Ezekiel 34:1-10
Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel
The word of the Lord came to me: 2 a“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: bAh, shepherds of Israel cwho have been feeding yourselves! dShould not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 aYou eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, byou slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. 4 aThe weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, bthe injured you have not bound up, bthe strayed you have not brought back, cthe lost you have not sought, and with force and dharshness you have ruled them. 5 aSo they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and bthey became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; 6 they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, awith none to search or seek for them.
7 “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 aAs I live, declares the Lord God, surely because bmy sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep, 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 Thus says the Lord God, aBehold, I am against the shepherds, and bI will require my sheep at their hand and cput a stop to their feeding the sheep. dNo longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. eI will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
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