Ezekiel 34:1-5 New International Version
The Lord Will Be Israel’s Shepherd
34 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?(A) 3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.(B) 4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed(C) the sick or bound up(D) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(E) 5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd,(F) and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.(G)
Cross references
- Ezekiel 34:2 : Ps 78:70-72; Isa 40:11; Jer 3:15; S 23:1; Mic 3:11; Jn 10:11; 21:15-17; Jude 1:12
- Ezekiel 34:3 : Isa 56:11; S Eze 22:27; Am 6:4; Zec 11:5
- Ezekiel 34:4 : S Isa 3:7
- Ezekiel 34:4 : S Isa 1:6
- Ezekiel 34:4 : ver 16; S Lev 25:43; Mic 3:3; Zec 11:15-17
- Ezekiel 34:5 : S Nu 27:17
- Ezekiel 34:5 : ver 28; S Isa 56:9; Ac 20:29
Ezekiel 34:10 New International Version
10 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against(A) the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue(B) my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.(C)
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