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Lexicon :: Strong's H7462 - rāʿâ

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רָעָה
Transliteration
rāʿâ
Pronunciation
raw-aw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2185,2186

Strong’s Definitions

רָעָה râʻâh, raw-aw'; a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend):—× break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 173x

The KJV translates Strong's H7462 in the following manner: feed (75x), shepherd (63x), pastor (8x), herdmen (7x), keep (3x), companion (2x), broken (1x), company (1x), devour (1x), eat (1x), entreateth (1x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 173x
The KJV translates Strong's H7462 in the following manner: feed (75x), shepherd (63x), pastor (8x), herdmen (7x), keep (3x), companion (2x), broken (1x), company (1x), devour (1x), eat (1x), entreateth (1x), miscellaneous (10x).

  1. to pasture, tend, graze, feed

    1. (Qal)

      1. to tend, pasture

        1. to shepherd

        2. of ruler, teacher (fig)

        3. of people as flock (fig)

        4. shepherd, herdsman (subst)

      2. to feed, graze

        1. of cows, sheep etc (literal)

        2. of idolater, Israel as flock (fig)

    2. (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess

  2. to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)

    1. (Qal) to associate with

    2. (Hithpael) to be companions

  3. (Piel) to be a special friend

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעָה râʻâh, raw-aw'; a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend):—× break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
STRONGS H7462: Abbreviations
I. רָעָה 167 verb pasture, tend, graze (Assyrian rê’û, verb pasture, noun ruler, Tel Amarna ruḫi (as Canaanism) WklNo. 181, 11; Arabic bdb094410, Ethiopic bdb094411 Aramaic רְעָא, bdb094412, all = Biblical Hebrew); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine plural consecutive וְרָעָה Micah 5:3 +, 1st person singular suffix consecutive זּרְעִיתִים Ezekiel 34:13, 3rd person plural suffix consecutive וְרָעוּם Jeremiah 23:4, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִרְעֶה Isaiah 27:20 +, jussive יֵ֫רַע Job 20:26, suffix יִרְעֶנָּה Psalm 80:14, וַיִרְעֵם Psalm 78:72 (וַיַּר׳ Hiph. van d. H.), etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְעֵה Micah 7:14 +, suffix רְעֵם Psalm 28:9; feminine singular רְעִי Songs 1:8; masculine plural רְעוּ Genesis 29:7; Infinitive construct לִרְעוֺת Genesis 37:12 +, etc.; Participle רֹעֶה Genesis 30:36 +, suffix רֹעִי Psalm 23:1 +; feminine singular רֹעָה Genesis 29:9; Proverbs 25:19, etc.; —
1. transitive
a. pasture, tend (pascere), literal, with accusative צאֹן Genesis 30:31, 36; Genesis 37:12 (all J), Exodus 3:1 (E), 1 Samuel 17:15; 1 Samuel 25:16; Isaiah 61:5, accusative of asses Genesis 36:24 (P), kids Songs 1:8; accusative (צאֹן) omitted Genesis 29:7; Genesis 37:13 (ב location) Genesis 37:16 (all J), Songs 1:7 (|| הִרְבִּיץ), Job 24:2 (Greek Version of the LXX Me Siegf Bu וְרֹעוֺ); — metaphor גֹּרֶן וָיֶקֶב לֹא יִרְעֵם Hosea 9:2, but read יֵדָעֵם Greek Version of the LXX We Now GASm; מָוֶת יִרְעֵם Psalm 49:15.
b. figurative of י׳, accusative of person, Genesis 48:15 (E) God, who shepherded me; with accusative of people, as flock Hosea 4:16; Isaiah 40:11; Micah 7:14 (בְּשִׁבְטֶ֑ךָ), Ezekiel 34:13 (pregnantly, with אֶל location), Ezekiel 34:14; Ezekiel 34:15 (+ הִרְבִּיץ), Ezekiel 34:16; Psalm 28:9.
c. figurative of ruler, and teacher, accusative of people, as flock, 2 Samuel 5:2 = 1 Chronicles 11:2; 2 Samuel 7:1 = 1 Chronicles 17:6; Psalm 78:72; Jeremiah 3:15; Jeremiah 23:2, 4; Ezekiel 34:2, 3, 8, 10, 23 (twice in verse); Zechariah 11:4, 7 (twice in verse); Zechariah 11:9; of teaching, יִרְעוּ רַבִּים שִׂפְתֵי צַדִּיק Proverbs 10:21; with ב of people Psalm 78:71; absolute Micah 5:3; with accusative of person reflexive pastured (fed, enriched) themselves Ezekiel 34:2, 8, 10.
