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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.