1“Woe ⚓to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord. 2Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. ⚓Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the Lord. 3“But ⚓I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. 4I will set up ⚓shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord. 5“Behold, ⚓the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, ⚓And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 6⚓In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel ⚓will dwell safely; Now ⚓this is His name by which He will be called:
7“Therefore, behold, ⚓the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ 8but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country ⚓and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own ⚓land.”
False Prophets and Empty Oracles
9My heart within me is broken Because of the prophets; ⚓All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, And like a man whom wine has overcome, Because of the Lord, And because of His holy words. 10For ⚓the land is full of adulterers; For ⚓because of a curse the land mourns. ⚓The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up. Their course of life is evil, And their might is not right. 11“For ⚓both prophet and priest are profane; Yes, ⚓in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord. 12“Therefore⚓ their way shall be to them Like slippery ways; In the darkness they shall be driven on And fall in them; For I ⚓will bring disaster on them, The year of their punishment,” says the Lord. 13“And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: ⚓They prophesied by Baal And ⚓caused My people Israel to err. 14Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: ⚓They commit adultery and walk in lies; They also ⚓strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them are like ⚓Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah. 15“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: ‘Behold, I will feed them with ⚓wormwood, And make them drink the water of gall; For from the prophets of Jerusalem Profaneness has gone out into all the land.’ ” 16Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; ⚓They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the Lord. 17They continually say to those who despise Me, ‘The Lord has said, ⚓“You shall have peace” ’; And to everyone who ⚓walks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say, ⚓‘No evil shall come upon you.’ ” 18For ⚓who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, And has perceived and heard His word? Who has marked His word and heard it? 19Behold, a ⚓whirlwind of the Lord has gone forth in fury— A violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on the head of the wicked. 20The ⚓anger of the Lord will not turn back Until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. ⚓In the latter days you will understand it perfectly. 21“I⚓ have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. 22But if they had stood in My counsel, And had caused My people to hear My words, Then they would have ⚓turned them from their evil way And from the evil of their doings. 23“Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord, “And not a God afar off? 24Can anyone ⚓hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the Lord; ⚓“Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord. 25“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed theyare prophets of the deceit of their own heart, 27who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, ⚓as their fathers forgot My name for Baal. 28“The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the Lord. 29“Is not My word like a ⚓fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? 30“Therefore behold, ⚓I am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who steal My words every one from his neighbor. 31Behold, I am⚓against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’ 32Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the Lord, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their ⚓lies and by ⚓their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not ⚓profit this people at all,” says the Lord. 33“So when these people or the prophet or the priest ask you, saying, ‘What is ⚓the oracle of the Lord?’ you shall then say to them, ‘What oracle?’ I will even forsake you,” says the Lord. 34“And asfor the prophet and the priest and the people who say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ I will even punish that man and his house. 35Thus every one of you shall say to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, ‘What has the Lord answered?’ and, ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 36And the oracle of the Lord you shall mention no more. For every man’s word will be his oracle, for you have ⚓perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God. 37Thus you shall say to the prophet, ‘What has the Lord answered you?’ and, ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 38But since you say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Because you say this word, “The oracle of the Lord!” and I have sent to you, saying, “Do not say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ ” 39therefore behold, I, even I, ⚓will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and willcastyou out of My presence. 40And I will bring ⚓an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual ⚓shame, which shall not be forgotten.’ ”
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Cov uas poob tebchaws yuav rov los
1Yawmsaub hais tias, “Cov uas yug yaj yuav raug txom nyem lauj! Lawv yog cov uas ua rau kuv pab yaj puam tsuaj tawg ri sua hauv kuv lub tshav zaub.” 2Vim li no, Yawmsaub uas yog Yixayee tus Vajtswv hais li no txog cov yug yaj uas saib xyuas kuv cov neeg tias, “Nej muab kuv pab yaj ua tawg ri sua thiab muab lawv ntiab khiav tag, thiab nej kuj tsis mob siab saib xyuas lawv. Saib maj, kuv yuav ua tib zoo saib nej vim tej kev phem uas nej ua.” Yawmsaub hais li no ntag. 3“Mas kuv yuav sau kuv pab yaj uas tseem tshuav nyob tawm hauv txhua lub tebchaws uas kuv ntiab lawv mus nyob rov qab los, thiab kuv yuav coj lawv rov los txog lawv lub nkuaj mas lawv yuav muaj menyuam coob thiab huaj vam tuaj. 4Kuv yuav tsa cov yug yaj los kav lawv yog cov uas mob siab saib xyuas lawv thiab lawv yuav tsis ntshai li lawm, yuav tsis poob siab nthav thiab tsis muaj ib tug ploj li.” Yawmsaub hais li no ntag. 5Yawmsaub hais tias, “Saib maj, lub caij lub nyoog tabtom los yuav txog mas kuv yuav tsa Davi caj ces ib tug ceg uas ncaj ncees mas tus ntawd yuav ua vajntxwv kav thiab muaj tswvyim ua txhua yam thiab txiav txim ncaj thiab ua ncaj ncees rau hauv lub tebchaws. 6Thaum nws ua vajntxwv kav, Yuda yuav tau kev dim thiab Yixayee yuav nyob tso siab plhuav. Yuav hu nws lub npe hais tias ‘Yawmsaub uas yog peb txojkev ncaj ncees.’ ” 7Vim li no Yawmsaub hais tias, “Lub caij lub nyoog tabtom los yuav txog mas neeg yuav tsis twv hais tias ‘Muaj Yawmsaub tus muaj txojsia nyob uas coj cov Yixayee tawm hauv Iyi tebchaws los pom,’ 8tiamsis yuav hais tias, ‘Muaj Yawmsaub tus muaj txojsia nyob uas coj cov Yixayee tawm hauv tebchaws sab ped thiab hauv txhua lub tebchaws uas nws muab lawv ntiab mus nyob lawm rov los pom.’ Mas lawv yuav tau nyob hauv lub tebchaws uas yeej yog lawv li.”
