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Jeremiah 23:1

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

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ה֣וֹיhoyalasהוֹיparticle, interjection — “alas”H1945oh!ah, alas, ho, O, woe.רֹעִ֗יםroimcompanionרָעָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “companion”, a verb used as a describing wordH7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)[idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.מְאַבְּדִ֧יםmeabdimdestroyאָבַדverb, piel, participle, absolute — “destroy”, a verb used as a describing wordH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.וּמְפִצִ֛יםumefitsimand disperseפּוּץconjunction, verb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “and disperse”, a verb used as a describing wordH6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).צֹ֥אןtsonflockצֹאןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “flock”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).מַרְעִיתִ֖יmaritiflockמִרְעִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “flock”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4830pasturage; concretely, a flockflock, pasture.נְאֻםneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! saith the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.

World English Bible

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.

Darby Translation

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! saith the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὢ ποιμένες οἱ ἀπολλύοντες καὶ διασκορπίζοντες τὰ πρόβατα τῆς νομῆς αὐτῶν.