Ezekiel 34:17-22

English Standard Version

¹⁷ “As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: ^(A)Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and ^(B)male goats. ¹⁸ Is 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 ^(C)clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet? ¹⁹ And 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. ²¹ Because you push with side and shoulder, and ^(D)thrust at all the ^(E)weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad, ²² I will rescue^[a] my flock; ^(F)they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep.