Ezekiel:34

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* And the Word of the LORD came to me , saying , * Son of man , prophesy against the shepherds of Israel . Prophesy and say to them , So says the Lord Jehovah to the shepherds : Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves ! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks ? * You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool ; you kill the fat ones , [but ] you do not feed the flock . * You have not made the weak strong , nor have you healed the sick , nor have you bound up the broken . You have not brought again those driven away , nor have you sought that which was lost ; but you have ruled them with force and with cruelty . * And they were scattered for lack of a shepherd . And they became food to all the beasts of the field when they were scattered . * My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill . Yea , My flock was scattered on all the face of the earth , and none searched nor sought for them . * Therefore , shepherds , hear the Word of the LORD : * [As ] I live , says the Lord Jehovah , surely because My flock became a prey , and My flock became food to every beast of the field , because [there was ] no shepherd , nor did My shepherds search [for ] My flock , but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock , * therefore , O shepherds , hear the Word of the LORD . * So says the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I [am ] against the shepherds , and I will require My flock at their hand , and cause them to cease from feeding the flock . Nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more ; for I will deliver My flock from their mouth , and they will not be food to devour . * For so says the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out . * As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his scattered sheep , so I will seek out My sheep and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day . * And I will bring them out from the peoples , and gather them from the lands , and will bring them to their own land and feed them on the mountain of Israel by the rivers , and in all the places of the land where people live . * I will feed them in a good pasture , and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel . There they shall lie in a good fold , and [in ] a fat pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel . * I will feed My flock , and I will cause them to lie down , says the Lord Jehovah . * I will seek the lost , and bring again those driven away , and will bind up the broken , and will strengthen the sick . But I will destroy the fat and the strong ; I will feed them with judgment . * And you , My flock , says the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I judge between lamb and lamb , [between ] rams and he-goats . * Is it a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture , but you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet ? And to have drunk of the clear waters , but you must foul the rest with your feet ? * And My flock , they eat [what ] your feet have trampled , and they drink [what ] your feet have fouled . * So the Lord Jehovah says this to them : Behold I Myself will even judge between the fat lamb and the lean lamb . * Because you have thrust with side and with shoulder , and have pushed all the weak with your horns until you have scattered them to the outside , * therefore I will save My flock , and they shall no more be a prey . And I will judge between lamb and lamb . * And I will set up one Shepherd over them , and He shall feed them , My servant David . He shall feed them , and He shall be their Shepherd . * And I the LORD will be their God , and My servant David a ruler among them . I the LORD have spoken . * And I will make a covenant of peace with them , and will send the evil beasts out of the land . And they shall dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods . * And I will make them , and the places around My hill , a blessing ; and I will bring down the shower in its season . There shall be showers of blessing . * And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit , and the earth shall yield her increase . And they shall be safe in their land , and they shall know that I [am ] the LORD , when I have broken the bands of their yoke , and have delivered them out of the hands of those who enslaved them . * And no more shall they be a prey to the nations , nor shall the beast of the land eat them . But they shall dwell safely , and none shall terrify [them ]. * And I will raise up for them a [noted ] planting place , and they shall never again [be of ] those gathered by famine in the land , nor shall they bear the shame of the nations any more . * And they shall know that I , Jehovah their God , [am ] with them , and they , the house of Israel , [are ] My people , says the Lord Jehovah . * And you My sheep , the sheep of My pasture , [are ] men , and I [am ] your God , says the Lord Jehovah .

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