Eze 34:2-6 | NASB | e4.org | “ Son of man , prophesy against the shepherds of Israel . Prophesy and say to those shepherds , ‘ Thus says the Lord God , “ Woe , shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock ?

‏ Ezekiel 34:2-6

2 “Son of man, prophesy against the ^ashepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to ^{▼▼ Lit them, the shepherds}those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord , and so throughout the ch}God, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been ^{▼▼ Lit pasturing, pasture
,} ^efeeding themselves! Should not the shepherds ^{▼▼ Lit pasturing, pasture
,} ^gfeed the flock? 3 “You ^heat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you ⁱslaughter the fat sheep without ^{▼▼ Lit pasturing}feeding the flock. 4 “Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the ^{▼▼ Lit sick}diseased you have not healed, ^lthe broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you ^msought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them. 5 “They were ⁿscattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became ^ofood for every beast of the field and were scattered. 6 “My flock ^pwandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; ^qMy flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was ^rno one to search or seek for them.”’”