d. especially participle רֹעֶה, etc., as substantive = shepherd, herdsman:
(1.) literal, צאֹן רֹעֵה Genesis 4:2; Genesis 46:32, 34; Genesis 47:3 (all J), רֹעֶה בַּצּ׳ Genesis 37:2 (E), 1 Samuel 16:11; 1 Samuel 17:34; רֹעֵי מִקְנֶה Genesis 13:7 (twice in verse) (J); (ה)ר׳ alone, singular Amos 3:12 + 7 times (all in simile); רֹעָה shepherdess, Genesis 29:9 (J); כְּלִי רֹעֶה אֱוִילִי Zechariah 11:15 (see כְּלִי 2c), as symbol; plural (הָ)רֹעִים Amos 1:2; Exodus 2:17, 19 (J) 1 Samuel 21:8 (אַבִּיר הָר׳; Gr Dr Bu Kit Löhr חָרָצִים א׳; Greek Version of the LXX LagBN 45 HPS אֹבִיל הָעְַיָרִים, but compare We) + 8 times + Isaiah 31:4 (simile), Isaiah 38:12 (read רֹעִים for רֹעִי Perles29 Du CheHpt compare Di), compare (suffix) Genesis 13:8 (twice in verse) (J); כְּלִי הָרֹעִים 1 Samuel 17:40 (see כְּלִי 3); — בֵּידעֵֿקֶד הָרִעִיס.
(2.) figurative of ruler (as often Assyrian; compare Greek (Homer) ποιμένα λαῶν), absolute singular Jeremiah 17:16 **figurative of prophet (but Aq Symm Syriac Version Gie Du Co מֵרָעָה); Zechariah 10:2; Zechariah 11:16; Zechariah 13:7b + 8 times Jeremiah, Ezekiel; suffix of י׳, רֹעִי Isaiah 44:28 (of Cyrus), Zechariah 13:7a; Zechariah 13:17 (read רֹעִי הָאֱוִילִי We Now GASm); absolute plural Isaiah 56:11; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:15; Micah 5:4; Zechariah 10:3; Zechariah 11:5, 8 + 18 times Jeremiah Ezekiel 34, + (of Assyrian leaders) Nahum 3:18; רֹעֵי יִשׂ׳ Ezekiel 34:2; צאֹנוֺ רֹעֵי Isaiah 63:11 (but read רֹעֵה [of Moses] Greek Version of the LXX Targam Di Du and others).
(3.) epithet of רֹעִי ׃ י׳ י׳ Psalm 23:1, רֹעֵה יִשׂ׳ Psalm 80:2, רֹעֶה אֶבֶן יִשׂ׳ Genesis 49:24 (poem in J; read construct רֹעֵה. compare Commentaries); מֵרֹעֶה אֶחָד Ecclesiastes 12:11 De Wild, < president of assembly of sages Siegf SS.
2. intransitive feed, graze:
a. literally of cows, sheep, etc.: with ב location Genesis 41:2, 18 (E), 1 Chronicles 27:29; with accusative of pasture Isaiah 30:23; with עַל location Zephaniah 2:7 (עֲלֵי הַיָּם for MT עֲלֵיהֶם, see Now); אֶלמֿוּל location Exodus 34:3 (J); absolute Isaiah 5:17; Isaiah 11:7 (|| רבץ; but see רעה below) Isaiah 27:10 (|| id.), Isaiah 65:25; Jonah 3:7; Job 1:14.
b. figurative of idolater, Isaiah 44:20 he feedeth on ashes (accusative); compare Hosea 12:2 Ehpraimitic source feedeth on wind (acc); אִוֶּלֶת יִר׳ כְסִילִים פִּי Proverbs 15:14 (so Vrss Qr; Kt פני for פי) the mouth of fools feeds on folly (Toy; Buhl √ II. רעה, Gerber162 below III. רעה); in Songs, with ב location, figurative of lover Songs 2:16; Songs 6:2, 3; of breasts (like gazelles) Songs 4:5.
c. figurative, of Israel as flock Isaiah 14:30 (|| רבץ), read (יַ֯) בְּכָרֹי in my pasture(s), for MT בְּכוֺרֵי, Koppe Ew Di Du (otherwise CheHpt, compare Marti); Zephaniah 3:13 (|| id.); with עַלדְּֿרָכִים Isaiah 49:9; with accusative of pasture-land Jeremiah 50:19; Micah 7:14; Ezekiel 34:14b (+ אֶל location), Ezekiel 34:18; Ezekiel 34:19; hence crop, strip, i.e. devastate, of conqueror, with accusative of land Micah 5:6, compare; אֶתיָֿדוֺ Jeremiah 6:3; so יִרְעוּךְ קָדְקֹד; Jeremiah 2:16; accusative of Israel under figure of vine (subject foes, as beasts) Psalm 80:14.
d. subject wind, with accusative of person Jeremiah 22:22, i. e. drive them away; subject fire, with accusative of thing, יֵרַע Job 20:26, but read perhaps יֵרָע,
Niph. (Ol Di Hoffm Siegf Bu; otherwise Du). רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה֯ Job 24:21 is difficult; Bu חֵרַע for ר׳; more radical conjectures in Du. Niph. possibly Job 20:26, see 2d above.
Hiph. Psalm 78:72 van d. H., see 1c above

