逐节对照
- The Message - “Sword, get moving against my shepherd, against my close associate!” Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies. “Kill the shepherd! Scatter the sheep! The back of my hand against even the lambs! All across the country”—God’s Decree— “two-thirds will be devastated and one-third survive. I’ll deliver the surviving third to the refinery fires. I’ll refine them as silver is refined, test them for purity as gold is tested. Then they’ll pray to me by name and I’ll answer them personally. I’ll say, ‘That’s my people.’ They’ll say, ‘God—my God!’”
- 新标点和合本 - 万军之耶和华说: “刀剑哪,应当兴起, 攻击我的牧人和我的同伴。 击打牧人,羊就分散; 我必反手加在微小者的身上。”
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 万军之耶和华说: 刀剑哪,兴起攻击我的牧人, 攻击我的同伴吧! 要击打牧人,羊就分散了; 我必反手攻击那微小的。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 万军之耶和华说: 刀剑哪,兴起攻击我的牧人, 攻击我的同伴吧! 要击打牧人,羊就分散了; 我必反手攻击那微小的。
- 当代译本 - 万军之耶和华说: “刀剑啊,醒来吧, 要攻击我的牧人和同伴, 要击打牧人,羊群将四散, 我必出手攻击小羊。
- 圣经新译本 - “刀剑哪,醒来吧!攻击我的牧人,我的同伴, (这是万军之耶和华的宣告。) 要击打牧人,羊群就分散; 我也要转过手来,攻击小羊。
- 中文标准译本 - 万军之耶和华宣告: “刀剑哪,醒来吧, 攻击我的牧人, 攻击我邻近之人! 打击牧人,羊群就四散; 我必转手对付其中弱小的!”
- 现代标点和合本 - 万军之耶和华说: “刀剑哪,应当兴起, 攻击我的牧人和我的同伴! 击打牧人,羊就分散, 我必反手加在微小者的身上。”
- 和合本(拼音版) - 万军之耶和华说: “刀剑哪,应当兴起, 攻击我的牧人和我的同伴。 击打牧人,羊就分散。 我必反手加在微小者的身上。”
- New International Version - “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the Lord Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
- New International Reader's Version - “My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd! Attack the man who is close to me,” announces the Lord who rules over all. “Strike down the shepherd. Then the sheep will be scattered. And I will turn my hand against their little ones.
- English Standard Version - “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
- New Living Translation - “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.
- Christian Standard Bible - Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
- New American Standard Bible - “Awake, sword, against My Shepherd, And against the Man, My Associate,” Declares the Lord of armies. “Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered; And I will turn My hand against the little ones.
- New King James Version - “Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion,” Says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.
- Amplified Bible - “Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, And against the Man, My Associate,” Declares the Lord of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd so that the sheep [of the flock] may be scattered; And I will turn My hand and stretch it out against the little ones [of the flock].
- American Standard Version - Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
- King James Version - Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
- New English Translation - “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
- World English Bible - “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
- 新標點和合本 - 萬軍之耶和華說: 刀劍哪,應當興起, 攻擊我的牧人和我的同伴。 擊打牧人,羊就分散; 我必反手加在微小者的身上。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 萬軍之耶和華說: 刀劍哪,興起攻擊我的牧人, 攻擊我的同伴吧! 要擊打牧人,羊就分散了; 我必反手攻擊那微小的。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 萬軍之耶和華說: 刀劍哪,興起攻擊我的牧人, 攻擊我的同伴吧! 要擊打牧人,羊就分散了; 我必反手攻擊那微小的。
- 當代譯本 - 萬軍之耶和華說: 「刀劍啊,醒來吧, 要攻擊我的牧人和同伴, 要擊打牧人,羊群將四散, 我必出手攻擊小羊。
- 聖經新譯本 - “刀劍哪,醒來吧!攻擊我的牧人,我的同伴, (這是萬軍之耶和華的宣告。) 要擊打牧人,羊群就分散; 我也要轉過手來,攻擊小羊。
- 呂振中譯本 - 萬軍之永恆主發神諭說: 『刀劍哪,奮發,以攻擊我的牧民者哦! 攻擊那做我同伴的人! 我必擊打牧人 、叫羣羊四散! 微小者、我也必將手轉過去打他們。
- 中文標準譯本 - 萬軍之耶和華宣告: 「刀劍哪,醒來吧, 攻擊我的牧人, 攻擊我鄰近之人! 打擊牧人,羊群就四散; 我必轉手對付其中弱小的!」
- 現代標點和合本 - 萬軍之耶和華說: 「刀劍哪,應當興起, 攻擊我的牧人和我的同伴! 擊打牧人,羊就分散, 我必反手加在微小者的身上。」
- 文理和合譯本 - 萬軍之耶和華曰、鋒刃歟、其起擊我牧者、與我同儔、其擊牧者、散厥羣羊、惟彼小子、我將反手加之、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 萬有之主耶和華曰、惟爾鋒刃、勃然而興、擊我牧者、伐我同儔、牧者擊矣、群羊散矣、式微之子、我將加以眷顧、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 萬有之主曰、刃歟、爾醒、 刃歟爾醒或作惟爾鋒刃勃然而興 擊我牧者與我同儔、擊牧者使羊散、惟彼卑微者我必護衛、 惟彼卑微者我必護衛或作惟彼小子我必救援
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »¡Despierta, espada, contra mi pastor, contra el hombre en quien confío! —afirma el Señor Todopoderoso—. Hiere al pastor para que se dispersen las ovejas y vuelva yo mi mano contra los corderitos.
