Ezekiel 34:15-23

English Standard Version

¹⁵^(A)I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, ^(B)and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. ¹⁶^(C)I will seek the lost, ^(D)and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and ^(E)the fat and the strong I will destroy.^[a] I will feed them in justice.

¹⁷“As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: ^(F)Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and ^(G)male goats. ¹⁸Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of ^(H)clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet? ¹⁹And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

²⁰“Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. ²¹Because you push with side and shoulder, and ^(I)thrust at all the ^(J)weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad, ²²I will rescue^[b] my flock; ^(K)they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep. ²³And ^(L)I will set up over them one shepherd, ^(M)my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.