⁶ My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill.^(A) They were scattered^(B) over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.^(C)

⁷ “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ⁸ As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered^(D) and has become food for all the wild animals,^(E) and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,^(F)