- 현대인의 성경 - 전능하신 여호와께서 다시 말씀하셨다. “칼아, 깨어서 내 목자, 곧 내 짝을 쳐라. 목자를 치면 양들이 흩어질 것이다. 내가 내 백성을 칠 것이니
- Новый Русский Перевод - – Меч, поднимись на Моего Пастуха, на Того, Кто Мне близок! – возвещает Господь Сил. – Порази Пастуха и разбегутся овцы, а Я на ягнят обращу Свою руку .
- Восточный перевод - – Меч, поднимись на Моего пастуха, на того, кто Мне близок! – возвещает Вечный, Повелитель Сил. – Порази пастуха, и разбегутся овцы, а Я на ягнят обращу Свою руку .
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Меч, поднимись на Моего пастуха, на того, кто Мне близок! – возвещает Вечный, Повелитель Сил. – Порази пастуха, и разбегутся овцы, а Я на ягнят обращу Свою руку .
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Меч, поднимись на Моего пастуха, на того, кто Мне близок! – возвещает Вечный, Повелитель Сил. – Порази пастуха, и разбегутся овцы, а Я на ягнят обращу Свою руку .
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Epée, réveille-toi ╵contre mon berger, le chef de mon peuple, contre mon compagnon , demande l’Eternel, ╵le Seigneur des armées célestes. Va, frappe le berger : que les brebis soient dispersées ! Je porterai la main ╵sur les petits.
- リビングバイブル - 全能の主は言います。 「剣よ、目を覚まして、わたしの仲間、 わたしの同僚である牧者に切りかかれ。 その牧者を打ち倒せ。 そうすれば、羊は散り散りになる。 しかし、わたしは戻って来て、 子羊を慰め、世話をする。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Levante-se, ó espada, contra o meu pastor, contra o meu companheiro!”, declara o Senhor dos Exércitos. “Fira o pastor, e as ovelhas se dispersarão, e voltarei minha mão para os pequeninos.
- Hoffnung für alle - So spricht der Herr, der allmächtige Gott: »Schwert, schlag zu! Töte den Hirten, den Mann, der mir nahesteht, damit die Schafe auseinanderlaufen! Ja, das Schwert soll selbst die Kleinen und Schwachen aus meiner Herde treffen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Hằng Hữu Vạn Quân phán: “Lưỡi gươm ơi, hãy nổi dậy đánh người chăn của Ta, đánh người bạn Ta. Đánh hạ người chăn, cho bầy chiên chạy tán loạn, Ta sẽ trở tay đánh những chiên con.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระยาห์เวห์ผู้ทรงฤทธิ์ประกาศว่า “ดาบเอ๋ย จงตื่นขึ้น ห้ำหั่นคนเลี้ยงแกะของเรา และคนใกล้ชิดของเรา จงฟาดฟันคนเลี้ยงแกะ และแกะจะกระจัดกระจายไป และเราจะตวัดมือฟาดผู้เล็กน้อย”
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - โอ ดาบเอ๋ย จงตื่นขึ้นและต่อต้านผู้ดูแลฝูงแกะของเรา ต่อต้านชายผู้ยืนอยู่ใกล้ตัวเรา” พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนี้ “จงฟาดฟันผู้เลี้ยงดูฝูงแกะ และบรรดาแกะจะกระจัดกระจายไป เราจะหันมือของเราต่อต้านเด็กๆ”
交叉引用
- 1 Peter 1:18 - Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
- Revelation 22:14 - “How blessed are those who wash their robes! The Tree of Life is theirs for good, and they’ll walk through the gates to the City. But outside for good are the filthy curs: sorcerers, fornicators, murderers, idolaters—all who love and live lies.
- Revelation 22:16 - “I, Jesus, sent my Angel to testify to these things for the churches. I’m the Root and Branch of David, the Bright Morning Star.”
- Colossians 1:15 - We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body.
- Colossians 1:18 - He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he’s there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so expansive, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.
- Acts 4:27 - “For in fact they did meet—Herod and Pontius Pilate with nations and peoples, even Israel itself!—met in this very city to plot against your holy Son Jesus, the One you made Messiah, to carry out the plans you long ago set in motion.
- John 18:8 - “I told you,” said Jesus, “that’s me. I’m the one. So if it’s me you’re after, let these others go.” (This validated the words in his prayer, “I didn’t lose one of those you gave.”)
- Matthew 18:10 - “Watch that you don’t treat a single one of these childlike believers arrogantly. You realize, don’t you, that their personal angels are constantly in touch with my Father in heaven?
- Hebrews 1:7 - Regarding angels he says, The messengers are winds, the servants are tongues of fire.
- Hebrews 1:8 - But he says to the Son, You’re God, and on the throne for good; your rule makes everything right. You love it when things are right; you hate it when things are wrong. That is why God, your God, poured fragrant oil on your head, Marking you out as king, far above your dear companions.
- Hebrews 1:10 - And again to the Son, You, Master, started it all, laid earth’s foundations, then crafted the stars in the sky. Earth and sky will wear out, but not you; they become threadbare like an old coat; You’ll fold them up like a worn-out cloak, and lay them away on the shelf. But you’ll stay the same, year after year; you’ll never fade, you’ll never wear out.
- Galatians 3:13 - Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself. Do you remember the Scripture that says, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”? That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the cross: He became a curse, and at the same time dissolved the curse. And now, because of that, the air is cleared and we can see that Abraham’s blessing is present and available for non-Jews, too. We are all able to receive God’s life, his Spirit, in and with us by believing—just the way Abraham received it. * * *
- John 14:9 - “You’ve been with me all this time, Philip, and you still don’t understand? To see me is to see the Father. So how can you ask, ‘Where is the Father?’ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you aren’t mere words. I don’t just make them up on my own. The Father who resides in me crafts each word into a divine act.
- John 14:11 - “Believe me: I am in my Father and my Father is in me. If you can’t believe that, believe what you see—these works. The person who trusts me will not only do what I’m doing but even greater things, because I, on my way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do that I’ve been doing. You can count on it. From now on, whatever you request along the lines of who I am and what I am doing, I’ll do it. That’s how the Father will be seen for who he is in the Son. I mean it. Whatever you request in this way, I’ll do.
- John 1:29 - The very next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and yelled out, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb! He forgives the sins of the world! This is the man I’ve been talking about, ‘the One who comes after me but is really ahead of me.’ I knew nothing about who he was—only this: that my task has been to get Israel ready to recognize him as the God-Revealer. That is why I came here baptizing with water, giving you a good bath and scrubbing sins from your life so you can get a fresh start with God.”
- Romans 3:25 - God sacrificed Jesus on the altar of the world to clear that world of sin. Having faith in him sets us in the clear. God decided on this course of action in full view of the public—to set the world in the clear with himself through the sacrifice of Jesus, finally taking care of the sins he had so patiently endured. This is not only clear, but it’s now—this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness.
- Romans 5:6 - Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway. We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice. But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him.
- Romans 5:9 - Now that we are set right with God by means of this sacrificial death, the consummate blood sacrifice, there is no longer a question of being at odds with God in any way. If, when we were at our worst, we were put on friendly terms with God by the sacrificial death of his Son, now that we’re at our best, just think of how our lives will expand and deepen by means of his resurrection life! Now that we have actually received this amazing friendship with God, we are no longer content to simply say it in plodding prose. We sing and shout our praises to God through Jesus, the Messiah!
