Ezekiel 34:8-16

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because ^(B)my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep, ⁹therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ¹⁰Thus says the Lord God, ^(C)Behold, I am against the shepherds, and ^(D)I will require my sheep at their hand and ^(E)put a stop to their feeding the sheep. ^(F)No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. ^(G)I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.

The Lord God Will Seek Them Out

¹¹“For thus says the Lord God: ^(H)Behold, I, I ^(I)myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. ¹²As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on ^(J)a day of clouds and ^(K)thick darkness. ¹³And I will bring them out from the peoples ^(L)and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on ^(M)the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. ¹⁴^(N)I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. ^(O)There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵^(P)I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, ^(Q)and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. ¹⁶^(R)I will seek the lost, ^(S)and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and ^(T)the fat and the strong I will destroy.^[a] I will feed them in justice.