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Prophecy
against the Shepherds of Israel |
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Ezekiel 34:1
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Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
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Ezekiel 34:2
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"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds
of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe,
shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds
feed the flock? |
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Ezekiel 34:3
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"You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with
the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock. |
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Ezekiel 34:4
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"Those who are sickly you have not strengthened,
the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered
you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and
with severity you have dominated them. |
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Ezekiel 34:5
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"They were scattered for lack of a shepherd,
and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered. |
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Ezekiel 34:6
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"My flock wandered through all the mountains
and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth,
and there was no one to search or seek for them."'" |
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Ezekiel 34:7
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Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the
LORD: |
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Ezekiel 34:8
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"As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "surely
because My flock has become a prey, 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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Ezekiel 34:9
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therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the
LORD: |
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Ezekiel 34:10
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'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against
the shepherds, and I will demand My sheep from them and make them cease from feeding
sheep. So the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My
flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them."'" |
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The Restoration of Israel |
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Ezekiel 34:11
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For thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I Myself
will search for My sheep and seek them out. |
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Ezekiel 34:12
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"As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day
when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for My sheep and will deliver
them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.
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Ezekiel 34:13
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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 feed
them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places
of the land. |
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Ezekiel 34:14
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"I will feed them in a good 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 rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
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Ezekiel 34:15
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"I will feed My flock and I will lead them to
rest," declares the Lord GOD. |
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Ezekiel 34:16
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"I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered,
bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will
destroy. I will feed them with judgment. |
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Ezekiel 34:17
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"As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord GOD,
'Behold, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the
male goats. |
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Ezekiel 34:18
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'Is it too slight 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 foul
the rest with your feet? |
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Ezekiel 34:19
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'As for My flock, they must eat what you tread
down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!'" |
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Ezekiel 34:20
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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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Ezekiel 34:21
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"Because you push with side and with shoulder,
and thrust at all the weak with your horns until you have scattered them abroad, |
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Ezekiel 34:22
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therefore, I will deliver My flock, and they
will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another. |
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Ezekiel 34:23
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"Then I will set over them one shepherd, My
servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd. |
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Ezekiel 34:24
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"And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My
servant David will be prince among them; I the LORD have spoken. |
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Ezekiel 34:25
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"I will make a covenant of peace with them and
eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness
and sleep in the woods. |
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Ezekiel 34:26
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"I will make them and the places around My hill
a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be
showers of blessing. |
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Ezekiel 34:27
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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 secure on their land.
Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke
and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them. |
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Ezekiel 34:28
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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 live securely,
and no one will make them afraid. |
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Ezekiel 34:29
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"I will establish for them a renowned planting
place, and they will not again be victims of famine in the land, and they will
not endure the insults of the nations anymore. |
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Ezekiel 34:30
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"Then they will know that I, 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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Ezekiel 34:31
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"As for you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture,
you are men, and I am your God," declares the Lord GOD. |
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