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You eat the fat.[a] You wear the wool. You slaughter the fattened ones—but you do not shepherd the flock. You have not strengthened the weak. You have not healed the sick. You have not bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays, and you have not searched for the lost. Instead you have abused them with force and with violence. So they scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild animals. My sheep scattered and

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  1. Ezekiel 34:3 This may refer to the fat of dairy products like cheese. The ancient versions read milk.

You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.(A) You have not strengthened the weak or healed(B) the sick or bound up(C) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(D) So they were scattered because there was no shepherd,(E) and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.(F)

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