Cem cov cuav xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus
9Tej lus hais txog cov xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus. Kuv siab ntsws puas tag, kuv tej pob txha tshee hnyo huvsi, kuv zoo yam nkaus li tus qaug cawv, zoo yam nkaus li tus qaug cawv txiv hmab tsis meej pem, vim yog Yawmsaub thiab tej lus dawb huv uas nws hais. 10Cov uas ua nkauj ua nraug muaj puv nkaus hauv lub tebchaws. Vim tej lus uas Yawmsaub foom tsis zoo lub tebchaws thiaj quaj ntsuag, thiab tej tshav zaub hauv tebchaws moj sab qhua kuj qhuav tag. Lawv ua tej uas phem kawg li, thiab lawv siv lawv lub hwjchim ua tsis ncaj. 11“Txawm yog cov xibhwb cev kuv lus thiab cov pov thawj los kuj tsis hwm kuv, txawm yog hauv kuv lub tuam tsev los kuv kuj pom lawv ua phem.” Yawmsaub hais li no ntag. 12“Vim li ntawd mas lawv txojkev yuav zoo yam li txojkev nplua rau thaum tsaus ntuj, lawv yuav raug muab raws rau hauv txojkev ntawd thiab ntog tag qhov ntawd. Kuv yuav coj xwm txheej phem los raug lawv rau xyoo uas rau txim rau lawv.” Yawmsaub hais li no ntag. 13“Cov xibhwb cev kuv lus hauv Xamali mas kuv pom muaj kev phem kev qias. Lawv tuav dab Npa‑as lub npe cev lus thiab ua rau kuv cov neeg Yixayee yuam kev. 14Tiamsis cov xibhwb cev kuv lus hauv Yeluxalees mas kuv pom muaj tej uas ntxim ntxub kawg li. Lawv ua nkauj ua nraug, thiab pheej dag, lawv tseem txhawb cov neeg ua phem lub zog, thiaj tsis muaj ib tug tig kiag ntawm nws txojkev limhiam rov los. Kuv pom lawv sawvdaws zoo yam li lub moos Xaudoo thiab cov neeg hauv Yeluxalees zoo yam nkaus li lub moos Kaumaula.” 15Vim li no Yawmsaub uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus hais li no txog cov xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus tias, “Saib maj, kuv yuav muab zaub iab zaub daw rau lawv noj thiab muab dej muaj taug rau lawv haus, vim qhov uas tsis hwm kuv twb tawm ntawm cov xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus hauv Yeluxalees nthuav mus thoob tebchaws lawm.” 16Yawmsaub uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus hais li no tias, “Nej tsis txhob mloog tej lus uas cov xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus hais rau nej, ua rau nej muaj siab vam qhuav qhuav xwb. Lawv hais tej zaj yog toog uas lawv xav hauv lawv lub siab xwb tsis yog tawm hauv Yawmsaub lub qhov ncauj los. 17Lawv hais tsis tu rau cov uas saib tsis taus Yawmsaub tej lus tias, ‘Nej yuav noj qab nyob zoo,’ thiab hais rau txhua tus uas tawv ncauj ua raws li lawv lub siab xwb hais tias, ‘Yuav tsis muaj xwm txheej phem los raug nej li.’ ” 18“Cov xibhwb ntawd muaj tus twg tau sawv hauv cov neeg uas nrog Yawmsaub sablaj es pom thiab hnov Yawmsaub tej lus, thiab leejtwg tau mloog nws tej lus thiab tig ntsej ncuv tos mloog? 19Saib maj, Yawmsaub tej cua daj cua dub uas yog nws txojkev npau taws tawm mus lawm, yog lub khaub zeeg cua uas ntswj pes lees yuav tawg saum cov neeg limhiam taubhau. 20Yawmsaub txojkev chim yuav tsis thim rov qab mus txog thaum nws ua kom tiav raws li nws lub siab xav tseg lawm. Yav tom hauv ntej nej yuav nkag siab zaj no meej. 21Kuv twb tsis txib cov xibhwb cev lus ntawd mus, los lawv dhia lawv mus xwb. Kuv twb tsis tau hais rau lawv los lawv cev lawv li lus xwb. 22Yog lawv tau sawv hauv cov neeg uas nrog kuv sablaj mas lawv twb cev kuv tej lus rau kuv cov neeg, thiab ua rau lawv tig ntawm lawv tej kev phem thiab tso tej uas lawv ua phem tseg lawm.”
