Ezekiel 34 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, ^[2] “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep? ^[3] You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep. ^[4] You haven’t strengthened the diseased. You haven’t healed that which was sick. You haven’t bound up that which was broken. You haven’t brought back that which was driven away. You haven’t sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor. ^[5] They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered. ^[6] My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth. There was no one who searched or sought.” ^[7] “ ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word: ^[8] “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, and my shepherds didn’t search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn’t feed my sheep, ^[9] therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word!” ^[10] The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against the shepherds. I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep. The shepherds won’t feed themselves any more. I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.” ^[11] “ ‘For the Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. ^[12] As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep. I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. ^[13] I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. ^[14] I will feed them with good pasture, and their fold will be on the mountains of the height of Israel. There they will lie down in a good fold. They will feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. ^[15] I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down,” says the Lord Yahweh. ^[16] “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 I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.” ’ ^[17] “As for you, O my flock, the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats. ^[18] 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 must you foul the residue with your feet? ^[19] 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.’ ^[20] “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says to them: ‘Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. ^[21] Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad, ^[22] therefore I will save my flock, and they will no more be a prey. I will judge between sheep and sheep. ^[23] I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd. ^[24] I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken it. ^[25] “ ‘I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land. They will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. ^[26] I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing. I will cause the shower to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing. ^[27] The tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure in their land. Then they will 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. ^[28] They will no more be a prey to the nations, neither will the animals of the earth devour them; but they will dwell securely, and no one will make them afraid. ^[29] I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they will no more be consumed with famine in the land, and not bear the shame of the nations any more. ^[30] They will know that I, Yahweh, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord Yahweh. ^[31] You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”

