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“Son of man,[a] prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and you must say to them, to the shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who were feeding themselves! Must not the shepherds feed the flock? The fat you eat, and you clothe yourself with the wool; the well-nourished animals you slaughter, but you do not feed the flock. The weak you have not strengthened, and the sick you have not healed, and with respect to[b] the hurt[c] you have not bound them up, and you have not brought back the scattered, and you have not sought the lost, but rather you ruled over them with force[d] and with ruthlessness.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 34:4 Literally “for”
  3. Ezekiel 34:4 Or “wounded”
  4. Ezekiel 34:4 Or “violence”

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?(A) You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.(B) You have not strengthened the weak or healed(C) the sick or bound up(D) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(E)

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