Jeremiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Jeremiah 23 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Ουαί εις τους ποιμένας τους φθείροντας και διασκορπίζοντας τα πρόβατα της βοσκής μου, λέγει Κύριος.
1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.
2 Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ, κατά των ποιμένων, οίτινες ποιμαίνουσι τον λαόν μου. Σεις διεσκορπίσατε τα πρόβατά μου και απεδιώξατε αυτά και δεν επεσκέφθητε αυτά· ιδού, εγώ θέλω επισκεφθή εφ' υμάς την κακίαν των έργων υμών, λέγει Κύριος.
2 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says against the shepherds who feed my people: “You have scattered my flock, driven them away, and have not visited them. Behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings,” says Yahweh.
3 Και εγώ θέλω συνάξει το υπόλοιπον των προβάτων μου εκ πάντων των τόπων, όπου εδίωξα αυτά, και θέλω επιστρέψει αυτά πάλιν εις τας βοσκάς αυτών, και θέλουσι καρποφορήσει και πληθυνθή·
3 “I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they will be fruitful and multiply.
4 και θέλω καταστήσει ποιμένας επ' αυτά και θέλουσι ποιμαίνει αυτά· και δεν θέλουσι φοβηθή πλέον ουδέ τρομάξει ουδέ εκλείψει, λέγει Κύριος.
4 I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, neither will any be lacking,” says Yahweh.
5 Ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, λέγει Κύριος, και θέλω ανεγείρει εις τον Δαβίδ βλαστόν δίκαιον, και βασιλεύς θέλει βασιλεύσει και ευημερήσει και εκτελέσει κρίσιν και δικαιοσύνην επί της γης.
5 “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch; and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
6 Εν ταις ημέραις αυτού ο Ιούδας θέλει σωθή και ο Ισραήλ θέλει κατοικήσει εν ασφαλεία· και τούτο είναι το όνομα αυτού, με το οποίον θέλει ονομασθή, Ο Κύριος η δικαιοσύνη ημών.
6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
7 Διά τούτο, ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, λέγει Κύριος, και δεν θέλουσιν ειπεί πλέον, Ζη ο Κύριος, όστις ανήγαγε τους υιούς Ισραήλ εκ γης Αιγύπτου·
7 “Therefore, behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that they will no more say, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’
8 αλλά, Ζη ο Κύριος, όστις ανήγαγε και όστις έφερε το σπέρμα του οίκου Ισραήλ εκ της γης του βορρά και εκ πάντων των τόπων, όπου είχα διώξει αυτούς· και θέλουσι κατοικήσει εν τη γη αυτών.
8 but, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will dwell in their own land.”
9 Ένεκεν των προφητών η καρδία μου συντρίβεται εντός μου· σαλεύονται πάντα τα οστά μου· είμαι ως άνθρωπος μεθύων και ως άνθρωπος συνεχόμενος υπό οίνου, εξ αιτίας του Κυρίου και εξ αιτίας των λόγων της αγιότητος αυτού.
9 Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.
10 Διότι η γη είναι πλήρης μοιχών· διότι εξ αιτίας του όρκου πενθεί η γή· εξηράνθησαν αι βοσκαί της ερήμου και η οδός αυτών έγεινε πονηρά και η δύναμις αυτών άδικος.
10 “For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
11 Διότι και ο προφήτης και ο ιερεύς εμολύνθησαν· ναι, εν τω οίκω μου εύρηκα τας ασεβείας αυτών, λέγει Κύριος.
11 for both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says Yahweh.
12 Διά τούτο η οδός αυτών θέλει είσθαι εις αυτούς ως ολίσθημα εν τω σκότει· θέλουσιν ωθηθή και πέσει εν αυτή· διότι θέλω φέρει κακόν επ' αυτούς εν τω ενιαυτώ της επισκέψεως αυτών, λέγει Κύριος.
12 Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.
13 Είδον μεν αφροσύνην εν τοις προφήταις της Σαμαρείας. προεφήτευσαν διά του Βάαλ και επλάνων τον λαόν μου τον Ισραήλ.
13 “I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
14 αλλ' εν τοις προφήταις της Ιερουσαλήμ είδον φρίκην· μοιχεύουσι και περιπατούσιν εν ψεύδει και ενισχύουσι τας χείρας των κακούργων, ώστε ουδείς επιστρέφει από της κακίας αυτού· πάντες ούτοι είναι εις εμέ ως Σόδομα και οι κάτοικοι αυτής ως Γόμορρα.
