^3 (A)You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you ^(B)slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock.

¹⁶ For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in ^(A)pieces.

⁵ whose owners slaughter them and ^(A)feel no guilt; those who sell them ^(B)say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do ^(C)not pity them.

Wicked Rulers and Prophets

3 And I said:

²⁵ “Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(A)“You eat meat with blood, you ^(B)lift up your eyes toward your idols, and ^(C)shed blood. Should you then possess the ^(D)land? ²⁶ You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you ^(E)defile one another’s wives. Should you then possess the land?” ’

^25 (A)The conspiracy of her ^[a]prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they ^(B)have devoured ^[b]people; ^(C)they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. ^26 (D)Her priests have ^[c]violated My law and ^(E)profaned My holy things; they have not ^(F)distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. ²⁷ Her ^(G)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy ^[d]people, and to get dishonest gain. ^28 (H)Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, ^(I)seeing false visions, and divining ^(J)lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken.