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Ezekiel 34
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Ezekiel 34
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The Lord Will Be Israel’s Shepherd
34 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?(A) 3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.(B) 4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed(C) the sick or bound up(D) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(E) 5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd,(F) and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.(G) 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill.(H) They were scattered(I) over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.(J)
7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered(K) and has become food for all the wild animals,(L) and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,(M) 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against(N) the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue(O) my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.(P)
11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep(Q) and look after them. 12 As a shepherd(R) looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.(S) 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather(T) them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land.(U) I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.(V) 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel(W) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture(X) on the mountains of Israel.(Y) 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down,(Z) declares the Sovereign Lord.(AA) 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up(AB) the injured and strengthen the weak,(AC) but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.(AD) I will shepherd the flock with justice.(AE)
17 “‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats.(AF) 18 Is it not enough(AG) for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet?(AH) Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.(AI) 21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns(AJ) until you have driven them away, 22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.(AK) 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(AL) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(AM) 24 I the Lord will be their God,(AN) and my servant David(AO) will be prince among them.(AP) I the Lord have spoken.(AQ)
25 “‘I will make a covenant(AR) of peace(AS) with them and rid the land of savage beasts(AT) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.(AU) 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a](AV) I will send down showers in season;(AW) there will be showers of blessing.(AX) 27 The trees will yield their fruit(AY) and the ground will yield its crops;(AZ) the people will be secure(BA) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(BB) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(BC) 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,(BD) and no one will make them afraid.(BE) 29 I will provide for them a land renowned(BF) for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine(BG) in the land or bear the scorn(BH) of the nations.(BI) 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.(BJ) 31 You are my sheep,(BK) the sheep of my pasture,(BL) and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed
Ezekiel 34
New King James Version
Ezekiel 34
New King James Version
Irresponsible Shepherds
34 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: (A)“Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 3 (B)You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you (C)slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock. 4 (D)The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor (E)sought what was lost; but with (F)force and [a]cruelty you have ruled them. 5 (G)So they were (H)scattered because there was no shepherd; (I)and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered. 6 My sheep (J)wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.”
7 ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 “As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock (K)became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, (L)but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock”— 9 therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord! 10 Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am (M)against the shepherds, and (N)I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall (O)feed themselves no more; for I will (P)deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them.”
God, the True Shepherd
11 ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 12 As a (Q)shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on (R)a cloudy and dark day. 13 And (S)I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, [b]in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 (T)I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. (U)There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God. 16 (V)“I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy (W)the fat and the strong, and feed them (X)in judgment.”
17 ‘And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord God: (Y)“Behold, I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats. 18 Is it too little for you to have eaten up the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the [c]residue of your pasture—and to have drunk of the clear waters, that you must foul the residue with your feet? 19 And as for My flock, they eat what you have trampled with your feet, and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.”
20 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: (Z)“Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep. 21 Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad, 22 therefore I will save My flock, and they shall no longer be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23 I will establish one (AA)shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—(AB)My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And (AC)I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David (AD)a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.
25 (AE)“I will make a covenant of peace with them, and (AF)cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they (AG)will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 I will make them and the places all around (AH)My hill (AI)a blessing; and I will (AJ)cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be (AK)showers of blessing. 27 Then (AL)the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have (AM)broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those who (AN)enslaved them. 28 And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations, nor shall beasts of the land devour them; but (AO)they shall dwell safely, and no one shall make them afraid. 29 I will raise up for them a (AP)garden[d] of renown, and they shall (AQ)no longer be consumed with hunger in the land, (AR)nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore. 30 Thus they shall know that (AS)I, the Lord their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are (AT)My people,” says the Lord God.’
31 “You are My (AU)flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord God.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 34:4 harshness or rigor
- Ezekiel 34:13 Or by the streams
- Ezekiel 34:18 remainder
- Ezekiel 34:29 Lit. planting place
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Ezequiel 34
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Profecía contra los pastores de Israel
34 Entonces vino a mí la palabra del Señor: 2 «Hijo de hombre, profetiza contra los pastores(A) de Israel; profetiza y di a los pastores: “Así dice el Señor Dios: ‘¡Ay de los pastores de Israel que se apacientan a sí mismos! ¿No deben los pastores apacentar(B) el rebaño(C)? 3 Comen la grasa(D), se han vestido con la lana, degüellan la oveja engordada, pero no apacientan el rebaño(E). 4 Ustedes no han fortalecido a las débiles, no han curado a la enferma, no han vendado a la herida, no han hecho volver a la descarriada, no han buscado a la perdida(F); sino que las han dominado con dureza y con severidad. 5 Las ovejas se han dispersado por falta de pastor, y se han convertido en alimento para toda fiera del campo. ¡Se han dispersado(G)! 6 Mis ovejas andaban errantes por todos los montes(H) y por toda colina alta. Mis ovejas han sido dispersadas(I) por toda la superficie de la tierra, sin haber quien las busque ni pregunte por ellas(J)’”».
