Bible Cross References
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Jeremiah 10:8
All of them are stupid and foolish. What can they learn from wooden idols?
Jeremiah 10:14
At the sight of this, people feel stupid and senseless; those who make idols are disillusioned, because the gods they make are false and lifeless.
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not ask, 'Where is the LORD?' My own priests did not know me. The rulers rebelled against me; the prophets spoke in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.
Jeremiah 5:31
prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?"
Jeremiah 8:9
Your wise men are put to shame; they are confused and trapped. They have rejected my words; what wisdom do they have now?
Jeremiah 12:10
Many foreign rulers have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my fields; they have turned my lovely land into a desert.
Jeremiah 23:9-32
9
My heart is crushed, and I am trembling. Because of the LORD, because of his holy words, I am like a man who is drunk, someone who has had too much wine.
10
The land is full of people unfaithful to the LORD; they live wicked lives and misuse their power. Because of the LORD's curse the land mourns and the pastures are dry.
11
The LORD says, "The prophets and the priests are godless; I have caught them doing evil in the Temple itself.
12
The paths they follow will be slippery and dark; I will make them stumble and fall. I am going to bring disaster on them; the time of their punishment is coming. I, the LORD, have spoken.
13
I have seen the sin of Samaria's prophets: they have spoken in the name of Baal and have led my people astray.
14
But I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem do even worse: they commit adultery and tell lies; they help people to do wrong, so that no one stops doing what is evil. To me they are all as bad as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
15
"So then, this is what I, the LORD Almighty, say about the prophets of Jerusalem: I will give them bitter plants to eat and poison to drink, because they have spread ungodliness throughout the land."
16
The LORD Almighty said to the people of Jerusalem, "Do not listen to what the prophets say; they are filling you with false hopes. They tell you what they have imagined and not what I have said.
17
To the people who refuse to listen to what I have said, they keep saying that all will go well with them. And they tell everyone who is stubborn that disaster will never touch them."
18
I said, "None of these prophets has ever known the LORD's secret thoughts. None of them has ever heard or understood his message, or ever listened or paid attention to what he said.
19
His anger is a storm, a furious wind that will rage over the heads of the wicked,
20
and it will not end until he has done everything he intends to do. In days to come his people will understand this clearly."
21
The LORD said, "I did not send these prophets, but even so they went. I did not give them any message, but still they spoke in my name.
22
If they had known my secret thoughts, then they could have proclaimed my message to my people and could have made them give up the evil lives they live and the wicked things they do.
23
"I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place only.
24
No one can hide where I cannot see them. 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?
27
They think that the dreams they tell will make my people forget me, just as their ancestors forgot me and turned to Baal.
28
The prophet who has had a dream should say it is only a dream, but the prophet who has heard my message should proclaim that message faithfully. What good is straw compared with wheat?
29
My message is like a fire and like a hammer that breaks rocks in pieces.
30
I am against those prophets who take each other's words and proclaim them as my message.
31
I am also against those prophets who speak their own words and claim they came from me.
32
Listen to what I, the LORD, say! I am against the prophets who tell their dreams that are full of lies. They tell these dreams and lead my people astray with their lies and their boasting. I did not send them or order them to go, and they are of no help at all to the people. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Isaiah 56:10-12
10
He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!
11
They are like greedy dogs that never get enough. These leaders have no understanding. They each do as they please and seek their own advantage.
12
'Let's get some wine,' these drunkards say, 'and drink all we can hold! Tomorrow will be even better than today!' "
Ezekiel 22:25-30
25
The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed. They kill the people, take all the money and property they can get, and by their murders leave many widows.
26
The priests break my law and have no respect for what is holy. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. They do not teach the difference between clean and unclean things, and they ignore the Sabbath. As a result the people of Israel do not respect me.
27
The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.
28
The prophets have hidden these sins like workers covering a wall with whitewash. They see false visions and make false predictions. They claim to speak the word of the Sovereign LORD, but I, the LORD, have not spoken to them.
29
The wealthy cheat and rob. They mistreat the poor and take advantage of foreigners.
30
I looked for someone who could build a wall, who could stand in the places where the walls have crumbled and defend the land when my anger is about to destroy it, but I could find no one.
Ezekiel 34:2-10
2
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the rulers of Israel. Prophesy to them, and tell them what I, the Sovereign LORD, say to them: You are doomed, you shepherds of Israel! You take care of yourselves, but never tend the sheep.
3
You drink the milk, wear clothes made from the wool, and kill and eat the finest sheep. But you never tend the sheep.
4
You have not taken care of the weak ones, healed the ones that are sick, bandaged the ones that are hurt, brought back the ones that wandered off, or looked for the ones that were lost. Instead, you treated them cruelly.
5
Because the sheep had no shepherd, they were scattered, and wild animals killed and ate them.
6
So my sheep wandered over the high hills and the mountains. They were scattered over the face of the earth, and no one looked for them or tried to find them.
7
"Now, you shepherds, listen to what I, the LORD, am telling you.
8
As surely as I am the living God, you had better listen to me. My sheep have been attacked by wild animals that killed and ate them because there was no shepherd. My shepherds did not try to find the sheep. They were taking care of themselves and not the sheep.
9
So listen to me, you shepherds.
10
I, the Sovereign LORD, declare that I am your enemy. I will take my sheep away from you and never again let you be their shepherds; never again will I let you take care only of yourselves. I will rescue my sheep from you and not let you eat them.
John 10:12
When the hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees a wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away; so the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.
John 10:13
The hired man runs away because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.
Zechariah 10:3
The LORD says, "I am angry with those foreigners who rule my people, and I am going to punish them. The people of Judah are mine, and I, the LORD Almighty, will take care of them. They will be my powerful war-horses.
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Jeremiah 23:1
How terrible will be the LORD's judgment on those rulers who destroy and scatter his people!
Jeremiah 49:32
"Take their camels and all their livestock! I will scatter in every direction those people who cut their hair short, and I will bring disaster on them from every side.
Jeremiah 50:17
The LORD says, "The people of Israel are like sheep, chased and scattered by lions. First, they were attacked by the emperor of Assyria, and then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia gnawed on their bones.
Ezekiel 34:5
Because the sheep had no shepherd, they were scattered, and wild animals killed and ate them.
Ezekiel 34:6
So my sheep wandered over the high hills and the mountains. They were scattered over the face of the earth, and no one looked for them or tried to find them.
Ezekiel 34:12
in the same way as shepherds take care of their sheep that were scattered and are brought together again. I will bring them back from all the places where they were scattered on that dark, disastrous day.
Zechariah 13:7
The LORD Almighty says, "Wake up, sword, and attack the shepherd who works for me! Kill him, and the sheep will be scattered. I will attack my people