- Revelation 21:6 - Then he said, “It’s happened. I’m A to Z. I’m the Beginning, I’m the Conclusion. From Water-of-Life Well I give freely to the thirsty. Conquerors inherit all this. I’ll be God to them, they’ll be sons and daughters to me. But for the rest—the feckless and faithless, degenerates and murderers, sex peddlers and sorcerers, idolaters and all liars—for them it’s Lake Fire and Brimstone. Second death!”
- Isaiah 27:1 - At that time God will unsheathe his sword, his merciless, massive, mighty sword. He’ll punish the serpent Leviathan as it flees, the serpent Leviathan thrashing in flight. He’ll kill that old dragon that lives in the sea.
- Revelation 1:17 - “Don’t fear: I am First, I am Last, I’m Alive. I died, but I came to life, and my life is now forever. See these keys in my hand? They open and lock Death’s doors, they open and lock Hell’s gates. Now write down everything you see: things that are, things about to be. The Seven Stars you saw in my right hand and the seven-branched gold menorah—do you want to know what’s behind them? The Seven Stars are the Angels of the seven churches; the menorah’s seven branches are the seven churches.”
- John 3:16 - “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
- Ezekiel 21:28 - “But, son of man, your job is to prophesy. Tell them, ‘This is the Message from God, the Master, against the Ammonites and against their cruel taunts: “‘A sword! A sword! Bared to kill, Sharp as a razor, flashing like lightning. Despite false sword propaganda circulated in Ammon, The sword will sever Ammonite necks, for whom it’s punishment payday. Return the sword to the sheath! I’ll judge you in your home country, in the land where you grew up. I’ll empty out my wrath on you, breathe hot anger down your neck. I’ll give you to vicious men skilled in torture. You’ll end up as stove-wood. Corpses will litter your land. Not so much as a memory will be left of you. I, God, have said so.’”
- John 5:17 - But Jesus defended himself. “My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I.”
- John 5:18 - That really set them off. The Jews were now not only out to expose him; they were out to kill him. Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was calling God his own Father, putting himself on a level with God.
- Daniel 9:24 - “‘Seventy sevens are set for your people and for your holy city to throttle rebellion, stop sin, wipe out crime, set things right forever, confirm what the prophet saw, and anoint The Holy of Holies.
- Daniel 9:25 - “‘Here is what you must understand: From the time the word goes out to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Anointed Leader, there will be seven sevens. The rebuilding will take sixty-two sevens, including building streets and digging a moat. Those will be rough times. After the sixty-two sevens, the Anointed Leader will be killed—the end of him. The city and Sanctuary will be laid in ruins by the army of the newly arriving leader. The end will come in a rush, like a flood. War will rage right up to the end, desolation the order of the day.
- Ezekiel 34:23 - “‘I’ll appoint one shepherd over them all: my servant David. He’ll feed them. He’ll be their shepherd. And I, God, will be their God. My servant David will be their prince. I, God, have spoken.
- 1 Peter 5:4 - When God, who is the best shepherd of all, comes out in the open with his rule, he’ll see that you’ve done it right and commend you lavishly. And you who are younger must follow your leaders. But all of you, leaders and followers alike, are to be down to earth with each other, for— God has had it with the proud, But takes delight in just plain people.
- John 14:1 - “Don’t let this rattle you. You trust God, don’t you? Trust me. There is plenty of room for you in my Father’s home. If that weren’t so, would I have told you that I’m on my way to get a room ready for you? And if I’m on my way to get your room ready, I’ll come back and get you so you can live where I live. And you already know the road I’m taking.”
- John 10:11 - “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary. A hired man is not a real shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf. He’s only in it for the money. The sheep don’t matter to him.
- John 10:14 - “I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own sheep and my own sheep know me. In the same way, the Father knows me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before myself, sacrificing myself if necessary. You need to know that I have other sheep in addition to those in this pen. I need to gather and bring them, too. They’ll also recognize my voice. Then it will be one flock, one Shepherd. This is why the Father loves me: because I freely lay down my life. And so I am free to take it up again. No one takes it from me. I lay it down of my own free will. I have the right to lay it down; I also have the right to take it up again. I received this authority personally from my Father.”
