Shepherds
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from
generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent
there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there....
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Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished
the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the
house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the
battle....
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If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way
forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside
the shepherds' tents....
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(See SHEEP.) The nomadic state is one of the earliest stages
of society, and was regarded as honourable even to a chief
(Genesis 4:2; Genesis 4:20; Genesis 30:29 ff; Genesis 37);
chiefs' daughters did not disdain to tend flocks (Genesis
29:6, etc.; Exodus 2:19). The long stay in Egypt elevated
Israel from the nomadic to a settled life. The two...
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Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul
lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me....
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[There is] a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their
glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for
the pride of Jordan is spoiled....
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And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What [is] your occupation?
And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants [are] shepherds, both
we, [and] also our fathers....
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For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and
the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of
shepherds is called forth against him, [he] will not be afraid
of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so
shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and
for the hill thereof....
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And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them
into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go
even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass,
which the Lord hath made known unto us....
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My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused
them to go astray, they have turned them away [on] the
mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have
forgotten their restingplace....
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