Ezekiel 34:2-16

2“Son of man, prophesy against the 1shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to 2those shepherds, ‘This is what the Lord 3God says: “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been 45feeding themselves! Should the shepherds not 67feed the flock? 3You 8eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you 9slaughter the fat sheep 10without feeding the flock. 4Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, 11the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you 12searched for the lost; but with force and with violence you have 13dominated them. 5They 14scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became 15food for every animal of the field and scattered. 6My flock 16strayed through all the mountains and on every high hill; 17My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was 18no one to search or seek for them.”’”

7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8“As I live,” declares the Lord God, “certainly, because My flock has become 19plunder, and My flock has become food for all the animals 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, 9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10‘This is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am 20against the shepherds, and I will demand My 21sheep 22from them and make them 23stop tending sheep. So the shepherds will not 24feed themselves anymore, but I will 25save My sheep from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’”

11For the Lord God says this: “Behold, I Myself will 26search for My sheep and look after them. 1227As a shepherd cares for his flock on a day when he is among his scattered 28sheep, so I will 29care for My 30sheep and will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a 31cloudy and gloomy day. 13I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will 32feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the 33streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. 14I will feed them in a 34good pasture, and their grazing place will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down in a good grazing place and feed in 3536rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15I Myself will 37feed My flock and I Myself will 38lead them to rest,” declares the Lord God. 16“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the 39fat and the strong I will eliminate. I will 40feed them with judgment.