7 Por tanto, pastores, oigan la palabra del Señor: 8 «Vivo Yo», declara el Señor Dios, «ya que Mi rebaño se ha convertido en presa, que incluso Mi rebaño se ha convertido en alimento para todas las fieras del campo por falta de pastor, y que Mis pastores no han buscado Mis ovejas, sino que los pastores se han apacentado a sí mismos y no han apacentado Mi rebaño(K), 9 por tanto, pastores, oigan la palabra del Señor: 10 “Así dice el Señor Dios(L): ‘Yo estoy contra los pastores y demandaré Mi rebaño de su mano y haré que dejen de apacentar el rebaño. Así los pastores ya no se apacentarán más a sí mismos(M), sino que Yo libraré Mis ovejas(N) de su boca, y no serán más alimento para ellos’”».
11 Porque así dice el Señor Dios: «Yo mismo buscaré Mis ovejas(O) y velaré por ellas. 12 Como un pastor vela por su rebaño el día que está en medio de sus ovejas dispersas, así Yo velaré por Mis ovejas(P) y las libraré de todos los lugares adonde fueron dispersadas(Q) un día nublado y sombrío(R). 13 Las sacaré de los pueblos y las juntaré de las tierras(S); las traeré a su propia tierra, y las apacentaré en los montes de Israel, por las barrancas(T) y por todos los lugares habitados del país. 14 Las apacentaré en buenos pastos, y en los altos montes de Israel estará su apacentadero. Allí reposarán en apacentadero bueno, y apacentarán en ricos pastos(U) sobre los montes de Israel(V). 15 Yo apacentaré Mis ovejas y las llevaré a reposar(W)», declara el Señor Dios. 16 «Buscaré la perdida, haré volver la descarriada, vendaré la herida y fortaleceré la enferma; pero destruiré la engordada y la fuerte(X). Las apacentaré con justicia(Y).
17 »Pero en cuanto a ustedes, ovejas Mías, así dice el Señor Dios: “Yo juzgaré entre oveja y oveja, entre carneros y machos cabríos(Z). 18 ¿Les parece poco comer en los buenos pastos(AA), para que después hollen con sus pies el resto de sus pastos; o que beban de las aguas claras, para que después enturbien el resto con sus pies? 19 Y en cuanto a Mis ovejas, tienen que comer lo que ustedes han hollado con sus pies, y tienen que beber lo que ustedes han enturbiado con sus pies”».
20 Por tanto, así les dice el Señor Dios: «Yo mismo juzgaré entre la oveja engordada y la oveja flaca. 21 Por cuanto ustedes han empujado con el costado y con el hombro, y han embestido con sus cuernos a todas las débiles hasta dispersarlas fuera(AB), 22 libraré Mis ovejas y ya no serán presa(AC); juzgaré entre oveja y oveja. 23 Entonces pondré sobre ellas un solo pastor(AD) que las apacentará(AE): Mi siervo David. Él las apacentará y será su pastor(AF). 24 Entonces Yo, el Señor, seré su Dios, y Mi siervo David será príncipe en medio de ellas(AG). Yo, el Señor, he hablado.
25 »Haré un pacto de paz con ellos(AH) y eliminaré de la tierra las bestias feroces(AI), para que habiten seguros(AJ) en el desierto y duerman en los bosques. 26 Haré de ellos y de los alrededores de mi collado una bendición(AK). Haré descender lluvias a su tiempo(AL); serán lluvias de bendición(AM). 27 El árbol del campo dará su fruto y la tierra dará sus productos, y ellos estarán seguros en su tierra(AN). Y sabrán que Yo soy el Señor cuando Yo quiebre las varas de su yugo y los libre de la mano de los que los han esclavizado(AO). 28 No serán más presa de las naciones, y las fieras de la tierra no los devorarán; sino que habitarán seguros y nadie los atemorizará(AP). 29 Estableceré para ellos un plantío de renombre(AQ), y no serán más víctimas del hambre en la tierra(AR), ni sufrirán más los insultos de las naciones(AS). 30 Entonces sabrán que Yo, el Señor su Dios, estoy con ellos, y que ellos, la casa de Israel, son Mi pueblo», declara el Señor Dios(AT). 31 «Ustedes, ovejas Mías, son el rebaño de Mi prado, hombres son, y Yo soy su Dios(AU)», declara el Señor Dios(AV).
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