Isa 56:11, Eze 34:2-4, Hos 7:1, Mat 21:13, 23:14, Mar 11:17, Joh 10:1, 12:6 | ESV | STEP | The dogs have a mighty appetite ; they never have enough . But they are shepherds who have no understanding ; they have all turned to their own way , each to his own gain , one and all .

k[See ver. 3 above]

l[See ver. 3 above]

m[Matt. 18:12; Luke 15:4]

n Ex. 1:13, 14; [1 Pet. 5:3]

o[ch. 6:4]

p[Jer. 23:13]

q[ch. 4:2]

rCited from Isa. 56:7

s Jer. 7:11

tCited from Isa. 56:7

u Jer. 7:11

v[See ver. 5 above]

Isaiah 56:11

11 ^aThe dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But ^bthey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
^ceach to his own gain, one and all.

Ezekiel 34:2-4

2 ^d“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: ^eAh, shepherds of Israel ^fwho have been feeding yourselves! ^gShould not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 ^hYou eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, ⁱyou slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. 4 ^jThe weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, ^kthe injured you have not bound up, ^lthe strayed you have not brought back, ^mthe lost you have not sought, and with force and ⁿharshness you have ruled them.

Hosea 7:1

1 ^owhen I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of ^pSamaria,
for ^qthey deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.

Matthew 21:13

13 He said to them, “It is written, ^r‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but ^syou make it a den of robbers.”

Matthew 23:14

Mark 11:17

17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ^t‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But ^uyou have made it a den of robbers.”

John 10:1

I Am the Good Shepherd

1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.

John 12:6

6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and ^vhaving charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.