14 In the prophets of Jerusalem I have also seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one returns from his wickedness. They have all become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.”
15 Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων κατά των προφητών· Ιδού, εγώ θέλω ψωμίσει αυτούς αψίνθιον και θέλω ποτίσει αυτούς ύδωρ χολής· διότι εκ των προφητών της Ιερουσαλήμ εξήλθεν ο μολυσμός εις άπαντα τον τόπον.
15 Therefore Yahweh of Armies says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poisoned water; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”
16 Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων· Μη ακούετε τους λόγους των προφητών των προφητευόντων εις εσάς· ούτοι σας κάμνουσι ματαίους· λαλούσιν οράσεις από της καρδίας αυτών, ουχί από στόματος Κυρίου.
16 Yahweh of Armies says, “Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh.
17 Λέγουσι πάντοτε προς τους καταφρονούντάς με, Ο Κύριος είπεν, Ειρήνη θέλει είσθαι εις εσάς· και λέγουσι προς πάντα περιπατούντα κατά τας ορέξεις της καρδίας αυτού, Δεν θέλει ελθεί κακόν εφ' υμάς·
17 They say continually to those who despise me, ‘Yahweh has said, “You will have peace;”’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil will come on you.’
18 διότι τις παρεστάθη εν τη βουλή του Κυρίου και είδε και ήκουσε τον λόγον αυτού; τις επρόσεξεν εις τον λόγον αυτού και ήκουσεν;
18 For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it?
19 Ιδού, ανεμοστρόβιλος παρά Κυρίου εξήλθε με ορμήν, και ανεμοστρόβιλος ορμητικός θέλει εξορμήσει επί την κεφαλήν των ασεβών.
19 Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm! It will burst on the head of the wicked.
20 Ο θυμός του Κυρίου δεν θέλει αποστρέψει εωσού εκτελέση και εωσού κάμη τους στοχασμούς της καρδίας αυτού· εν ταις εσχάταις ημέραις θέλετε νοήσει τούτο εντελώς.
20 Yahweh’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.
21 Δεν απέστειλα τους προφήτας τούτους και αυτοί έτρεξαν· δεν ελάλησα προς αυτούς και αυτοί προεφήτευσαν·
21 I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
22 αλλ' εάν ήθελον παρασταθή εν τη βουλή μου, τότε ήθελον κάμει τον λαόν μου να ακούση τους λόγους μου, και ήθελον αποστρέψει αυτούς από της πονηράς οδού αυτών και από της κακίας των έργων αυτών.
22 But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 Θεός εγγύθεν είμαι εγώ, λέγει Κύριος, και ουχί Θεός μακρόθεν;
23 “Am I a God at hand,” says Yahweh, “and not a God afar off?
24 Δύναταί τις να κρυφθή εν κρυφίοις τόποις και εγώ να μη ίδω αυτόν; λέγει Κύριος. Δεν πληρώ εγώ τον ουρανόν και την γην; λέγει Κύριος.
24 Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.
25 Ήκουσα τι λέγουσιν οι προφήται, οι προφητεύοντες εν τω ονόματί μου ψεύδος, λέγοντες, Είδον ενύπνιον, είδον ενύπνιον.
25 “I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
26 Έως πότε θέλει είσθαι τούτο εν τη καρδία των προφητών των προφητευόντων ψεύδος; ναι, προφητεύουσι τας απάτας της καρδίας αυτών·
26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
27 οίτινες στοχάζονται να κάμωσι τον λαόν μου να λησμονήση το όνομά μου, διά των ενυπνίων αυτών τα οποία διηγούνται έκαστος προς τον πλησίον αυτού, καθώς ελησμόνησαν οι πατέρες αυτών το όνομά μου διά τον Βάαλ.
27 They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name because of Baal.
28 Ο προφήτης εις τον οποίον είναι ενύπνιον, ας διηγηθή το ενύπνιον· και εκείνος, εις τον οποίον είναι ο λόγος μου, ας λαλήση τον λόγον μου εν αληθεία. Τι είναι το άχυρον προς τον σίτον; λέγει Κύριος.
28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.
29 Δεν είναι ο λόγος μου ως πυρ; λέγει ο Κύριος· και ως σφύρα κατασυντρίβουσα τον βράχον;
29 “Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
30 Διά τούτο, ιδού, εγώ είμαι εναντίον των προφητών, λέγει Κύριος, οίτινες κλέπτουσι τους λόγους μου, έκαστος από του πλησίον αυτού.
