Ezekiel 34:5-12

English Standard Version

^5 (A)So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and ^(B)they became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; ⁶ they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, ^(C)with none to search or seek for them.

⁷ “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ^8 (D)As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because ^(E)my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep, ⁹ therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ¹⁰ Thus says the Lord God, ^(F)Behold, I am against the shepherds, and ^(G)I will require my sheep at their hand and ^(H)put a stop to their feeding the sheep. ^(I)No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. ^(J)I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.

The Lord God Will Seek Them Out

¹¹ “For thus says the Lord God: ^(K)Behold, I, I ^(L)myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. ¹² As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on ^(M)a day of clouds and ^(N)thick darkness.