† II. [רָעָה] verb probably associated with (compare Schulth69ff. but also NöZMG iiv (1900), 154 f.; Assyrian ru’a, ruttu, neighbour, fellow (masculine and feminine; compare JägerBAS i. 483,486); so Bedouin bdb094501, bdb094502 master, owner, WallinZMG v (1851), 9 JayakarJA xxi. 851; Ethiopic bdb094503 marriage; Arabic bdb094504, Ethiopic bdb094505 yoke; Late Hebrew רֵעוּת friendship is from Biblical Hebrew רֵעַ); —
Qal Imperative masculine singular וּרְעֵה אֱמוּנָה Psalm 37:3 cherish faithfulness (Hup-Now RV Che Du Dr); > feed seocurely (Bae; I.רעה; feed on (his) faithfulness AmRV); Participle כְסִילִים רֹעֶה Proverbs 13:20 one associating with fools, so זֹלְלְים ר׳ Proverbs 28:7, זוֺנוֺת ר׳ Proverbs 29:3 (Thes and others think these figurative from I. רעה, see 2b).
Hithp. 2nd person masculine singular אַלתִּֿתְרַע אֶתבַּֿעַל אָ֑ף Proverbs 22:24 do not make companionship with a bad-tempered man; perhaps also 3rd person feminine plural תִּתְרָעֶינָה Isaiah 11:7 (LagOr. i. 21; Deceased Wife's Sister 399 Brd Du Che Hpt) cow and bear shall be each other's companions; + Infinitive construct הִתְרָעֹת Proverbs 18:24 (Toy, for MT הִתְרֹעֵעַ) there are [יֵשׁ, for אִישׁ] friends (merely) to be companions (see II. רעע near the end).

† [רָעָה] verb denominative
Pi. be a special friend; — Perfect 3rd person masculine plural מֵרֵעֵהוּ אֲשֶׁר רֵעָה לוֺ Judges 14:20 his comrade who had been 'best man' (GFM) to him.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:2; 13:7; 13:8; 29:7; 29:7; 29:9; 29:9; 30:31; 30:36; 30:36; 36:24; 37:2; 37:12; 37:12; 37:13; 37:16; 41:2; 41:18; 46:32; 46:34; 47:3; 48:15; 49:24

