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Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls
and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come,
I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the L
ORD
.
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And they come unto thee
as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will
not do them: for with their mouth they shewmuch love,
but
their heart goeth after their covetousness.
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And, lo, thou
art
unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play
well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
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And when this cometh to
pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
CHAPTER 34
And the word of the L
ORD
came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of
Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe
be
to the
shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
3
Ye eat the
fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed:
but
ye feed not the flock.
4
The
diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye
bound up
that which was
broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither
have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
5
And they
were scattered, because
there is
no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field,
when they were scattered.
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My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high
hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek
after
them.
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Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the L
ORD
;
8
As
I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely
because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because
there was
no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed
themselves, and fed not my flock;
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Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the L
ORD
;
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Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
am
against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand,
and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any
more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I,
even
I, will both search my sheep, and seek them
out.
12
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep
that are
scattered;
so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered
in the cloudy and dark day.
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And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the
countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by
the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
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I will feed them in a good pasture, and
upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and
in
a fat
pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
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I will feed my flock, and I will cause them
to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
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I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was
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