Ezekiel 34:1
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Ezek 34:1
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Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Ezek 34:2
Ezek 34:3
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~"You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat {sheep} without feeding the flock.
Ezek 34:4
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~"Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.
Ezek 34:5
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~"They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered.
Ezek 34:6
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~"My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek {for them.}""'
Ezek 34:7
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Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
Ezek 34:8
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"As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but {rather} the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;
Ezek 34:9
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therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
Ezek 34:10
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`Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My sheep from them and make them cease from feeding sheep. So the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.""'
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