Jer 2:8, 3:15, 10:21, 12:10, Eze 33:24, Joh 10:1-2, 12 | ESV | STEP | The priests did not say , Where is the Lord ? Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do not profit .

Jeremiah 2:8

8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
^aThose who handle the law did not know me;
^bthe shepherds ^{▼▼Or rulers} transgressed against me;
^dthe prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after ^ethings that do not profit.

Jeremiah 3:15

15 “‘And ^fI will give you shepherds after my own heart, ^gwho will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Jeremiah 10:21

21 ^hFor the shepherds ⁱare stupid
and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
^jand all their flock is scattered.

Jeremiah 12:10

10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard;
^kthey have trampled down my portion;
they have made my pleasant portion
a desolate wilderness.

Ezekiel 33:24

24 ^l“Son of man, the inhabitants of these ^mwaste places in the land of Israel keep saying, ⁿ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but ^owe are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’

John 10:1-2

I Am the Good Shepherd

1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:12

12 He who is ^pa hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^qleaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and ^rscatters them.