1 And the word of the
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed:
4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up
5 And they were scattered, because
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek
7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the
8 As
9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the
10 Thus saith the Lord
11 For thus saith the Lord
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep
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 shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and
15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord
16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up
17 And
18 Seemeth it
19 And
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall 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 shall feed them,
24 And I the
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 shall 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 shall be showers of blessing.
27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I
28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make
29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
30 Thus shall they know that I the
31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture,