Today's scripture
Jeremiah 23:1-5
New International Version (NIV)
The Righteous Branch
23 “Woe to the shepherds
who are destroying and scattering
the sheep of my pasture!”
declares the Lord. 2 Therefore this is what the
Lord, the God of
Israel, says to the shepherds
who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock
and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow
punishment on you for the evil
you have done,” declares the Lord. 3 “I myself will gather the
remnant
of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring
them back to their pasture,
where they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4 I will place shepherds
over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid
or terrified, nor will any be missing,”
declares the Lord.
