1	Woe be unto the pastors# that destroy# and scatter# the sheep of my pasture! saith# the LORD.
			2	Therefore thus saith# the LORD God of Israel against the pastors# that feed# my people; Ye have scattered# my flock, and driven them away# , and have not visited# them: behold, I will visit# upon you the evil of your doings, saith# the LORD.
			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# , saith# the LORD.
			5	Behold, the days come# , saith# the LORD, 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.
			6	In his days Judah shall be saved# , and Israel shall dwell# safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called# , THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. [THE LORD...: Heb. Jehovahtsidkenu]
			7	Therefore, behold, the days come# , saith# the LORD, that they shall no more say# , The LORD liveth, which brought up# the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
			8	But, The LORD liveth, which brought up# and which 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	Mine 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 hath overcome# , because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
			10	For the land is full# of adulterers# ; for because of swearing the land mourneth# ; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up# , and their course is evil, and their force is not right. [swearing: or, cursing] [course: or, violence]
			11	For both prophet and priest are profane# ; yea, in my house have I found# their wickedness, saith# the LORD.
			12	Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on# , and fall# therein: for I will bring# evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith# the LORD.
			13	And I have seen# folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied# in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err# . [folly: or, an absurd thing: Heb. unsavoury]
			14	I have seen# also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery# , and walk# in lies: they strengthen# also the hands of evildoers# , that none doth return# from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants# thereof as Gomorrah. [an...: or, filthiness]
			15	Therefore thus saith# 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 is profaneness gone forth# into all the land. [profaneness: or, hypocrisy]
			16	Thus saith# the LORD of hosts, Hearken# not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy# unto you: they make you vain# : they speak# a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
			17	They say# still# unto them that despise# me, The LORD hath said# , Ye shall have peace; and they say# unto every one that walketh# after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come# upon you. [imagination: or, stubbornness]
			18	For who hath stood# in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived# and heard# his word? who hath marked# his word, and heard# it ? [counsel: or, secret]
			19	Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth# in fury, even a grievous# whirlwind: it shall fall grievously# upon the head of the wicked.
			20	The anger of the LORD 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 have not sent# these prophets, yet they ran# : I have not spoken# to them, yet they prophesied# .
			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, saith# the LORD, and not a God afar off?
			24	Can any hide# himself in secret places that I shall not see# him? saith# the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith# the LORD.
			25	I have heard# what the prophets said# , that prophesy# lies in my name, saying# , I have dreamed# , I have dreamed# .
			26	How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy# lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
			27	Which think# to cause my people to forget# my name by their dreams which they tell# every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten# my name for Baal.
			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? saith# the LORD. [that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc]
			29	Is not my word like as a fire? saith# the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh# the rock in pieces# ?
			30	Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith# the LORD, that steal# my words every one from his neighbour.
			31	Behold, I am against the prophets, saith# the LORD, that use# their tongues, and say# , He saith# . [that...: or, that smooth their tongues]
			32	Behold, I am against them that prophesy# false dreams, saith# the LORD, and do tell# them, and cause my people to err# by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent# them not, nor commanded# them: therefore they shall not profit# this people at all# , saith# the LORD.
			33	And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask# thee, saying# , What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say# unto them, What burden? I will even forsake# you, saith# the LORD.
			34	And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say# , The burden of the LORD, I will even punish# that man and his house. [punish: Heb. visit upon]
			35	Thus shall ye say# every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered# ? and, What hath the LORD spoken# ?
			36	And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention# no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted# the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
			37	Thus shalt thou say# to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered# thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken# ?
			38	But since ye say# , The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith# the LORD; Because ye say# this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent# unto you, saying# , Ye shall not say# , The burden of the LORD;
			39	Therefore, behold, I, 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# .