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The Branch of Righteousness

1 “Woe ato the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.  
2 Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. aBehold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the Lord.  
3 “But aI will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.  
4 I will set up ashepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord. 
5 “Behold, athe days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;
A King shall reign and1 prosper,
bAnd execute1 judgment and righteousness in the2 earth. 
6 aIn His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel bwill dwell safely;
Now cthis is His name by which He will be called: 1THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.  
7 “Therefore, behold, athe days are coming,” says the Lord, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’  
8 but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country aand from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own bland.” 
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What Does Jeremiah 23:1 Mean?

God promises He has not forgotten His people and will punish those most responsible. Although sin existed from the top to the bottom within the church, the ministry bears the major portion of responsibility for the church's scattered, weak condition, having failed to act when it should have. God undoubtedly expected more from the ministry than what was given to Him and to the people.




Jeremiah 23:1-3

We have a wonderful promise from God—that He has not forgotten about us and that He will punish those who are most responsible. Even though there was sin from the top to the bottom within the church, the ministry bears the major portion of the responsibility for the church's scattered, weak condition because we should have done something. He undoubtedly expects more of us than we gave to Him—and than we gave to you.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Avoiding Superficiality

Related Topics: Minister | Minister, Duty of | Ministry | Ministry, Function of | Ministry, Responsibility of | Responsibilities, Increased | Responsibility | Responsibility, Sense of | Responsibility, Varying Levels of | Scattering | Scattering of Church




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Jeremiah 23:1:

1 Peter 5:1-3
Revelation 3:7


 
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