Isaiah 56:10-12
10 aHis watchmen are blind;they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent bdogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 cThe dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But dthey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
eeach to his own gain, one and all.
12 f“Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
gand tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”
Ezekiel 34:2-5
2 h“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: iAh, shepherds of Israel jwho have been feeding yourselves! kShould not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 lYou eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, myou slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. 4 nThe weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, othe injured you have not bound up, pthe strayed you have not brought back, qthe lost you have not sought, and with force and rharshness you have ruled them. 5 sSo they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and tthey became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered;Zechariah 11:4-5
4Thus said the Lord my God: u“Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. 5 vThose who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, wI have become rich,’ and their own shepherds have no pity on them.Zechariah 11:16-17
16For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd xwho does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but ydevours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.17 z“Woe to my worthless shepherd,
aawho deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and abhis right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”
John 10:8
8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.John 10:10
10The thief comes only to steal and ackill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.Romans 16:18
18For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but adtheir own appetites, ▼▼Greek their own belly
and afby smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
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