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“Son of man,[a] prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and you must say to them, to the shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who were feeding themselves! Must not the shepherds feed the flock? The fat you eat, and you clothe yourself with the wool; the well-nourished animals you slaughter, but you do not feed the flock. The weak you have not strengthened, and the sick you have not healed, and with respect to[b] the hurt[c] you have not bound them up, and you have not brought back the scattered, and you have not sought the lost, but rather you ruled over them with force[d] and with ruthlessness.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 34:4 Literally “for”
  3. Ezekiel 34:4 Or “wounded”
  4. Ezekiel 34:4 Or “violence”