Eze 34:2-10, Zec 10:3, Joh 10:12-13 | ESV | STEP | Son of man , prophesy against the shepherds of Israel ; prophesy , and say to them, even to the shepherds , Thus says the Lord God : Ah , shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves ! Should not shepherds feed the sheep ?

2 ^a“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: ^bAh, shepherds of Israel ^cwho have been feeding yourselves! ^dShould not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 ^eYou eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, ^fyou slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. 4 ^gThe weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, ^hthe injured you have not bound up, ⁱthe strayed you have not brought back, ^jthe lost you have not sought, and with force and ^kharshness you have ruled them. 5 ^lSo they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and ^mthey became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; 6 they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, ⁿwith none to search or seek for them.

7 “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 ^oAs I live, declares the Lord God, surely because ^pmy sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep, 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 Thus says the Lord God, ^qBehold, I am against the shepherds, and ^rI will require my sheep at their hand and ^sput a stop to their feeding the sheep. ^tNo longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. ^uI will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.

Zechariah 10:3

3 ^v“My anger is hot against the shepherds,
and ^wI will punish the leaders; ^{▼▼Hebrew the male goats}
for ^ythe Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.

John 10:12-13

12 He who is ^za hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^aaleaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and ^abscatters them. 13 He flees because ^ache is a hired hand and ^adcares nothing for the sheep.