Ezekiel 34

1 And the word of יהוה came unto me, saying,

2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Yisrael, prophesy, and say unto them, ‘Thus saith Lord (Adonai) יהוה unto the shepherds: “Woe be to the shepherds of Yisrael 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; yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.”

7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of יהוה:

8 “As I live,” saith Lord (Adonai) יהוה, “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 יהוה:

10 Thus saith Lord (Adonai) יהוה: “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 shall 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 saith Lord (Adonai) יהוה: “Behold, I, even I, will both search My sheep, and seek them out.

12 As a shepherd seeketh 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 Yisrael 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 Yisrael shall their fold be; there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Yisrael.

15 I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie down,” saith Lord (Adonai) יהוה.

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 saith Lord (Adonai) יהוה: “Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

18 Seemeth it a small thing unto 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 saith Lord (Adonai) יהוה unto 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 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, even My servant Dawid; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

24 And I יהוה will be their God (Elohim), and My servant Dawid a prince among them; I יהוה 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 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 am יהוה, 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 shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

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 nations any more.

30 Thus shall they know that I יהוה their God (Elohim) am with them, and that they, even the house of Yisrael, are My people,” saith Lord (Adonai) יהוה.’”

31 “And you My flock, the flock of My pasture, are men, and I am your God (Elohim),” saith Lord (Adonai) יהוה.’”