“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, and my shepherds didn’t search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn’t feed my sheep,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 34:8 in context
Ezekiel 34:5–11
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They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.
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My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth. There was no one who searched or sought.”
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“‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the LORD’s word:
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“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, and my shepherds didn’t search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn’t feed my sheep,
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therefore, you shepherds, hear the LORD’s word!”
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The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against the shepherds. I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep. The shepherds won’t feed themselves any more. I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.”
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“‘For the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
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