King James Version

^[1] And the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 came unto me, saying,H559(QalInf) ^[2] SonH1121 of man,H120 prophesyH5012(NiphImpv) against the shepherdsH7462(QalActPtc) of Israel,H3478 prophesy,H5012(NiphImpv) and sayH559(QalPerf) unto them, Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 GodH3069 unto the shepherds;H7462(QalActPtc) WoeH1945 [be] to the shepherdsH7462(QalActPtc) of IsraelH3478 that do feedH7462(QalActPtc) themselves! should not the shepherdsH7462(QalActPtc) feedH7462(QalImpf) the flocks?H6629 ^[3] Ye eatH398(QalImpf) the fat,H2459 and ye clotheH3847(QalImpf) you with the wool,H6785 ye killH2076(QalImpf) them that are fed:H1277 [but] ye feedH7462(QalImpf) not the flock.H6629 ^[4] The diseasedH2470(NiphPtc) have ye not strengthened,H2388(PielPerf) neither have ye healedH7495(PielPerf) that which was sick,H2470(QalActPtc) neither have ye bound upH2280(QalPerf) [that which was] broken,H7665(NiphPtc) neither have ye brought againH7725(HiphPerf) that which was driven away,H5080(NiphPtc) neither have ye soughtH1245(PielPerf) that which was lost;H6(QalActPtc) but with forceH2394 and with crueltyH6531 have ye ruledH7287(QalPerf) them. ^[5] And they were scattered,H6327(QalImpf) because [there is] no shepherd:H7462(QalActPtc) and they became meatH402 to all the beastsH2416 of the field,H7704 when they were scattered.H6327(QalImpf) ^[6] My sheepH6629 wanderedH7686(QalImpf) through all the mountains,H2022 and upon every highH7311(QalActPtc) hill:H1389 yea, my flockH6629 was scatteredH6327(NiphPerf) upon all the faceH6440 of the earth,H776 and none did searchH1875(QalActPtc) or seekH1245(PielPtc) [after them]. ^[7] Therefore, ye shepherds,H7462(QalActPtc) hearH8085(QalImpv) the wordH1697 of the Lord;H3068 ^[8] [As] I live,H2416 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH136 God,H3069 surely because my flockH6629 became a prey,H957 and my flockH6629 became meatH402 to every beastH2416 of the field,H7704 because [there was] no shepherd,H7462(QalActPtc) neither did my shepherdsH7462(QalActPtc) searchH1875(QalPerf) for my flock,H6629 but the shepherdsH7462(QalActPtc) fedH7462(QalImpf) themselves, and fedH7462(QalPerf) not my flock;H6629 ^[9] Therefore, O ye shepherds,H7462(QalActPtc) hearH8085(QalImpv) the wordH1697 of the Lord;H3068 ^[10] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 God;H3069 Behold, I [am] against the shepherds;H7462(QalActPtc) and I will requireH1875(QalPerf) my flockH6629 at their hand,H3027 and cause them to ceaseH7673(HiphPerf) from feedingH7462(QalInf) the flock;H6629 neither shall the shepherdsH7462(QalActPtc) feedH7462(QalImpf) themselves any more; for I will deliverH5337(HiphPerf) my flockH6629 from their mouth,H6310 that they may not be meatH402 for them. ^[11] For thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 God;H3069 Behold, I, [even] I, will both searchH1875(QalPerf) my sheep,H6629 and seek them out.H1239(PielPerf) ^[12] As a shepherdH7462(QalActPtc) seeketh outH1243 his flockH5739 in the dayH3117 that he is amongH8432 his sheepH6629 [that are] scattered;H6567(NiphPtc) so will I seek outH1239(PielImpf) my sheep,H6629 and will deliverH5337(HiphPerf) them out of all placesH4725 where they have been scatteredH6327(NiphPerf) in the cloudyH6051 and darkH6205 day.H3117 ^[13] And I will bring them outH3318(HiphPerf) from the people,H5971 and gatherH6908(PielPerf) them from the countries,H776 and will bringH935(HiphPerf) them to their own land,H127 and feedH7462(QalPerf) them upon the mountainsH2022 of IsraelH3478 by the rivers,H650 and in all the inhabited placesH4186 of the country.H776 ^[14] I will feedH7462(QalImpf) them in a goodH2896 pasture,H4829 and upon the highH4791 mountainsH2022 of IsraelH3478 shall their foldH5116 be: there shall they lieH7257(QalImpf) in a goodH2896 fold,H5116 and [in] a fatH8082 pastureH4829 shall they feedH7462(QalImpf) upon the mountainsH2022 of Israel.H3478 ^[15] I will feedH7462(QalImpf) my flock,H6629 and I will cause them to lie down,H7257(HiphImpf) saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH136 God.H3069 ^[16] I will seekH1245(PielImpf) that which was lost,H6(QalActPtc) and bring againH7725(HiphImpf) that which was driven away,H5080(NiphPtc) and will bind upH2280(QalImpf) [that which was] broken,H7665(NiphPtc) and will strengthenH2388(PielImpf) that which was sick:H2470(QalActPtc) but I will destroyH8045(HiphImpf) the fatH8082 and the strong;H2389 I will feedH7462(QalImpf) them with judgment.H4941 ^[17] And [as for] you,H859 O my flock,H6629 thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 God;H3069 Behold, I judgeH8199(QalActPtc) between cattleH7716 and cattle,H7716 between the ramsH352 and the he goats.H6260 ^[18] [Seemeth it] a small thingH4592 unto you to have eaten upH7462(QalImpf) the goodH2896 pasture,H4829 but ye must tread downH7429(QalImpf) with your feetH7272 the residueH3499 of your pastures?H4829 and to have drunkH8354(QalImpf) of the deepH4950 waters,H4325 but ye must foulH7515(QalImpf) the residueH3498(NiphPtc) with your feet?H7272 ^[19] And [as for] my flock,H6629 they eatH7462(QalImpf) that which ye have troddenH4823 with your feet;H7272 and they drinkH8354(QalImpf) that which ye have fouledH4833 with your feet.H7272 ^[20] Therefore thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 GodH3069 unto them; Behold, I, [even] I, will judgeH8199(QalPerf) between the fatH1274 cattleH7716 and between the leanH7330 cattle.H7716 ^[21] Because ye have thrustH1920(QalImpf) with sideH6654 and with shoulder,H3802 and pushedH5055(PielImpf) all the diseasedH2470(NiphPtc) with your horns,H7161 till ye have scatteredH6327(HiphPerf) them abroad;H2351 ^[22] Therefore will I saveH3467(HiphPerf) my flock,H6629 and they shall no more be a prey;H957 and I will judgeH8199(QalPerf) between cattleH7716 and cattle.H7716 ^[23] And I will set upH6965(HiphPerf) oneH259 shepherdH7462(QalActPtc) over them, and he shall feedH7462(QalPerf) them, [even] my servantH5650 David;H1732 he shall feedH7462(QalImpf) them, and he shall be their shepherd.H7462(QalActPtc) ^[24] And I the LordH3068 will be their God,H430 and my servantH5650 DavidH1732 a princeH5387 amongH8432 them; I the LordH3068 have spokenH1696(PielPerf) [it]. ^[25] And I will makeH3772(QalPerf) with them a covenantH1285 of peace,H7965 and will cause the evilH7451 beastsH2416 to ceaseH7673(HiphPerf) out of the land:H776 and they shall dwellH3427(QalPerf) safelyH983 in the wilderness,H4057 and sleepH3462(QalPerf) in the woods.H3293(Qere) ^[26] And I will makeH5414(QalPerf) them and the places round aboutH5439 my hillH1389 a blessing;H1293 and I will cause the showerH1653 to come downH3381(HiphPerf) in his season;H6256 there shall be showersH1653 of blessing.H1293 ^[27] And the treeH6086 of the fieldH7704 shall yieldH5414(QalPerf) her fruit,H6529 and the earthH776 shall yieldH5414(QalImpf) her increase,H2981 and they shall be safeH983 in their land,H127 and shall knowH3045(QalPerf) that I [am] the Lord,H3068 when I have brokenH7665(QalInf) the bandsH4133 of their yoke,H5923 and deliveredH5337(HiphPerf) them out of the handH3027 of those that servedH5647(QalActPtc) themselves of them. ^[28] And they shall no more be a preyH957 to the heathen,H1471 neither shall the beastH2416 of the landH776 devourH398(QalImpf) them; but they shall dwellH3427(QalPerf) safely,H983 and none shall make [them] afraid.H2729(HiphPtc) ^[29] And I will raise upH6965(HiphPerf) for them a plantH4302 of renown,H8034 and they shall be no more consumedH622(QalPasPtc) with hungerH7458 in the land,H776 neither bearH5375(QalImpf) the shameH3639 of the heathenH1471 any more. ^[30] Thus shall they knowH3045(QalPerf) that I the LordH3068 their GodH430 [am] with them, and [that] they, [even] the houseH1004 of Israel,H3478 [are] my people,H5971 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH136 God.H3069 ^[31] And yeH859 my flock,H6629 the flockH6629 of my pasture,H4830 [are] men,H120 [and] I [am] your God,H430 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH136 God.H3069

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