Ezekiel 34

34And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ²Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; ^aWoe be to the shepherds of Israel ^bthat do feed themselves! ^cshould not the shepherds feed the flocks? ^3dYe eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ^eye kill them that are fed: but ^eeye feed not the flock. ^4fgThe diseased have ye not strengthened, neither ^hhave ye healed that which was sick, neither ^fihave ye bound up ^hthat which was broken, neither ^fhave ye brought again ^kthat which was driven away, neither ^flhave ye sought that which was lost; but with force and ^mwith cruelty have ye ruled them. ⁵And ⁿthey were scattered, ^||nobecause there is no shepherd: and ^pthey became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. ^6ppMy sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and ^qnone did search or seek after them.

⁷Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord; ^8rAs I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock ^sbecame a prey, and my flock ^pbecame meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but ^bthe shepherds fed themselves, and ^eefed not my flock; ⁹Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord; ¹⁰Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and ^tI will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds ^bfeed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, ^pthat they may not be meat for them.

¹¹For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, ^qI, even I, will ^rrboth search my sheep, and ^lseek them out. ^12†As ^ssa shepherd ^lseeketh 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 ^ttthe cloudy and ^tudark day. ¹³And I will bring them out from the people, and ^vgather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon ^wthe mountains of Israel by ^xthe rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. ^14yI will feed them in a good pasture, and upon ^zthe high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: ^athere shall they lie in a good fold, and in a ^bfat pasture shall they feed upon ^wthe mountains of Israel. ^15cI will feed my flock, and ^aI will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. ^16dI will seek that which was lost, and ^dbring again that which was driven away, and ^dwill bind up that which was broken, and ^dwill strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy ^ethe fat and the strong; I will feed them ^fwith judgment. ¹⁷And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; ^gBehold, I judge between ^†cattle and cattle, ^hbetween the rams and ⁱthe ^†he goats. ^18jSeemeth 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 ^kdeep waters, but ye must ^lfoul the residue with your feet? ¹⁹And as for my flock, they eat ^mthat which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink ^lthat which ye have fouled with your feet.

²⁰Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; ^gBehold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. ²¹Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and ⁿpushed all ^othe diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; ²²Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be ^pa prey; and ^gI will judge between cattle and cattle. ²³And I will set up ^qone shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, ^reven ^smy servant David; ^qhe shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. ²⁴And ^tI the Lord will be their God, and ^rsmy servant David ^ua prince among them; ^vI the Lord have spoken it. ²⁵And I will make with them ^wa covenant of peace, and ^xwill cause ^ythe evil beasts to cease out of the land: and ^zthey shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and ^zzsleep in the woods. ²⁶And I will make them and the places round about ^amy hill ^ba blessing; and ^cI will cause ^dthe shower to come down in his season; there shall be ^eshowers of blessing. ²⁷And ^cthe tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and ^cfthe earth shall yield her increase, and ^gthey shall be safe in their land, ^hand shall know that I am the Lord, ⁱwhen I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that ^kserved themselves of them. ²⁸And they shall no more ^lbe a prey to the heathen, ^gneither shall the beast of the land devour them; but ^gmthey shall dwell safely, and ^mnnone shall make them afraid. ²⁹And I will raise up for them ^oa plant ^||of renown, and they shall be no more ^†pconsumed with hunger in the land, neither ^qbear ^rthe shame of the heathen any more. ³⁰Thus ^sshall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and ^tthat they, even the house of Israel, are ^umy people, saith the Lord God. ³¹And ye my flock, ^uvthe flock of my pasture, ^ware men, and ^sI am your God, saith the Lord God.