Therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word:
Parallel translations
- KJV Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
- BSB Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
- NKJV ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
- NASB Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
- NLT “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Matt 23:13–36“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
- Ezek 34:9therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word:
- Luke 11:39–54The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
- Mic 3:8–9But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.
- Ps 82:1–7A Psalm by Asaph. God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
- Jer 22:2–3‘Hear Yahweh’s word, king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne, you, and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
- Mal 2:1“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
- Jer 13:13Then tell them, ‘Yahweh says, “Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
- Isa 1:10Hear Yahweh’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Jer 13:18Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headdresses have come down, even the crown of your glory.
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