Futile human efforts of
self-restoration
Jeremiah 8:8-9
8 “‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the
LORD,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?
9 The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and
trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what kind of wisdom do
they have?
The corruption and
restoration of leaders
Ezekiel 34:1-10
1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel;
prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the
shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take
care of the flock?
3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and
slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.
4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or
bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the
lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.
5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and
when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.
6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high
hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked
for them.
7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD,
because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food
for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock
but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,
9 therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
10 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against the
shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from
tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will
rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.
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