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The Prophecy
of Ezechiel 34
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel:
prophesy, and say to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord
God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves:
should not the hocks be fed by the shepherds?
You ate the milk, end you clothed yourselves with the
wool, and you killed that which was fat: but my flock
you did not feed.
The weak you have not strengthened, and that which was
sick you have not healed, that which was broken you
have not bound up, and that which was driven away you
have not brought again, neither have you sought that
which was lost: but you ruled over them with rigour,
and with a high hand.
And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd:
and they became the prey of all the beasts of the field,
and were scattered.
My sheep have wandered in every mountain, and in every
high hill: and my flocks mere scattered upon the face
of the earth, and there was none that sought them, there
was none, I say, that sought them.
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
As I live, saith the Lord God, forasmuch as my flocks
have been made a spoil, and my sheep are become a prey
to all the beasts of the field, because there was no
shepherd: for my shepherds did not seek after my flock,
but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flocks:
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself come upon the
shepherds, I will require my hock at their hand, and
I will cause them to cease from feeding the flock any
more, neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any
more: and I will deliver my flock from their mouth,
and it shall no more be meat for them.
For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek
my sheep, and will visit them.
As the shepherd visiteth his hock in the day when he
shall be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered,
so will I visit my sheep, and will deliver them out
of all the places where they have been scattered in
the cloudy and dark day.
And I will bring them out from the peoples, and will
gather them out of the countries, and will bring them
to their own land: and I will feed them in the mountains
of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the habitations
of the land.
I will feed them in the most fruitful pastures, and
their pastures shall be in the high mountains of Israel:
there shall they rest on the green grass, and be fed
in fat pastures upon the mountains of Israel.
I will feed my sheep : and I will cause them to lie
down, saith the Lord God.
I will seek that which was lost: and that which was
driven away, I will bring again: and I will bind up
that which was broken, and I will strengthen that which
was weak, and that which was fat and strong I will preserve:
and I will feed them in judgment.
And as for you, O my flocks, thus saith the Lord God:
Behold I judge between cattle and cattle, of rams and
of he goats.
Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures?
but you must also tread down with your feet the residue
of your pastures: and when you drank the dearest water,
you troubled the rest with your feet.
And my sheep were fed with that which you had trodden
with your feet: and they drank what your feet had troubled.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God to you: Behold, I
myself will judge between the fat cattle and the lean.
Because you thrusted with sides and shoulders, and struck
all the weak cattle with your horns, till they were
scattered abroad:
I will save my dock, and it shall be no more a spoil,
and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
AND 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.
And I the Lord will be their God: and my servant David
the prince in the midst of them: I the Lord have spoken
it.
And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will
cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and
they that dwell in the wilderness shall sleep secure
in the forests.
And I will make them a blessing round about my hill:
and I will send down the rain in its season, there shall
be showers of blessing.
And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and
the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be
in their land without fear: and they shall know that
I am the Lord, when I shall have broken the bonds of
their yoke, and shall have delivered them out of the
hand of those that rule over them.
And they shall be no more for a spoil to the nations,
neither shall the beasts of the earth devour them: but
they shall dwell securely without any terror.
And I will raise up for them a bud of renown: and they
shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither
shall they bear any more the reproach of the Gentiles.
And they shall know that I the Lord their God am with
them, and that they are my people the house of Israel:
saith the Lord God.
And you my flocks, the flocks of my pasture are men:
and I am the Lord your God, saith the Lord God. |
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