Ezekiel:34-35
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And the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
prophesy against the shepherds of Israel ,
prophesy ,
and say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds ;
Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves !
should not the shepherds feed the flocks ?
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Ye eat the fat ,
and ye clothe you with the wool ,
ye kill them that are fed :
but ye feed not the flock .
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The 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 again that which was driven away ,
neither have ye sought that which was lost ;
but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them .
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And they were scattered ,
because there is no shepherd :
and they became meat to all the beasts of the field ,
when they were scattered .
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My sheep wandered through all the mountains ,
and upon every high hill :
yea ,
my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth ,
and none did search or seek after them .
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Therefore ,
ye shepherds ,
hear the word of the LORD ;
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As I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
surely because my flock became a prey ,
and my flock became meat to every beast of the field ,
because there was no shepherd ,
neither did my shepherds search for my flock ,
but the shepherds fed themselves ,
and fed not my flock ;
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Therefore ,
O ye shepherds ,
hear the word of the LORD ;
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Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
I am against the shepherds ;
and I will require my flock at their hand ,
and cause them to cease from feeding the flock ;
neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more ;
for I will deliver my flock from their mouth ,
that they may not be meat for them .
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For thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
I ,
even I ,
will both search my sheep ,
and seek them out .
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As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ;
so will I seek out my sheep ,
and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day .
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And I will bring them out from the people ,
and gather them from the countries ,
and will bring them to their own land ,
and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers ,
and in all the inhabited places of the country .
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I will feed them in a good pasture ,
and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be :
there shall they lie in a good fold ,
and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel .
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I will feed my flock ,
and I will cause them to lie down ,
saith the Lord GOD .
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I will seek that which was lost ,
and bring again that which was driven away ,
and will bind up that which was broken ,
and will strengthen that which was sick :
but I will destroy the fat and the strong ;
I will feed them with judgment .
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And as for you ,
O my flock ,
thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
I judge between cattle and cattle ,
between the rams and the he goats .
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Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture ,
but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures ?
and to have drunk of the deep waters ,
but ye must foul the residue with your feet ?
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And as for my flock ,
they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet ;
and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet .
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them ;
Behold ,
I ,
even I ,
will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle .
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Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder ,
and pushed all the diseased with your horns ,
till ye have scattered them abroad ;
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Therefore will I save my flock ,
and they shall no more be a prey ;
and I will judge between cattle and cattle .
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And 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 .
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And I the LORD will be their God ,
and my servant David a prince among them ;
I the LORD have spoken it .
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And I will make with them a covenant of peace ,
and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land :
and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness ,
and sleep in the woods .
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And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing ;
and I will cause the shower to come down in his season ;
there shall be showers of blessing .
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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 shall know that I am the LORD ,
when I have broken the bands of their yoke ,
and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them .
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And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen ,
neither shall the beast of the land devour them ;
but they shall dwell safely ,
and none shall make them afraid .
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And I will raise up for them a plant of renown ,
and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land ,
neither bear the shame of the heathen any more .
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Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them ,
and that they ,
even the house of Israel ,
are my people ,
saith the Lord GOD .
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And ye my flock ,
the flock of my pasture ,
are men ,
and I am your God ,
saith the Lord GOD .
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
set thy face against mount Seir ,
and prophesy against it ,
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And say unto it ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
O mount Seir ,
I am against thee ,
and I will stretch out mine hand against thee ,
and I will make thee most desolate .
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I will lay thy cities waste ,
and thou shalt be desolate ,
and thou shalt know that I am the LORD .
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Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred ,
and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity ,
in the time that their iniquity had an end :
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Therefore ,
as I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
I will prepare thee unto blood ,
and blood shall pursue thee :
sith thou hast not hated blood ,
even blood shall pursue thee .
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Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate ,
and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth .
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And I will fill his mountains with his slain men :
in thy hills ,
and in thy valleys ,
and in all thy rivers ,
shall they fall that are slain with the sword .
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I will make thee perpetual desolations ,
and thy cities shall not return :
and ye shall know that I am the LORD .
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Because thou hast said ,
These two nations and these two countries shall be mine ,
and we will possess it ;
whereas the LORD was there :
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Therefore ,
as I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
I will even do according to thine anger ,
and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them ;
and I will make myself known among them ,
when I have judged thee .
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And thou shalt know that I am the LORD ,
and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel ,
saying ,
They are laid desolate ,
they are given us to consume .
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Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me ,
and have multiplied your words against me :
I have heard them .
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Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
When the whole earth rejoiceth ,
I will make thee desolate .
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As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel ,
because it was desolate ,
so will I do unto thee :
thou shalt be desolate ,
O mount Seir ,
and all Idumea ,
even all of it :
and they shall know that I am the LORD .
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Also ,
thou son of man ,
prophesy unto the mountains of Israel ,
and say ,
Ye mountains of Israel ,
hear the word of the LORD :