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. 5 They were scattered for lack of a shepherd;e they became food for all the wild animalsf when they were scattered. 6 My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill.g My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.