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Ezekiel 34 1And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying, 2Son of
man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto
them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the
shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds
feed the sheep? 3Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool,
ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep. 4The diseased
have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick,
neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought
back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was
lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them. 5And
they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became
food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered. 6My
sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:
yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there
was none that did search or seek [after them]. 7Therefore, ye
shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah: 8As I live, saith the Lord
Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep
became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no
shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the
shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep; 9therefore, ye
shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah: 10Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my
sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep;
neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will
deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them. 11For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will
search for my sheep, and will seek them out. 12As a shepherd
seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are
scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them
out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and
dark day. 13And I will bring them out from the peoples, and
gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own
land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the
watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14I
will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height
of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good
fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 15I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause
them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah. 16I will seek that
which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and
will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was
sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in
justice. 17And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the
he-goats. 18Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon
the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of
your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul
the residue with your feet? 19And as for my sheep, they eat that
which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have
fouled with your feet. 20Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah
unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the
lean sheep. 21Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and
push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them
abroad; 22therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more
be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23And I will
set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant
David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24And
I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them;
I, Jehovah, have spoken it. 25And I will make with them a
covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land;
and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the
woods. 26And I will make them and the places round about my hill
a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season;
there shall be showers of blessing. 27And the tree of the field
shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they
shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah,
when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out
of the hand of those that made bondmen of them. 28And they shall
no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beasts of the earth
devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them
afraid. 29And I will raise up unto them a plantation for renown,
and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither
bear the shame of the nations any more. 30And they shall know
that I, Jehovah, their God am with them, and that they, the house of
Israel, are my people, saith the Lord Jehovah. 31And ye my sheep,
the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord
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