Jeremiah 23:1

The pastors - shepherds, i. e., civil rulers Jeremiah 2:8.

The sheep of My pasture - literally, of My pasturing, the sheep of whom I am shepherd. The people do not belong to the rulers but to God.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

Woe be to (a) the shepherds that destroy and scatter the (b) sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. (a) Meaning the prince's governors and false proph...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet promises the restoration of the Church; but he reminds hypocrites that there was no reason for them on that account to flatter...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Woe be unto the pastors, &c.— To the kings and officers of the princes, who abused their authority by oppressing the poor. This is a sequel...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. This forms the epilogue to the denunciations of the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The pastors ] i.e. the rulers of Judah.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-4. A remnant shall return.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus passed in review the predecessors of Zedekiah on the throne of Judah, the prophet proceeded to deal with those who had been responsible f...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is blessed to observe, how from the unworthiness of man the Lord takes occasion to magnify the riches of his grace. Not that our misery is the cau...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Woe be unto the pastors ,.... Or, "O ye shepherds" or "governors", as the Targum; the civil rulers and magistrates, kings and princes of the land of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. Ver. 1. Woe to the pastors, ] i.e., To the rulers a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wo be unto the pastors Or, as הוי is by some rendered, Alas for the pastors! or, Ho the pastors! For it may be a particle of calling , as the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Predictions. B. C. 590. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 23 Woe against wicked pastors; the scattered flock shall be gathered; Christ shall rule and save them, Jeremiah 23:1-8 : agains...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Failure of the Worthless Shepherds ( Jeremiah 23:1-2 ). YHWH passes His verdict on the false rulers who have failed His people. Note the dual...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Subsection 7). Words Concerning Various Kings ( Jeremiah 21:1 to Jeremiah 24:10 ). This subsection proceeds in logical sequence although not chr...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

restoration This final restoration is shown to be accomplished after a period of unexampled tribulation ( Jeremiah 30:3-10 ) and in connection...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 23:1 . Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. What a dreadful woe this is upon all fa...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Restoration of the Scattered Flock
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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¹ Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 23:1

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 23:1