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The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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Son of man , prophesy against the shepherds of Israel , prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds , Thus says the Lord Yahweh : Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep ?
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You eat the fat , and you clothe yourself with the wool , you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep .
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You haven 't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick , neither have you bound up that which was broken , neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.
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They were scattered , because there was no shepherd ; and they became food to all the animals of the field , and were scattered .
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My sheep wandered through all the mountains , and on every high hill : yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth ; and there was none who searched or sought.
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Therefore, you shepherds , hear the word of Yahweh :
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As I live, says the Lord Yahweh , surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field , because there was no shepherd , neither did my shepherds search for my sheep , but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn't feed my sheep ;
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therefore, you shepherds , hear the word of Yahweh :
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Thus says the Lord Yahweh : Behold, I am against the shepherds ; and I will require my sheep at their hand , and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep ; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth , that they may not be food for them.
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For thus says the Lord Yahweh : Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep , and will seek them out.
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As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep ; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day .
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I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land ; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel , by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country .
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I will feed them with good pasture ; and on the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel .
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I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep , and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh .
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I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken , and will strengthen that which was sick : but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice .
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As for you, O my flock , thus says the Lord Yahweh : Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep , the rams and the male goats.
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Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture , but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture ? and to have drunk of the clear waters , but you must foul the residue with your feet ?
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As for my sheep , they eat that which you have trodden with your feet , and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet .
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Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
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Because you thrust with side and with shoulder , and push all the diseased with your horns , until you have scattered them abroad;
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therefore will I save my flock , and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep .
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I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David ; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd .
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I, Yahweh , will be their God , and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh , have spoken it.
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I will make with them a covenant of peace , and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land ; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness , and sleep in the woods .
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I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
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The tree of the field shall yield its fruit , and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land ; and they shall know that I am Yahweh , when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.
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They shall no more be a prey to the nations , neither shall the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.
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I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land , neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
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They shall know that I, Yahweh , their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel , are my people, says the Lord Yahweh .
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You my sheep , the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God , says the Lord Yahweh .