“Son of man, prophesy against the (A)shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to [a]those shepherds, ‘This is what the Lord [b]God says: “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been [c](B)feeding themselves! Should the shepherds not [d](C)feed the flock?

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:2 Lit them, the shepherds
  2. Ezekiel 34:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  3. Ezekiel 34:2 Lit pasturing, pasture
  4. Ezekiel 34:2 Lit pasturing, pasture

“As I live,” declares the Lord God, “certainly, because My flock has become (A)plunder, and My flock has become food for all the animals of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,

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10 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am (A)against the shepherds, and I will demand My [a]sheep [b]from them and make them (B)stop tending sheep. So the shepherds will not [c]feed themselves anymore, but I will (C)save My sheep from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:10 Or flock
  2. Ezekiel 34:10 Lit from their hand
  3. Ezekiel 34:10 Lit pasture, and so throughout the ch

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