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1 And the word of the LORD [Yahweh] came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe [be] to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
3 You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill them that are fed: [but] you feed not the flock.
4 The diseased have you not strengthened, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up [that which was] broken, neither have you brought again that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have you ruled them.
5 And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or seek [after them].
7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD [Yahweh];
8 [As] I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because [there was] no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
9 Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD [Yahweh];
10 Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither will the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
11 For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, [even] I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep [that are] scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel will their fold be: there will they lie in a good fold, and [in] a fat pasture will they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.
16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
17 And [as for] you, O my flock, thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
18 [Seems it] a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?
19 And [as for] my flock, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, [even] I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
21 Because you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad;
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they will no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, my servant David; he will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.
24 And I the LORD [Yahweh] will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD [Yahweh] have spoken [it].
25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they will dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there will be showers of blessing.
27 And the tree of the field will yield her fruit, and the earth will yield her increase, and they will be safe in their land, and will know that I [am] the LORD [Yahweh], when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
28 And they will no more be a prey to the heathen, neither will the beast of the land devour them; but they will dwell safely, and none will make [them] afraid.
29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they will be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
30 Thus will they know that I the LORD [Yahweh] their God [am] with them, and [that] they, [even] the house of Israel, [are] my people, says the Lord GOD.
31 And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, [are] men, [and] I [am] your God, says the Lord GOD.