\v 2 Therefore Yahweh the God of Israel, says this concerning the shepherds who are shepherding his people, "You are scattering my flock and driving them away. You have not cared for them at all.
Know this! I will pay you back for the evil of your practices—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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\v 3 I myself will gather the remnant of my flock from all of the lands where I have driven them, and I will return them to a grazing place, where they will be fruitful and increase.
\v 4 Then I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them so they will no longer fear or be shattered. None of them will go missing—this is Yahweh's declaration.
\v 6 In his days Judah will be rescued, and Israel will live in security.
\q And this is the name by which he will be called: Yahweh is our Righteousness.
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\v 7 Therefore see, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when they will no longer say, 'As Yahweh lives, who brought the people of Israel up from the land of Egypt.'
\v 8 Instead they will say, 'As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led back the descendants of the house of Israel from the northern land and all the lands where they had been driven.' And they will live in their own land."
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\v 9 Regarding the prophets, my heart is broken in me, and all of my bones tremble. I have become like a drunk man,
\q like a man whom wine has overpowered, because of Yahweh and his holy words.
\q they would have caused them to turn from their wicked words and corrupt practices.
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\v 23 Am I only a God nearby—this is Yahweh's declaration—and not also a God far away?
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\v 24 Can anyone hide in a secret place so I cannot see him?—this is Yahweh's declaration—
\q and do I not fill the heavens and the earth?—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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\v 25 I have heard what the prophets have said, those who were prophesying deceit in my name. They said, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!'
\v 26 How long will this go on, prophets who prophesy lies from their minds, and who prophesy from the deceit in their hearts?
\v 27 They are planning on making my people forget my name with the dreams that they report, each one to his neighbor, just as their ancestors forgot my name in favor of Baal's name.
\v 28 The prophet who has a dream, let him report the dream. But the one to whom I have declared something, let him declare my word truthfully. What does straw have to do with grain?—this is Yahweh's declaration—
\v 30 So see, I am against the prophets—this is Yahweh's declaration—anyone who steals words from another person and says they come from me.
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\v 31 See, I am against the prophets—this is Yahweh's declaration—who use their tongues to prophesy proclamations.
\v 32 See, I am against the prophets who dream deceitfully—this is Yahweh's declaration—and then proclaim them and in this way mislead my people with their deceit and boasting. I am against them, for I have not sent them out nor given them commands. So they will certainly not help this people—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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\v 33 When this people or a prophet or a priest asks you, 'What is Yahweh's declaration?' then you must say to them, 'What declaration? For I have abandoned you'—this is Yahweh's declaration.
\v 34 As for the prophets, priests, and people who are saying, 'This is Yahweh's declaration,' I will punish that man and his house.
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\v 35 You continue to say, each person to his neighbor and each man to his brother, 'What did Yahweh answer?' and 'What did Yahweh declare?'
\v 36 But you must no longer talk about Yahweh's declaration, since each declaration from each man has become his own message, and you have perverted the words of the living God, Yahweh of hosts, our God.
\v 38 Then you report a declaration from Yahweh, but Yahweh says this, 'You say, "Here is a declaration of Yahweh," even though I sent a command to you and said, "Do not say: This is a declaration from Yahweh."
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