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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
2Son[H1121] of man[H120], prophesy[H5012] against the shepherds[H7462] of Israel[H3478], prophesy[H5012], and say[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] unto the shepherds[H7462]; Woe[H1945] be to the shepherds[H7462] of Israel[H3478] that do feed[H7462] themselves! should not the shepherds[H7462]feed[H7462] the flocks?[H6629]
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Ye eat[H398] the fat[H2459], and ye clothe[H3847] you with the wool[H6785], ye kill[H2076] them that are fed[H1277]: but ye feed[H7462] not the flock[H6629].
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The diseased[H2470] have ye not strengthened[H2388], neither have ye healed[H7495] that which was sick[H2470], neither have ye bound up[H2280] that which was broken[H7665], neither have ye brought again[H7725] that which was driven away[H5080], neither have ye sought[H1245] that which was lost[H6]; but with force[H2394] and with cruelty[H6531] have ye ruled[H7287] them.
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And they were scattered[H6327], because there is no shepherd[H7462]: and they became meat[H402] to all the beasts[H2416] of the field[H7704], when they were scattered[H6327].
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My sheep[H6629]wandered[H7686] through all the mountains[H2022], and upon every high[H7311]hill[H1389]: yea, my flock[H6629] was scattered[H6327] upon all the face[H6440] of the earth[H776], and none did search[H1875] or seek[H1245] after them.
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Therefore, ye shepherds[H7462], hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068];
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As I live[H2416], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], surely because my flock[H6629] became a prey[H957], and my flock[H6629] became meat[H402] to every beast[H2416] of the field[H7704], because there was no shepherd[H7462], neither did my shepherds[H7462]search[H1875] for my flock[H6629], but the shepherds[H7462]fed[H7462] themselves, and fed[H7462] not my flock[H6629];
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Therefore, O ye shepherds[H7462], hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068];
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Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, I am against the shepherds[H7462]; and I will require[H1875] my flock[H6629] at their hand[H3027], and cause them to cease[H7673] from feeding[H7462] the flock[H6629]; neither shall the shepherds[H7462]feed[H7462] themselves any more; for I will deliver[H5337] my flock[H6629] from their mouth[H6310], that they may not be meat[H402] for them.
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For thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, I, even I, will both search[H1875] my sheep[H6629], and seek them out[H1239].
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As a shepherd[H7462] seeketh out[H1243] his flock[H5739] in the day[H3117] that he is among[H8432] his sheep[H6629] that are scattered[H6567]; so will I seek out[H1239] my sheep[H6629], and will deliver[H5337] them out[H1239] of all places[H4725] where they have been scattered[H6327] in the cloudy[H6051] and dark[H6205]day[H3117].
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And I will bring[H935] them out[H3318] from the people[H5971], and gather[H6908] them from the countries[H776], and will bring[H935] them to their own land[H127], and feed[H7462] them upon the mountains[H2022] of Israel[H3478] by the rivers[H650], and in all the inhabited places[H4186] of the country[H776].
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I will feed[H7462] them in a good[H2896]pasture[H4829], and upon the high[H4791]mountains[H2022] of Israel[H3478] shall their fold[H5116] be: there shall they lie[H7257] in a good[H2896]fold[H5116], and in a fat[H8082]pasture[H4829] shall they feed[H7462] upon the mountains[H2022] of Israel[H3478].
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I will feed[H7462] my flock[H6629], and I will cause them to lie down[H7257], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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I will seek[H1245] that which was lost[H6], and bring again[H7725] that which was driven away[H5080], and will bind up[H2280] that which was broken[H7665], and will strengthen[H2388] that which was sick[H2470]: but I will destroy[H8045] the fat[H8082] and the strong[H2389]; I will feed[H7462] them with judgment[H4941].
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And as for you[H859], O my flock[H6629], thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, I judge[H8199] between cattle[H7716] and cattle[H7716], between the rams[H352] and the he goats[H6260].
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Seemeth it a small thing[H4592] unto you to have eaten up[H7462] the good[H2896]pasture[H4829], but ye must tread down[H7429] with your feet[H7272] the residue[H3499] of your pastures?[H4829] and to have drunk[H8354] of the deep[H4950]waters[H4325], but ye must foul[H7515] the residue[H3498] with your feet?[H7272]
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And as for my flock[H6629], they eat[H7462] that which ye have trodden[H4823] with your feet[H7272]; and they drink[H8354] that which ye have fouled[H4833] with your feet[H7272].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge[H8199] between the fat[H1274]cattle[H7716] and between the lean[H7330]cattle[H7716].
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Because ye have thrust[H1920] with side[H6654] and with shoulder[H3802], and pushed[H5055] all the diseased[H2470] with your horns[H7161], till ye have scattered[H6327] them abroad[H2351];
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Therefore will I save[H3467] my flock[H6629], and they shall no more be a prey[H957]; and I will judge[H8199] between cattle[H7716] and cattle[H7716].
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And I will set up[H6965]one[H259]shepherd[H7462] over them, and he shall feed[H7462] them, even my servant[H5650]David[H1732]; he shall feed[H7462] them, and he shall be their shepherd[H7462].
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And I the LORD[H3068] will be their God[H430], and my servant[H5650]David[H1732] a prince[H5387]among[H8432] them; I the LORD[H3068] have spoken[H1696] it.
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And I will make[H3772] with them a covenant[H1285] of peace[H7965], and will cause the evil[H7451]beasts[H2416] to cease[H7673] out of the land[H776]: and they shall dwell[H3427]safely[H983] in the wilderness[H4057], and sleep[H3462] in the woods[H3293].
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And I will make[H5414] them and the places round about[H5439] my hill[H1389] a blessing[H1293]; and I will cause the shower[H1653] to come down[H3381] in his season[H6256]; there shall be showers[H1653] of blessing[H1293].
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And the tree[H6086] of the field[H7704] shall yield[H5414] her fruit[H6529], and the earth[H776] shall yield[H5414] her increase[H2981], and they shall be safe[H983] in their land[H127], and shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068], when I have broken[H7665] the bands[H4133] of their yoke[H5923], and delivered[H5337] them out of the hand[H3027] of those that served[H5647] themselves of them.
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And they shall no more be a prey[H957] to the heathen[H1471], neither shall the beast[H2416] of the land[H776]devour[H398] them; but they shall dwell[H3427]safely[H983], and none shall make them afraid[H2729].
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And I will raise up[H6965] for them a plant[H4302] of renown[H8034], and they shall be no more consumed[H622] with hunger[H7458] in the land[H776], neither bear[H5375] the shame[H3639] of the heathen[H1471] any more.
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Thus shall they know[H3045] that I the LORD[H3068] their God[H430] am with them, and that they, even the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], are my people[H5971], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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And ye[H859] my flock[H6629], the flock[H6629] of my pasture[H4830], are men[H120], and I am your God[H430], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].