23Yawmsaub hais tias, “Kuv yog tus Vajtswv uas nyob ze nej, tsis yog tus Vajtswv uas nyob deb nej los tsis yog?” 24Yawmsaub hais tias, “Leejtwg yuav mus tsiv nraim kuv ua rau kuv tsis pom nws tau lov?” Yawmsaub hais tias, “Kuv tsis nyob thoob plaws saum lub ntuj thiab hauv lub ntiajteb lov? 25Kuv twb hnov cov xibhwb uas tuav kuv lub npe cev lus dag, hais tias, ‘Kuv ua npau suav, kuv ua npau suav pom.’ 26Tej lus dag yuav nyob hauv cov xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus lub siab mus ntev li cas? Lawv pheej cev lus dag raws li lawv lub siab dag ntxias. 27Lawv pheej xav hais tias muab tej uas lawv ua npau suav pom piav ib leeg dhau ib leeg es yuav ua rau kuv cov neeg tsis nco qab kuv lub npe, ib yam li lawv tej poj koob yawm txwv tsis nco qab kuv lub npe mus teev dab Npa‑as lawm. 28Cia cov xibhwb uas ua npau suav piav lawv tej npau suav, hos cia cov uas muaj kuv tej lus piav kuv tej lus ncaj ncaj. Tej quav nyab puas thooj li tej txhuv mos?” Yawmsaub hais li no ntag. 29Yawmsaub hais tias, “Kuv tej lus zoo li hluavtaws thiab zoo li rab rauj uas tsoo pob zeb tawg ua tej dwb daim.” 30Yawmsaub hais tias, “Vim li no, saib maj, kuv tawm tsam cov xibhwb cev lus uas nyiag kuv tej lus ib tug dhau ib tug.” 31Yawmsaub hais tias, “Saib maj, kuv tawm tsam cov xibhwb cev lus uas siv lawv tus nplaig los tseem hais tias, ‘Yawmsaub hais li no.’ ” 32Yawmsaub hais tias, “Saib maj, kuv tawm tsam cov uas cev tej lus npau suav dag. Lawv qhia tej npau suav ntawd thiab coj kuv haiv neeg yuam kev vim yog tim lawv tej lus dag thiab tej lus uas lawv hais ua dog ua dig. Kuv twb tsis tau txib lawv thiab kom lawv ua. Vim li no lawv tsis muaj qabhau dabtsi rau haiv neeg no li.” Yawmsaub hais li no ntag. 33“Thaum muaj tus pejxeem twg lossis xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus twg lossis tus pov thawj twg nug koj hais tias, ‘Yawmsaub lub nra⚓ yog dabtsi?’ koj cia li teb nws tias, ‘Yawmsaub hais tias, Nej yog Yawmsaub lub nra hnyav ntag, mas kuv yuav muab nej laim pov tseg.’ 34Yog cov xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus thiab cov pov thawj thiab cov pejxeem tus twg lam hais tias, ‘Yawmsaub lub nra,’ mas kuv yuav rau txim rau tus ntawd thiab nws tsev neeg. 35Nej yuav tsum hais li no txhua tus nyias hais rau nyias tej phoojywg thiab nyias hais rau nyias tej kwvtij tias, ‘Yawmsaub teb li cas maj?’ lossis ‘Yawmsaub hais li cas lawm maj?’ 36Nej tsis txhob lam mus hais txog ‘Yawmsaub lub nra,’ dua li lawm, rau qhov lub nra ntawd yog tej lus uas txhua tus nyias hais nyias xwb, thiab nej muab Vajtswv uas muaj txojsia nyob, yog Yawmsaub tus muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus uas yog peb tus Vajtswv tej lus ntxeev dua rau ib qho lawm. 37Nej yuav tsum hais li no rau cov xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus tias, ‘Yawmsaub teb nej li cas maj?’ lossis ‘Yawmsaub hais li cas maj?’ 38Tiamsis yog nej cov xibhwb lam hais tias, ‘Yawmsaub lub nra yog li no,’ mas Yawmsaub hais tias, Nej hais tej lus no hais tias, ‘Yawmsaub lub nra,’ rau thaum kuv xa xov rau nej hais tias, ‘Nej tsis txhob hais tias Yawmsaub lub nra.’ 39Vim li no, saib maj, kuv yuav muab nej nqa⚓ laim pov tseg tawm ntawm kuv lub xubntiag tiag tiag li, muab kiag nej thiab lub nroog uas kuv pub rau nej thiab nej tej poj koob yawm txwv lawm huvsi. 40Thiab kuv yuav cia nej raug txaj muag ib txhis thiab raug thuam mus ib txhis li, yuav tsis tsis nco qab li.”