17 Also you my sheep, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the goats.

18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good [a]pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet, the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must trouble the residue with your feet.

19 And my sheep eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and drink that which ye have troubled with your feet.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:18 By good pasture and deep waters is meant the pure word of God and the administration of justice, which they did not distribute to the poor till they had corrupted it.

17 “‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats.(A) 18 Is it not enough(B) for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet?(C) Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

Read full chapter