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The
Lord Will Be Israel’s Shepherd
34:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
34:2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,
prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto
the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do
feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye
kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye
healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that
which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which
was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost;
but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
34:5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd:
and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when
they were scattered.
34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon
every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the
face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
34:8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock
became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of
the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my
shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed
themselves, and fed not my flock;
34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the
shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and
cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall
the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver
my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for
them.
34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will
both search my sheep, and seek them out.
34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that
he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out
my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they
have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather
them from the countries, and will bring them to their own
land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the
rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high
mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they
lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed
upon the mountains of Israel.
34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie
down, saith the Lord GOD.
34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that
which was driven away, and will bind up that which was
broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will
destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with
judgment.
34:17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams
and the he goats.
34:18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up
the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the
residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep
waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
34:19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have
trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have
fouled with your feet.
34:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold,
I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the
lean cattle.
34:21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder,
and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have
scattered them abroad;
34:22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no
more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he
shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them,
and he shall be their shepherd.
34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant
David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and
will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and
they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the
woods.
34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my
hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in
his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and
the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe
in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I
have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out
of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
34:28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen,
neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they
shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and
they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land,
neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
34:30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am
with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my
people, saith the Lord GOD.
34:31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men,
and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD. |
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