Jeremiah
Chapter
23
1~~"Woe
be unto the pastors {liberal non-biblical clergy}
that
destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!"
said
the Jehovah/God.
2~~
Therefore thus said the Jehovah/God
Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel
against
the pastors that feed my people {false doctrine},
"You
have scattered My flock,
and
driven them away,
and
have not visited them {with True doctrine}.
Behold,
I will visit upon you the evil of your doings",
said
the Jehovah/God.
3
And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries
whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds;
and they shall be fruitful and increase.
4
And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and
they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be
lacking, said the Jehovah/God.
5
Behold, the days come, said the Jehovah/God,
that
I will raise unto David a righteous Branch,
and
a King shall reign and prosper,
and
shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
{Note;
Verses 5, 6 and 8 are referred to in Malachi 4:2.}
6
In his days Judah shall be saved,
and
Israel shall dwell safely:
and
this is his name whereby he shall be called,
THE
JEHOVAH/GOD . . . OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
7
Therefore, behold, the days come,
said
the Jehovah/God,
that
they shall no more say,
The
Jehovah/God lives,
Who
brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
8
But, The Jehovah/God lives,
Who
brought up
and
Who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country,
and
from all countries whither I had driven them;
and
they shall dwell in their own land.
9~~My
{Jeremiah} 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 Jehovah/God,
and
because of the words of His holiness
{Mosaic Law and all the commandments from God in the Old
Testament}.
10
For the land is full of adulterers;
For
because of swearing the land mourns;
the
pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up,
and
their course is evil,
and
their force {military} is not right
{no respect for the military - it is not supported - and is not
organized correctly}.
11
"For both prophet and priest are profane.
Yes,
in My house have I found their wickedness",
said
the Jehovah/God.
12~~Therefore
their way shall be unto them
as
slippery ways in the darkness {part of a hidden conspiracy}.
They
shall be driven on, and fall therein
{their conspiracy to overthrow will actually overthrow them}.
For
I will bring evil {5th cycle of discipline} upon them,
even
the year of their visitation {586BC - Chaldean Invasion}",
said
the Jehovah/God.
13~~And
I have seen folly
in
the prophets of Samaria {Northern Kingdom}.
They
prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to wander.
{Note:
This is telling the Southern Kingdom that their activities happened
before to the Northern Kingdom and they should have learned from history!}
14~~
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing.
They
commit adultery {fornication - sex and idolatry - Baal worship}
and
walk in lies {teach false doctrine}.
They
strengthen also the hands of evildoers
{give support to the liberals},
that
none does return from his wickedness.
They
are all of them unto me as Sodom,
and
the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah {national degeneracy}.
{Note:
Sodom and Gomorrah were famous for their degeneracy and tolerance of
homosexual activity.}
{See
also Revelation 8:10-11 and how Wormwood and pollution are tied together}
15~~Therefore
thus says the Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts
concerning
the prophets,
"Behold,
I will feed them with wormwood,
and
make them drink poisoned water
for
from the prophets of Jerusalem pollution {false teaching}
has
gone forth into all the land.
16~~Thus
said the Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts,
Do
not listen to the words of the prophets
who
prophesy unto you {falsely}.
They
make you vain/empty {in their soul}.
They
speak a vision of their own heart/'right lobe'
{human viewpoint},
and
not out of the mouth of the Jehovah/God
{divine viewpoint from the Word}.
17~~They
say still unto them that despise Me
{they despise the Word yet claim He says what they make up},
"The
Jehovah/God has said
You
shall have peace
{the Lord says there will be war until He comes again - liberals
say from human viewpoint - there can be peace in time - human
viewpoint}.
And
they say unto every one
who
walks after the imagination of his own heart/'right lobe'
{human viewpoint since no doctrine in their soul from study of the
Word},
no
evil {5th cycle- today they say make peace with the communists}
shall
come upon you.
18~~For
who has stood in the counsel of the Jehovah/God,
and
has perceived and heard His word?
Who
has marked His word and heard it?
{Note:
This means that anyone who understands the Word of God knows that
these men are preaching lies. There will be NO peace on earth until
Jesus Christ returns.}
19~~Behold,
a whirlwind of the Jehovah/God is gone forth in fury,
even
a grievous whirlwind.
It
shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
20
The anger of the Jehovah/God shall not return, until he have
executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in
the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21~~I
{God} have not sent these prophets, yet they ran to you.
I
have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied to you.
22~~But
if they had stood in my counsel,
and
had caused My people to hear My words,
then
they should have turned them from their evil way,
and
from the evil of their doings.
23
Am I a God at hand, said the Jehovah/God, and not a God afar off?
24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? said
the Jehovah/God. Do not I fill heaven and earth? said the Jehovah/God.
25~~I
have heard what the prophets said,
that
prophesy/preach lies in My name, saying,
I
have dreamed, I have dreamed
{many false prophets still say this today}.
26~~How
long shall this be in the heart/'right lobe' of the prophets
who
prophesy lies?
Yes,
they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart/'right lobe'
{emotional revolt of the soul - generating human viewpoint}.
27~~Which
think to cause
My
people to forget My name by their dreams,
which
they tell every man to his neighbor,
as
their fathers have forgotten My name for Baal
{one sign of apostasy is idolatry or Baal worship}.
28
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that
hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to
the wheat? said the Jehovah/God.
29~~"Is
not My word like as a fire?" said the Jehovah/God
"And
like a hammer {a destructive weapon}
that
breaks the rock
{Southern Kingdom in view here - but applies to all who reject
Christ as savior}
in
pieces?"
30~~
Therefore, behold,
I
{God} am against the prophets
{false liberal peace-nick preachers - NOT teaching from the Word -
preach against free enterprise and a strong military and any
biblical standard},
said
the Jehovah/God,
that
steal My words every one from his neighbor.
31~~"Behold,
I am against the prophets {false prophets here}",
said
the Jehovah/God, "that use their tongues, and say, He said."
32
"Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams",
said the Jehovah/God,
"And
do tell them, and cause my people to wander by their lies,
and
by their lightness.
Yet
I sent them not, nor commanded them.
Therefore
they shall not profit this people at all",
said
the Jehovah/God.
33
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest,
shall
ask you, saying,
"What
is the burden of the Jehovah/God?
You
shall then say unto them, What burden?
I
will even forsake you", said the Jehovah/God.
34~~
And as for the prophet, and the priest,
and
the people, who shall say,
The
burden {message} of the Jehovah/God
{they claim to know His Word outside of THE Word},
I
will even punish that man and his house.
35
Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor,
and
every one to his brother,
What
has Jehovah/God answered?
And,
what has Jehovah/God spoken?
36
And the burden of Jehovah/God
shall
you mention no more
for
every man's word shall be his burden
for
you have perverted the words of the living God,
of
Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts
our
'Elohiym/Godhead.
37
Thus shall you say to the prophet,
What
has Jehovah/God answered you?
And,
What has Jehovah/God spoken?
38
But since you say,
The
burden of Jehovah/God.
Therefore
thus said Jehovah/God;
Because
you say this word,
The
burden of Jehovah/God,
and
I have sent unto you, saying,
you
shall not say, The burden of Jehovah/God.
39~~"Therefore,
behold,
I
{God}, even I, will utterly forget you,
and
I will forsake you,
and
the city that I gave you and your fathers,
and
cast you out of My presence."
40
And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you,
and
a perpetual shame,
which
shall not be forgotten.
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