Eze 34 | EngLXX | STEP | And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 34

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to the shepherds,Thus says the Lord God; O shepherds of Israel, do shepherds feed themselves? do not the shepherds feedthe sheep? 3 Behold, you⌃ feed on the milk, and clothe yourselves with the wool, and kill the fat:but you⌃ feed not my sheep. 4 The weak one you⌃ have not strengthened, and the sick you⌃ have not cherished, and thebruised you⌃ have not bound up, and the stray one you⌃ have not turned back, and the lost you⌃ have notsought; and the strong you⌃ have wearied with labor. 5 And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat toall the wild beasts of the field. 6 And my sheep were scattered on every mountain, and on every high hill: yes, they werescattered on the face of the earth, and there was none to seek them out, nor to bring them back. 7 Therefore, you⌃ shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. 8 As I live, says the Lord God, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became meatto all the wild beasts of the field, because there were no shepherds, and the shepherds sought not outmy sheep, and the shepherds fed themselves, but fed not my sheep. 9 For this cause, O shepherds, 10 thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheepat their hands, and will turn them back that they shall not feed my sheep, and the shepherds shall nolonger feed them; and I will deliver my sheep out of their mouth, and they shall no longer be meat forthem. 11 For thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will seek out my sheep, and will visit them. 12 As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in themidst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from everyplace where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness. 13 And I will bring them out from the Gentiles, and will gather them from the countries,and will bring them into their own land, and will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, and in the valleys,and in every inhabited place of the land. 14 I will feed them in a good pasture, on a high mountain of Israel: and their folds shallbe there, and they shall lie down, and there shall they rest in perfect prosperity, and they shall feedin a fat pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to rest; and they shall know that I am theLord: thus says the Lord God. 16 I will seek that which is lost, and I will recover the stray one, and will bind up thatwhich was broken, and will strengthen the fainting, and will guard the strong, and will feed them withjudgment. 17 Andas for you, you⌃ sheep, thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will distinguish between sheep andsheep,between rams and he-goats. 18 Andis it not enough for you that you⌃ fed on the good pasture, that you⌃ trampled with your feetthe remnant of your pasture? andthat you⌃ drank the standing water,that you⌃ disturbed the residue with your feet? 19 So my sheep fed on that which you⌃ had trampled with your feet; and they drank the waterthat had been disturbed by your feet. 20 Therefore thus says the Lord God; Behold, I will separate between the strong sheep andthe weak sheep. 21 You⌃ did thrust with your sides and shoulders, and pushed with your horns, and you⌃ cruellytreated all the sick. 22 Therefore I will save my sheep, and they shall not be any more for a prey; and will judgebetween ram and ram. 23 And I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he shall tend them,even my servant David, and he shall be their shepherd; 24 and I the Lord will be to them a God, and David a prince in the midst of them; I theLord have spoken it. 25 And I will make with David a covenant of peace and I will utterly destroy evil beastsfrom off the land; and they shall dwell in the wilderness, and sleep in the forests. 26 And I will settle them round about my mountain; and I will give you the rain, the rainof blessing. 27 And the trees that are in the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yieldher strength, and they shall dwell in the confidence of peace on their land, and they shall know thatI am the Lord, when I have broken their yoke; and I will deliver them out of the hand of those that enslavedthem. 28 And they shall no more be a spoil to the nations, and the wild beasts of the land shallno more at all devour them; and they shall dwell safely, and there shall be none to make them afraid. 29 And I will raise up for them a plant of peace, and they shall no more perish with hungerupon the land, and they shall no more bear the reproach of the nations. 30 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, and they my people. O house of Israel,says the Lord God, 31 you⌃ are my sheep, even the sheep of my flock, and I am the Lord your God, says the LordGod.