Quotes about Shepherds

Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.

They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.

For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,

Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.