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Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord Lord: O shepherds of Israel, do shepherds feed themselves? Do not the shepherds feed the sheep?
The one grown weak you did not strengthen, and the one in poor health you did not build up in body, and the broken one you did not bind up, and the straying one you did not bring back, and the lost one you did not seek, and the strong one you wore down with hard toil.
And my sheep were scattered on every mountain and upon every high hill, and upon the face of all the earth they were scattered, and there was none who sought them out, nor any who brought them back.
我的羊在各山、各高岡上分散了,也在全地面上分散了,無人尋找,無人領回。
34:7
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Therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
As I live, says the Lord Lord, surely because my sheep became plunder and my sheep became food for all the wild animals of the plain, since there were no shepherds, and the shepherds did not seek out my sheep, and the shepherds fed themselves but did not feed my sheep —
Thus says the Lord Lord: Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hands and turn them back from shepherding my sheep, and the shepherds shall no longer feed them; and I will rescue my sheep out of their mouth, and they shall no longer be food for them.
Just as the shepherd seeks his flock in a day when there is gloom and cloud, in the midst of sheep that have been separated, so will I seek out my sheep and drive them away from every place where they were scattered there in a day of cloud and gloom.
And I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries and bring them into their own land, and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel and in the ravines and in every habitation of the land.
In a good pasture I will feed them, and on the high mountain of Israel shall be their folds; there they shall lie down and there they shall rest in good abundance, and on a rich pasture they shall be fed upon the mountains of Israel.
The lost one I will seek, and the straying one I will bring back, and the broken one I will bind up, and the failing one I will strengthen, and the strong one I will guard, and I will feed them with judgement.
And was it not enough for you that you grazed on the good pasture, that you also trampled with your feet what was left of your pasture, and drank the settled water, and with your feet muddied the rest?
And I will make with David a covenant of peace, and I will wipe out evil beasts from the land, and they shall dwell in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
And the trees that are in the plain shall give their fruit, and the earth shall give its strength, and they shall dwell upon their own land in hope of peace; and they shall know that I am the Lord when I break their yoke, and I will deliver them out of the hand of those who enslaved them.
And they shall no longer be for plunder to the nations, and the beasts of the earth shall devour them no more; and they shall dwell in hope, and there shall be none to terrify them.
And I will raise up for them a plant of peace, and they shall no longer be perishing of famine on the land, nor shall they bear any longer the reproach of the nations.