Ezekiel:34

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* And the word of the Lord came unto me , saying , * Son of man , prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel ; prophesy , and say unto them , unto the shepherds , Thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Woe to the shepherds of Israel who do feed themselves ! should not the shepherds feed the flocks ? * The fat ye eat , and with the wool ye clothe yourselves , those that are well fed ye slaughter ; but the flock ye feed not . * The diseased have ye not strengthened , and the sick have ye not healed , and that which had a limb broken have ye not bound up , and the strayed have ye not brought back again , and what was lost have ye not sought for ; but with force have ye ruled them and with rigor . * And they were scattered for want of a shepherd ; and they became food unto all the beasts of the field , and they were scattered . * My sheep have to wander about on all the mountains , and upon every high hill : yea , over all the face of the land are my flock scattered , and there is none that inquireth and none that seeketh . * Therefore , ye shepherds , hear the word of the Lord , * As I live , saith the Lord Eternal , surely because my flock became a prey , and my flock became food unto every beast of the field , because there was no shepherd , and my shepherds did not inquire for my flock , but the shepherds fed themselves , and my flock they fed not : * Therefore , O ye shepherds , hear the word of the Lord , * Thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Behold , I will be against the shepherds , and I will require my flock from their hand , and I will stop them from feeding the flock ; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more : and I will deliver my flock out of their mouth , that they may not serve them for food . * For thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Behold , I am here , and I will both inquire for my flocks , and search for them . * As a shepherd searcheth for his flock on the day that he is among his flocks that are scattered : so will I search for my flocks ; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered on the day of clouds and darkness . * And I will bring them out from the people , and gather them from the countries , and I will bring them to their own land ; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel , in the ravines , and in all the inhabited places of the country . * On a good pasture will I feed them , and upon the high mountains of Israel shall be their fold : there shall they lie in a good fold , and in a fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel . * I myself will feed my flock , and I myself will cause them to lie down , saith the Lord Eternal . * That which was lost will I seek for , and that which was gone astray will I bring back again , and that which had a limb broken will I bind up , and the sick will I strengthen : but the fat and the strong will I destroy ; I will feed them in justice . * And as for you , O my flock , thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Behold , I will judge between lamb and lamb , between the wethers and the he –goats . * Is it too little for you that ye can feed on the good pasture , that ye must tread down the residue of your pastures with your feet ? and that ye can drink clear waters , that ye must render muddy with your feet what is left ? * And as for my flock , what ye have trodden with your feet must they eat ; and what ye have made muddy with your feet must they drink . * Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal unto them , Behold , I am here , and I will judge between the fat lamb and the lean lamb . * Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder , and push with your horns all the diseased , till ye have scattered them abroad : * Therefore will I save my flock , and they shall no more be a prey ; and I will judge between lamb and lamb . * And I will appoint over them one shepherd , and he shall feed them , namely , my servant David : he it is that shall feed them , and he it is that shall be unto them for a shepherd . * And I the Lord ––I will be unto them for a God , and my servant David shall be a prince in their midst : I the Lord have spoken it . * And I will make with them a covenant of peace , and I will cause the wild beasts to cease out of the land : and they shall dwell in the wilderness in safety , and sleep in the forests . * And I will make them and the environs of my hill a blessing ; and I will cause the rain to come down in its season ; rains of blessing shall they be . * And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit , and the earth shall yield her products , and they shall be on their land in safety : and they shall know that I am the Lord , when I break the bands of their yoke , and deliver them out of the hand of those that had made them labor for them . * And they shall be no more a prey to the nations , and the beasts of the land shall not devour them ; but they shall dwell in safety , with none to make them afraid . * And I will raise up for them a plantation for a renown , and they shall be no more taken away by hunger in the land , neither bear the shameful reproach of the nations any more . * Thus shall they experience that I the Lord their God am with them , and that they , the house of Israel , are my people , saith the Lord Eternal . * And ye my flock , the flock of my pasture , are men , I am your God , saith the Lord Eternal .

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