Bible, King James Version
Ezekiel
Ezek.34
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] 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?
[3] Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye
kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
[4] 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.
[5] And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd:
and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they
were scattered.
[6] 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.
[7] Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the
LORD;
[8] 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;
[9] Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the
LORD;
[10] 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.
[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will
both search my sheep, and seek them out.
[12] 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.
[13] 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.
[14] 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.
[15] I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie
down, saith the Lord GOD.
[16] 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.
[17] 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.
[18] 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?
[19] 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.
[20] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold,
I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean
cattle.
[21] Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder,
and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have
scattered them abroad;
[22] Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no
more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
[23] 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.
[24] And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant
David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
[25] 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.
[26] 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.
[27] 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.
[28] 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.
[29] 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.
[30] 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.
[31] And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men,
and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
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