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Ezekiel 34:15-28
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15-16 I myself will be the Shepherd of my sheep and cause them to lie down in peace,” the Lord God says. “I will seek my lost ones, those who strayed away, and bring them safely home again. I will put splints and bandages upon their broken limbs and heal the sick. And I will destroy the powerful, fat shepherds; I will feed them, yes—feed them punishment!

17 “And as for you, O my flock—my people,” the Lord God says, “I will judge you and separate good from bad, sheep from goats.

18 “Is it a small thing to you, O evil shepherds, that you not only keep the best of the pastures for yourselves, but trample down the rest? That you take the best water for yourselves and muddy the rest with your feet? 19 All that’s left for my flock is what you’ve trampled down; all they have to drink is water that you’ve fouled.”

20 Therefore the Lord God says: “I will surely judge between these fat shepherds and their scrawny sheep. 21 For these shepherds push and butt and crowd my sick and hungry flock until they’re scattered far away. 22 So I myself will save my flock; no more will they be picked on and destroyed. And I will notice which is plump and which is thin, and why!

23 “And I will set one Shepherd over all my people, even my Servant David. He shall feed them and be a Shepherd to them.

24 “And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my Servant David shall be a Prince among my people. I, the Lord, have spoken it.

25 “I will make a peace pact with them and drive away the dangerous animals from the land, so that my people can safely camp in the wildest places and sleep safely in the woods. 26 I will make my people and their homes around my hill a blessing. And there shall be showers, showers of blessing, for I will not shut off the rains but send them in their seasons. 27 Their fruit trees and fields will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken off their chains of slavery and delivered them from those who profiteered at their expense, they shall know I am the Lord. 28 No more will other nations conquer them nor wild animals attack. They shall live in safety and no one shall make them afraid.

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Ezekiel 34:15-28
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15 I myself[a] will feed my flock and I myself[b] will allow them to lie down,” declares[c] the Lord Yahweh. 16 “I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the scattered, and I will bind up the one hurt, and I will strengthen the sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed her with justice.”

17 “‘And you, my flock, thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am judging between one sheep and another,[d] between the rams and between the he-goats. 18 Is it not enough for you[e] that you feed on the good pasture? And still you must trample the remainder of your pasture with your feet, and clear water[f] you drink, and the leftover water[g] you must make muddy with your feet. 19 And my flock must graze the pasture treaded upon by[h] your feet, and must drink the mud puddle stirred up by[i] your feet.”

20 “‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: “Look! I, even I will judge between fat sheep and between lean sheep, 21 because with your flank and with your shoulder you shoved, and with your horns you pushed all of the sick animals until[j] you scattered it[k] to the outside. 22 And so I will save my flock, and they will no longer be[l] for plunder, and I will judge between one sheep and another.[m] 23 And I will set up over them one shepherd, and he will feed them; that is, my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be for them as[n] a shepherd. 24 And I, Yahweh, I will be for them as God,[o] and my servant David will be a leader in the midst of them. I, Yahweh, I have spoken. 25 And I will make them a covenant of peace, and I will put an end to wild animals[p] from the land, and they will dwell in the desert safely,[q] and they will sleep in the forest. 26 And I will make them and the area all around my hill a blessing, and I will let the rain go down at its appointed time;[r] they will be rains of blessing. 27 And the tree[s] of the field will give its fruit, and the land will give its produce, and they will be on their land safely,[t] and they will know that I am Yahweh when I break their yoke, and I will deliver them from the hand of the ones enslaving them. 28 And they will not be any longer plunder to the nations, and the animals of the land will not eat them, and they will dwell in safety,[u] and there will not be anyone frightening them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:15 Literally “I, I”
  2. Ezekiel 34:15 Literally “I, I”
  3. Ezekiel 34:15 Literally “declaration of”
  4. Ezekiel 34:17 Literally “small sheep and small sheep”
  5. Ezekiel 34:18 Literally “is it too little from you”
  6. Ezekiel 34:18 Literally “and settling of water”
  7. Ezekiel 34:18 Literally “water being left”
  8. Ezekiel 34:19 Hebrew “of”
  9. Ezekiel 34:19 Hebrew “of”
  10. Ezekiel 34:21 Literally “until that”
  11. Ezekiel 34:21 Or “them”
  12. Ezekiel 34:22 Literally “not they will be longer for plunder”
  13. Ezekiel 34:22 Literally “sheep and sheep”
  14. Ezekiel 34:23 Or “like”
  15. Ezekiel 34:24 Literally “to a God”
  16. Ezekiel 34:25 Hebrew “animal”
  17. Ezekiel 34:25 Literally “with confidence/trust”
  18. Ezekiel 34:26 Literally “in time his”
  19. Ezekiel 34:27 Or “trees”
  20. Ezekiel 34:27 Literally “with/in conficence”
  21. Ezekiel 34:28 Literally “with confidence”
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Ezekiel 34:15-28
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15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down,(A) declares the Sovereign Lord.(B) 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up(C) the injured and strengthen the weak,(D) but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.(E) I will shepherd the flock with justice.(F)

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.(G) 18 Is it not enough(H) for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet?(I) 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.(J) 21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns(K) 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.(L) 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(M) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(N) 24 I the Lord will be their God,(O) and my servant David(P) will be prince among them.(Q) I the Lord have spoken.(R)

25 “‘I will make a covenant(S) of peace(T) with them and rid the land of savage beasts(U) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.(V) 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a](W) I will send down showers in season;(X) there will be showers of blessing.(Y) 27 The trees will yield their fruit(Z) and the ground will yield its crops;(AA) the people will be secure(AB) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(AC) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(AD) 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,(AE) and no one will make them afraid.(AF)

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Footnotes

  1. 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
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