20 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: “Behold, I, I Myself will also judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Since you push away with your side and shoulder, and (A)gore all the [a]weak with your horns until you have scattered them [b]abroad, 22 therefore, I will (B)save My flock, and they will no longer be plunder; and I will judge between one sheep and another.

23 “Then I will (C)appoint over them one (D)shepherd, My servant (E)David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd. 24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant (F)David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:21 Or sick
  2. Ezekiel 34:21 Lit to the outside

20 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will surely judge between the fat sheep and the scrawny sheep. 21 For you fat sheep pushed and butted and crowded my sick and hungry flock until you scattered them to distant lands. 22 So I will rescue my flock, and they will no longer be abused. I will judge between one animal of the flock and another. 23 And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them. 24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the Lord, have spoken!

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