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 , "Thus says the Lord GOD 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 slaughter the fatlings , but you do not feed the flock . * The weak you have not strengthened , nor have you healed those who were sick , nor bound up the broken , nor brought back what was driven away , nor sought what was lost ; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them . * So they were scattered because there was no shepherd ; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered . * My sheep wandered through all the mountains , and on every high hill ; yes , My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth , and no one was seeking or searching for them ." * "Therefore , you shepherds , hear the word of the LORD : * "As I live ," says the Lord GOD , "surely because My flock became a prey , and My flock became food for 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 ! * Thus says the Lord GOD : "Behold , I am against the shepherds , and I will require My flock at their hand ; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep , and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more ; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths , that they may no longer be food for them ." * "For thus says the Lord GOD : "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out . * As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep , so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day . * And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries , and will bring them to their own land ; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel , in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country . * I will feed them in good pasture , and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel . There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel . * I will feed My flock , and I will make them lie down ," says the Lord GOD . * "I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away , bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick ; but I will destroy the fat and the strong , and feed them in judgment ." * "And as for you , O My flock , thus says the Lord GOD : "Behold , I shall judge between sheep and sheep , between rams and goats . * Is it too little for you to have eaten up the good pasture , that you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture--and to have drunk of the clear waters , that you must foul the residue with your feet ? * And as for My flock , they eat what you have trampled with your feet , and they drink what you have fouled with your feet ." * "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them : "Behold , I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep . * Because you have pushed with side and shoulder , butted all the weak ones with your horns , and scattered them abroad , * therefore I will save My flock , and they shall no longer be a prey ; and I will judge between sheep and sheep . * I will establish one shepherd over them , and he shall feed them--My servant David . He shall feed them and be their shepherd . * And I , the LORD , will be their God , and My servant David a prince among them ; I , the LORD , have spoken . * "I will make a covenant of peace with them , and cause wild beasts to cease from the land ; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods . * I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing ; and I will cause showers to come down in their season ; there shall be showers of blessing . * Then the trees of the field shall yield their fruit , and the earth shall yield her increase . 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 delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them . * And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations , nor shall beasts of the land devour them ; but they shall dwell safely , and no one shall make them afraid . * I will raise up for them a garden of renown , and they shall no longer be consumed with hunger in the land , nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore . * Thus they shall know that I , the LORD their God , am with them , and they , the house of Israel , are My people ," says the Lord GOD ."' * "You are My flock , the flock of My pasture ; you are men , and I am your God ," says the Lord GOD .

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