2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves!b Shouldn’t the shepherds feed their flock? 3 You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.c 4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost.d Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.