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Ezekiel 34

Prophecy against the Shepherds of Israel

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Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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"Son of man, prophesy against the  ashepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to  1those shepherds, `Thus says the Lord  2GOD, "Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been  3 bfeeding themselves! Should not the shepherds  3 cfeed the flock?

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"You  aeat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you  bslaughter the fat sheep without  1feeding the flock.

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"Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the  1diseased you have not healed,  athe broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you  bsought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.

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"They were  ascattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became  bfood for every beast of the field and were scattered.

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"My flock  awandered through all the mountains and on every high hill;  bMy flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was  cno one to search or seek for them.""'

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Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

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"As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "surely because My flock has become a  aprey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts 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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therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

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`Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am  aagainst the shepherds, and I will demand My  1sheep  2from them and make them  bcease from feeding  1sheep. So the shepherds will not  3feed themselves anymore, but I will  cdeliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.""'

The Restoration of Israel

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For thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I Myself will  asearch for My sheep and seek them out.

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aAs a shepherd  1cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered  2sheep, so I will  1 bcare for My  2sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a  ccloudy and gloomy day.

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"I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will  afeed them on the mountains of Israel, by the  bstreams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.

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"I will feed them in a  agood pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in  1 brich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

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"I will  afeed My flock and I will  1lead them to rest," declares the Lord GOD.

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"I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the  afat and the strong I will destroy. I will  bfeed them with judgment.

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"As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord GOD, `Behold, I will  ajudge between one  1sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.

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`Is it too  aslight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must  1foul the rest with your feet?

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`As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you  1foul with your feet!' "

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Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them, "Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

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"Because you push with side and with shoulder, and  athrust at all the  1weak with your horns until you have scattered them  2abroad,

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therefore, I will  adeliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.

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"Then I will  aset over them one  bshepherd, My servant  cDavid, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.

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"And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant  aDavid will be prince among them; I the LORD have spoken.

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"I will make a  acovenant of peace with them and  beliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may  clive securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

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"I will make them and the places around My hill a  ablessing. And I will cause  bshowers to come down in their season; they will be showers of  cblessing.

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"Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be  asecure on their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have  bbroken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

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"They will no longer be a prey to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will  alive securely, and no one will make them afraid.

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"I will establish for them a  arenowned planting place, and they will  bnot again be  1victims of famine in the land, and they will not  cendure the insults of the nations anymore.

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"Then they will know that  aI, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people," declares the Lord GOD.

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"As for you, My  asheep, the  bsheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God," declares the Lord GOD.



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