30 “Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.
31 Ιδού, εγώ είμαι εναντίον των προφητών, λέγει Κύριος, οίτινες κινούσι τας γλώσσας αυτών και λέγουσιν, Αυτός λέγει.
31 Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’
32 Ιδού, εγώ είμαι εναντίον των προφητευόντων ενύπνια ψευδή, λέγει Κύριος, οίτινες διηγούνται αυτά και πλανώσι τον λαόν μου με τα ψεύδη αυτών και με την αφροσύνην αυτών· ενώ εγώ δεν απέστειλα αυτούς ουδέ προσέταξα αυτούς· διά τούτο ουδόλως θέλουσιν ωφελήσει τον λαόν τούτον, λέγει Κύριος.
32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says Yahweh, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them or command them. They don’t profit this people at all,” says Yahweh.
33 Και εάν ο λαός ούτος ή ο προφήτης ή ο ιερεύς σε ερωτήσωσι, λέγοντες, Τι είναι το φορτίον του Κυρίου; τότε θέλεις ειπεί προς αυτούς, Τι το φορτίον; θέλω βεβαίως σας εγκαταλείψει, λέγει Κύριος.
33 “When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, asks you, saying, ‘What is the message from Yahweh?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘“What message? I will cast you off,” says Yahweh.’
34 Τον δε προφήτην και τον ιερέα και τον λαόν, όστις είπη, Το φορτίον του Κυρίου, εγώ βεβαίως θέλω παιδεύσει τον άνθρωπον εκείνον και τον οίκον αυτού.
34 As for the prophet, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from Yahweh,’ I will even punish that man and his household.
35 Ούτω θέλετε ειπεί, έκαστος προς τον πλησίον αυτού και έκαστος προς τον αδελφόν αυτού· Τι απεκρίθη ο Κύριος; και, Τι ελάλησεν ο Κύριος;
35 You will say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, ‘What has Yahweh answered?’ and, ‘What has Yahweh said?’
36 Και φορτίον Κυρίου δεν θέλετε αναφέρει πλέον· επειδή το φορτίον θέλει είσθαι εις έκαστον ο λόγος αυτού· διότι διεστρέψατε τους λόγους του Θεού του ζώντος, του Κυρίου των δυνάμεων, του Θεού ημών.
36 You will mention the message from Yahweh no more, for every man’s own word has become his message; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Armies, our God.
37 Ούτω θέλεις ειπεί προς τον προφήτην· Τι σοι απεκρίθη ο Κύριος; και, Τι ελάλησεν ο Κύριος;
37 You will say to the prophet, ‘What has Yahweh answered you?’ and, ‘What has Yahweh spoken?’
38 Αλλ' επειδή λέγετε, Το φορτίον του Κυρίου, διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Επειδή λέγετε τον λόγον τούτον, Το φορτίον του Κυρίου, εγώ δε απέστειλα προς εσάς, λέγων, δεν θέλετε λέγει, Το φορτίον του Κυρίου·
38 Although you say, ‘The message from Yahweh,’ therefore Yahweh says: ‘Because you say this word, “The message from Yahweh,” and I have sent to you, telling you not to say, “The message from Yahweh,”
39 διά τούτο, Ιδού, εγώ θέλω σας λησμονήσει παντελώς και θέλω απορρίψει υμάς και την πόλιν την οποίαν έδωκα εις υμάς και εις τους πατέρας υμών, από προσώπου μου·
39 therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off with the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence.
40 και θέλω φέρει εφ' υμάς όνειδος αιώνιον, και καταισχύνην αιώνιον, ήτις δεν θέλει λησμονηθή.
