs 5…..a King who will reign wisely…do what is just and right…The LORD Our Righteousness ;….will live in their own land vs 7.
Lying prophets…land is full of adulterers. .curse..land lies parched…pastures in the desert are withered...prophets follow an evil course..prophet ans priest are godless..even temple I find their wickedness..their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness..disaster vs 9-12.
Do not listen…..lying prophets prophesying…speak visions from their own minds, not from the mputh of the LORD vs 16;..anger of the LORD will not tirn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart vs 20…led his people astray by prophesying lies.
Jeremiah 23:23-26
[23]“I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place only.
[24]No one can hide where I cannot see him. Do you not know that I am everywhere in heaven and on earth?
[25]I know what those prophets have said who speak lies in my name and claim that I have given them my messages in their dreams.
[26]How much longer will those prophets mislead my people with the lies they have invented?
“Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?” vs 30