Exodus

2:17; 2:19; 3:1; 34:3

Judges

14:20

1 Samuel

16:11; 17:15; 17:34; 17:40; 21:8; 25:16

2 Samuel

5:2; 7:1

1 Chronicles

11:2; 17:6; 27:29

Job

1:14; 20:26; 20:26; 20:26; 24:2; 24:21

Psalms

23:1; 23:1; 28:9; 28:9; 37:3; 49:15; 78:71; 78:72; 78:72; 78:72; 80:2; 80:14; 80:14

Proverbs

10:21; 13:20; 15:14; 18:24; 22:24; 25:19; 28:7; 29:3

Ecclesiastes

12:11

Song of Songs

1:7; 1:8; 1:8; 2:16; 4:5; 6:2; 6:3

Isaiah

5:17; 11:7; 11:7; 14:30; 27:10; 30:23; 31:4; 38:12; 40:11; 44:20; 44:28; 49:9; 56:11; 61:5; 63:11; 65:25

Jeremiah

2:8; 2:16; 3:15; 3:15; 6:3; 17:16; 22:22; 23:2; 23:4; 23:4; 50:19

Ezekiel

34; 34:2; 34:2; 34:2; 34:3; 34:8; 34:8; 34:10; 34:10; 34:13; 34:13; 34:14; 34:14; 34:15; 34:16; 34:18; 34:19; 34:23

Hosea

4:16; 9:2; 12:2

Amos

1:2; 3:12

Jonah

3:7

Micah

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:6; 7:14; 7:14; 7:14

Nahum

3:18

Zephaniah

2:7; 3:13

Zechariah

10:2; 10:3; 11:4; 11:5; 11:7; 11:8; 11:9; 11:15; 11:16; 13:7; 13:7

H7462

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Strong's Number H7462 matches the Hebrew רָעָה (rāʿâ),
which occurs 164 times in 139 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Pro 13:20–Eze 34:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:20 - Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:14 - The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - He who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:11 - The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Tell me, you whom my soul loves,
where you pasture your flock,
where you make it lie down at noon;
for why should I be like one who veils herself
beside the flocks of your companions?

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If you do not know,
O most beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds’ tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:16 - My beloved is mine, and I am his;
he grazes[fn] among the lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:5 - Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle,
that graze among the lilies.

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My beloved has gone down to his garden
to the beds of spices,
to graze[fn] in the gardens
and to gather lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:3 - I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;
he grazes among the lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:17 - Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture,
and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - It will never be inhabited
or lived in for all generations;
no Arab will pitch his tent there;
no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And the firstborn of the poor will graze,
and the needy lie down in safety;
but I will kill your root with famine,
and your remnant it will slay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - For the fortified city is solitary,
a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness;
there the calf grazes;
there it lies down and strips its branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus the LORD said to me,
“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
so the LORD of hosts will come down
to fight[fn] on Mount Zion and on its hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 - He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms;
he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 - saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
They shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - The dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But they are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
each to his own gain, one and all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks;
foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:11 - Then he remembered the days of old,
of Moses and his people.[fn]
Where is he who brought them up out of the sea
with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is he who put in the midst of them
his Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’
Those who handle the law did not know me;
the shepherds[fn] transgressed against me;
the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after things that do not profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:16 - Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes
have shaved[fn] the crown of your head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:15 - “‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 - Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her;
they shall pitch their tents around her;
they shall pasture, each in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - For the shepherds are stupid
and do not inquire of the LORD;
therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock is scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 - Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard;
they have trampled down my portion;
they have made my pleasant portion
a desolate wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 - I have not run away from being your shepherd,
nor have I desired the day of sickness.
You know what came out of my lips;
it was before your face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 - The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
and your lovers shall go into captivity;
then you will be ashamed and confounded
because of all your evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1 - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:4 - I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - “Wail, you shepherds, and cry out,
and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,
and you shall fall like a choice vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 - No refuge will remain for the shepherds,
nor escape for the lords of the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - A voice—the cry of the shepherds,
and the wail of the lords of the flock!
For the LORD is laying waste their pasture,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - “Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,
and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts: In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be habitations of shepherds resting their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin, and he shall go away from there in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him[fn] run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6 - “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and in Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - “Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:3 - You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.

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