40 I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which will not be forgotten.’”
Cross references (39)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 10:21; Zechariah 11:15–17; Ezekiel 34:2–10; Ezekiel 13:3; Matthew 9:36
- 2 Jeremiah 21:12; Micah 7:4; Exodus 32:34; Jeremiah 23:34; Jeremiah 5:29
- 3 Amos 9:14–15; Jeremiah 32:37; Isaiah 43:5–6; Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 30:3
- 4 Jeremiah 3:14–15; 1 Peter 1:5; Acts 20:28–29; John 10:27–30; Jeremiah 46:27–28
- 5 Luke 1:32–33; Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 52:13; Isaiah 9:7; Zechariah 6:12–13
- 6 1 Corinthians 1:30; Philippians 3:9; Jeremiah 33:16; Matthew 1:21–23; Isaiah 7:14
- 7 Jeremiah 16:14–15; Jeremiah 23:3; Isaiah 43:18–19; Jeremiah 31:31–34
- 8 Amos 9:14–15; Isaiah 43:5–6; Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 39:28; Zephaniah 3:20
- 9 Habakkuk 3:16; Lamentations 3:15; Isaiah 51:21; Daniel 8:27; Psalm 60:3
- 10 Psalm 107:34; Hosea 4:2–3; Jeremiah 5:7–8; Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 9:10
- 11 Jeremiah 6:13; Zephaniah 3:4; Matthew 21:12–13; Jeremiah 32:34; Ezekiel 23:39
- 12 Jeremiah 13:16; Psalm 35:6; Jeremiah 11:23; Proverbs 4:19; John 12:35
- 13 Jeremiah 2:8; Isaiah 9:16; Hosea 9:7–8; 1 Kings 18:18–21; 2 Chronicles 33:9
- 14 Jeremiah 29:23; Isaiah 1:9–10; Ezekiel 22:25; Genesis 18:20; Jeremiah 14:14
- 15 Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:15; Lamentations 3:15; Psalm 69:21; Lamentations 3:5
- 16 Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:6; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Galatians 1:8–9; Jeremiah 27:9–10
- 17 Micah 3:11; Jeremiah 13:10; Amos 9:10; Deuteronomy 29:19; Jeremiah 5:12
- 18 Jeremiah 23:22; Psalm 25:14; 1 Corinthians 2:16; Amos 3:7; John 15:15
- 19 Jeremiah 30:23; Jeremiah 25:32; Amos 1:14; Isaiah 21:1; Proverbs 10:25
- 20 Jeremiah 30:24; Isaiah 55:11; Genesis 49:1; Proverbs 21:30; Zechariah 1:6
- 21 Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah 23:32; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 28:15
- 22 Zechariah 1:4; Jeremiah 23:18; Jeremiah 25:5; Ezekiel 13:22; Jeremiah 35:15
- 23 Psalm 139:1–10; Jonah 1:3–4; Ezekiel 20:32–35; Psalm 113:5; 1 Kings 20:23
- 24 Proverbs 15:3; Psalm 139:7; Psalm 90:8; Isaiah 29:15; Amos 9:2–3
- 25 Jeremiah 23:32; Joel 2:28; Jeremiah 29:8; Jeremiah 23:28; Numbers 12:6
- 26 1 Timothy 4:1–2; Jeremiah 14:14; 2 Peter 2:13–16; 2 Timothy 4:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11
- 27 Judges 8:33–34; Judges 3:7; Acts 13:8; Judges 10:6; 2 Kings 21:3
- 28 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Luke 12:42; Proverbs 14:5; Matthew 24:45
- 29 Hebrews 4:12; Jeremiah 5:14; Luke 24:32; Jeremiah 20:9; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
- 30 Deuteronomy 18:20; Ezekiel 13:8; Jeremiah 14:14–15; Psalm 34:16; Ezekiel 13:20
- 31 Jeremiah 23:17; 2 Chronicles 18:10–12; Isaiah 30:10; 2 Chronicles 18:5; 2 Chronicles 18:19–21
- 32 Zephaniah 3:4; Ezekiel 13:7–18; Lamentations 2:14; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 7:8
- 33 Malachi 1:1; Jeremiah 12:7; Nahum 1:1; Hosea 9:12; Deuteronomy 32:19–20
- 34 Zechariah 13:3; Lamentations 2:14
- 35 Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 33:3; Jeremiah 42:4; Hebrews 8:11
- 36 Isaiah 3:8; 2 Peter 3:16; Jeremiah 10:10; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 120:3
- 38 2 Chronicles 11:13–14
- 39 Jeremiah 23:33; Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 34:20; Isaiah 51:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:9
- 40 Jeremiah 20:11; Ezekiel 5:14–15; Jeremiah 42:18; Deuteronomy 28:37; Jeremiah 24:9
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
And how shall we preserve the truth that God pervades all things and fills all, as it is written "Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord," and "The Spirit of the Lord filleth the world," if God partly contains and partly is contained?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
as the Scriptures say, Do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
And who is this but our God, the God that created heaven and earth, and filleth them, because by filling them He created them?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… gave their roundness to the eye and to the apple; and the other natural objects which we anywhere see, received also their form, not from without, but from the secret and profound might of the Creator, who said, "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" and whose wisdom it is that "reacheth from one end to another mightily; and sweetly …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)