‏ Ezekiel 34

CHAPTER 34

The Prophecy against the Shepherds of Israel

1And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 2O son of man, prophesy against the shepherds   of Israel! Prophesy, and say to the shepherds! Thus says the Lord the lord; O shepherds of Israel, shall [³graze ¹the ²shepherds] themselves? Do not [⁴the ⁵sheep ³graze ¹the ²shepherds]? 3Behold, [²the ³milk ¹you devour], and the wool you put around yourselves, and the robust you slay, and   my sheep you do not graze. 4The ones being weak you strengthen not, and the ill having a sickness  you rejuvenated not, and the broken you did not bind up, and the one wandering you did not turn back, and the lost you did not seek after, and the strong you worked in trouble. 5And [²were scattered   ¹my sheep] on account of there  not being shepherds; and my sheep became for a thing devoured by all the wild beasts of the field. 6And [²were scattered   ¹my sheep] in every mountain, and upon every [²hill ¹high]; and [²upon ³the face ⁴of all ⁵the ⁶earth ¹they were scattered]; and there was not one  seeking after them, nor   turning them back. 7On account of this, O shepherds, hear the word of the lord! 8As I live, says the Lord the lord, Assuredly instead   [²became   ¹my sheep] for plunder, and [²became   ¹my sheep] for a thing to be devoured by all the wild beasts of the plain, because of there  not being any shepherds; and [³sought not after ¹the ²shepherds]   my sheep; and [³grazed ¹the ²shepherds] themselves,   but my sheep they grazed not. 9On account of this, O shepherds, hear the word of the lord! 10Thus says the Lord the lord; Behold, I am  against the shepherds, and I will require   my sheep from out of   their hands. And I will turn them away   to not tend   my sheep, and [³shall not ⁴graze ⁶any longer ¹the ²shepherds ⁵them]. And I shall rescue   my sheep from out of   their mouth, and they will not be themselves any longer for a thing devoured.

The LORD is the True Shepherd

11For thus says the Lord the lord; Behold, I shall seek after   my sheep, and I shall visit them. 12As if [³seeks ¹the ²shepherd]   his flock in the day whenever there might be dimness and cloud in the midst of his sheep having been parted, so shall I seek after   my sheep. And I will drive them away from every place of which they were scattered there, in the day of cloud and dimness. 13And I will lead them from out of the nations, and I will gather them from the regions, and I will bring them into   their land, and I will graze them upon the mountains of Israel, and in the ravines, and in every dwelling of the land. 14[³in ⁵pasture ⁴good ¹I will graze ²them] on the [²mountain   ¹high] of Israel, and [²will be   ¹their havens] there. And they shall sleep there, and they shall rest in [²luxury ¹good]; and [²in ⁴pasture ³a plentiful ¹they shall graze] upon the mountains of Israel. 15I will graze   my sheep, and I will rest them. Thus says the Lord the lord. 16The lost I will seek, and the one wandering I will return, and the one being broken I will bind, and the faltering I will strengthen, and the strong I will guard; and I will graze them with equity. 17And you, my sheep, thus says the Lord the lord; Behold, I separate between sheep and sheep, rams and he-goats. 18And is it not enough to you that [²the ³good ⁴pasture ¹you fed on], and the rest   of your pasture you trampled with  your feet? and the place of water you drank, and the rest with your feet you disturbed? 19And   my sheep [²the things trampled ³by ⁴your feet ¹fed on]; and [²the ³disturbed ⁴water ⁵under   ⁶your feet ¹they drank]. 20On account of this, thus says the Lord the lord; Behold, I separate between [²sheep ¹the strong] and weak. 21With the sides and   your shoulders you pushed away, and with  your horns you gored, and all the faltering you squeezed out, until of which time  you thrust them outside! 22And I will deliver   my sheep, and no way should they be yet for plunder; and I will judge between ram to ram. 23And I shall raise up for them [²shepherd ¹one]; and he will tend them as   my servant David. He will tend them, and he will be their shepherd. 24And I the lord  will be to them for God, and   my servant   David in the midst of them a ruler. I the lord  have spoken. 25And I will ordain with them a covenant of peace. And I will obliterate [²wild beasts ¹the ferocious] from the land; and they shall dwell in the wilderness, and shall sleep in the forests. 26And I will put them surrounding   my mountain; and I will give   rain according to its time -- a rain of blessing. 27And the trees, the ones in the plain will yield   their fruit, and the earth shall yield   her strength. And they shall dwell upon   their land in a hope of peace. And they shall know that I am the lord  in   my breaking the chain   of their yoke; and I will rescue them from out of the hand of the ones reducing them to slavery. 28And they shall not be any longer for plunder by the nations. And the wild beasts of the land no longer in any way shall eat them. And they shall dwell in hope, and there will not be one  frightening them. 29And I will raise up to them a plant of peace, and no longer shall they be ones being destroyed by hunger upon the land; and in no way they shall bear any longer the scorning of nations. 30And they shall know that I am the lord    their God with them, and they are my people, O house of Israel, says the Lord the lord. 31And you are  my sheep; even sheep of my pasture -- [²men ¹you are], and I am  the lord    your God, says the Lord the lord.