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Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: To the shepherds—thus says the Lord God: Woe, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?(A)

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You eat the fat; you clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatted calves, but you do not feed the sheep.(A)

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12 Thus says the Lord: As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who live in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part[a] of a bed.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain

15 I will tear down the winter house as well as the summer house,
    and the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses[a] shall come to an end,
            says the Lord.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.15 Or many houses