Ezekiel 34:10-19
10Thus says the Lord God, aBehold, I am against the shepherds, and bI will require my sheep at their hand and cput a stop to their feeding the sheep. dNo longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. eI 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: fBehold, I, I gmyself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. 12As 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 ha day of clouds and ithick darkness. 13And I will bring them out from the peoples jand gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on kthe mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 lI will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. mThere they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. 15 nI myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, oand I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. 16 pI will seek the lost, qand I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and rthe fat and the strong I will destroy. ▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate I will watch over
I will feed them in justice. 17“As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: tBehold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and umale goats. 18Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of vclear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet? 19And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
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