- John 8:58 - “Believe me,” said Jesus, “I am who I am long before Abraham was anything.”
- Isaiah 53:7 - He was beaten, he was tortured, but he didn’t say a word. Like a lamb taken to be slaughtered and like a sheep being sheared, he took it all in silence. Justice miscarried, and he was led off— and did anyone really know what was happening? He died without a thought for his own welfare, beaten bloody for the sins of my people. They buried him with the wicked, threw him in a grave with a rich man, Even though he’d never hurt a soul or said one word that wasn’t true.
- Isaiah 53:10 - Still, it’s what God had in mind all along, to crush him with pain. The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin so that he’d see life come from it—life, life, and more life. And God’s plan will deeply prosper through him.
- John 14:23 - “Because a loveless world,” said Jesus, “is a sightless world. If anyone loves me, he will carefully keep my word and my Father will love him—we’ll move right into the neighborhood! Not loving me means not keeping my words. The message you are hearing isn’t mine. It’s the message of the Father who sent me.
- Zechariah 11:4 - God commanded me, “Shepherd the sheep that are soon to be slaughtered. The people who buy them will butcher them for quick and easy money. What’s worse, they’ll get away with it. The people who sell them will say, ‘Lucky me! God’s on my side; I’ve got it made!’ They have shepherds who couldn’t care less about them.”
- John 1:1 - The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God, in readiness for God from day one.
- Matthew 11:27 - Jesus resumed talking to the people, but now tenderly. “The Father has given me all these things to do and say. This is a unique Father-Son operation, coming out of Father and Son intimacies and knowledge. No one knows the Son the way the Father does, nor the Father the way the Son does. But I’m not keeping it to myself; I’m ready to go over it line by line with anyone willing to listen.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 - How? you ask. In Christ. God put the wrong on him who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God.
- Revelation 1:8 - The Master declares, “I’m A to Z. I’m The God Who Is, The God Who Was, and The God About to Arrive. I’m the Sovereign-Strong.”
- Micah 5:2 - But you, Bethlehem, David’s country, the runt of the litter— From you will come the leader who will shepherd-rule Israel. He’ll be no upstart, no pretender. His family tree is ancient and distinguished. Meanwhile, Israel will be in foster homes until the birth pangs are over and the child is born, And the scattered brothers come back home to the family of Israel. He will stand tall in his shepherd-rule by God’s strength, centered in the majesty of God-Revealed. And the people will have a good and safe home, for the whole world will hold him in respect— Peacemaker of the world!
- Jeremiah 23:5 - “Time’s coming”—God’s Decree— “when I’ll establish a truly righteous David-Branch, A ruler who knows how to rule justly. He’ll make sure of justice and keep people united. In his time Judah will be secure again and Israel will live in safety. This is the name they’ll give him: ‘God-Who-Puts-Everything-Right.’
- Jeremiah 47:6 - “Oh, Sword of God, how long will you keep this up? Return to your scabbard. Haven’t you had enough? Can’t you call it quits?
- Zechariah 11:7 - So I took over from the crass, money-grubbing owners, and shepherded the sheep marked for slaughter. I got myself two shepherd staffs. I named one Lovely and the other Harmony. Then I went to work shepherding the sheep. Within a month I got rid of the corrupt shepherds. I got tired of putting up with them—and they couldn’t stand me.
- Ezekiel 37:24 - “‘They’ll follow my laws and keep my statutes. They’ll live in the same land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever, and my servant David will be their prince forever. I’ll make a covenant of peace with them that will hold everything together, an everlasting covenant. I’ll make them secure and place my holy place of worship at the center of their lives forever. I’ll live right there with them. I’ll be their God! They’ll be my people!
- Matthew 26:31 - Then Jesus told them, “Before the night’s over, you’re going to fall to pieces because of what happens to me. There is a Scripture that says, I’ll strike the shepherd; dazed and confused, the sheep will be scattered. But after I am raised up, I, your Shepherd, will go ahead of you, leading the way to Galilee.”
- Mark 14:27 - Jesus told them, “You’re all going to feel that your world is falling apart and that it’s my fault. There’s a Scripture that says, I will strike the shepherd; The sheep will scatter. “But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you, leading the way to Galilee.”