Zechariah 10:2
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For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
In other translations
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588הַתְּרָפִיםhaterafimthe teraphimH8655דִּבְּרוּ־diberu-they speakH1696אָוֶן'avenwickednessH205וְהַקּוֹסְמִיםvehakosmimand the divinersH7080חָזוּchazuthey seeH2372שֶׁקֶרshekerfalsehoodH8267וַחֲלֹמוֹתvachalomotand [the] dreams ofH2472הַשָּׁואhashav'<the> worthlessnessH7723יְדַבֵּרוּyedaberuthey speakH1696הֶבֶלhevelfutilityH1892יְנַחֵמוּןyenachemunthey comfort !H5162עַל־'al-there-H5921כֵּןken-foreH3651נָסְעוּnase'uthey have set outH5265כְמוֹ־khemov-likeH3644צֹאןtzonsheepH6629יַעֲנוּya'anuthey are afflictedH6031כִּי־ki-forH3588אֵין'einthere notH369רֹעֶה׃ פro'eh[is] a shepherdH7462
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
- Jeremiah 27:9Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
- Genesis 31:19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- Ezekiel 34:5And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
- Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
- Ezekiel 34:8As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
- Hosea 3:4For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
- Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
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- 1 Kings 22:17And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
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