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Idols tell lies;
    fortune-tellers see false visions
and tell about false dreams.
    The comfort they give is worth nothing.
So the people are like lost sheep.
    They are abused, because there is no shepherd.

The Lord says, “I am angry at my shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders.
I, the Lord All-Powerful, care
    for my flock, the people of Judah.
    I will make them like my proud war horses.
From Judah will come the cornerstone,
    and the tent peg,
    the battle bow,
    and every ruler.

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The idols(A) speak deceitfully,
    diviners(B) see visions that lie;
they tell dreams(C) that are false,
    they give comfort in vain.(D)
Therefore the people wander like sheep
    oppressed for lack of a shepherd.(E)

“My anger burns against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders;(F)
for the Lord Almighty will care
    for his flock, the people of Judah,
    and make them like a proud horse in battle.(G)
From Judah will come the cornerstone,(H)
    from him the tent peg,(I)
from him the battle bow,(J)
    from him every ruler.

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