1And the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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2Sonne of man, prophesie against the shepherdes of Israel, prophesie and say vnto them, Thus saieth the Lord God vnto the shepherds, Wo be vnto the shepherds of Israel, that feede them selues: should not the shepherds feede the flockes?

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Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 3:15, Jeremiah 3:15, Isaiah 40:11

3Yee eate the fat, and yee clothe you with the wooll: yee kill them that are fed, but ye feede not the sheepe.

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Zechariah 11:16, Zechariah 11:16, Isaiah 1:10, Ezekiel 33:25, Ezekiel 33:26

4The weake haue ye not strengthened: the sicke haue ye not healed, neither haue ye bounde vp the broken, nor brought againe that which was driuen away, neither haue yee sought that which was lost, but with crueltie, and with rigour haue yee ruled them.

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Matthew 18:12, Matthew 18:13, Matthew 18:12, Matthew 18:13, Ezekiel 34:16

5And they were scattered without a shepherde: and when they were dispersed, they were deuoured of all the beastes of the fielde.

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Matthew 9:36, 2 Chronicles 18:16, Matthew 9:36, 2 Chronicles 18:16, Jeremiah 23:2

6My sheepe wandred through all the mountaines, and vpon euery hie hill: yea, my flocke was scattered through al the earth, and none did seeke or search after them.

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Psalms 142:4, 1 Peter 2:25, Psalms 142:4, 1 Peter 2:25, Jeremiah 40:11

7Therefore ye shepherds, heare the woorde of the Lord.

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Psalms 82:1, Psalms 82:7, Ezekiel 34:9, Jeremiah 22:2, Jeremiah 22:3

8As I liue, sayeth the Lord God, surely because my flocke was spoyled, and my sheepe were deuoured of all the beasts of the fielde, hauing no shepherde, neither did my shepherdes seeke my sheepe, but the shepherdes fedde them selues, and fedde not my sheepe,

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2 Peter 2:13, 2 Peter 2:13, Ezekiel 34:18, Ezekiel 34:31, Ezekiel 34:10

9Therefore, heare ye the word of the Lord, O ye shepherds.

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10Thus saieth the Lord God, Behold, I come against the shepherds, and will require my sheepe at their hands, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheepe: neither shall the shepherds feede them selues any more: for I wil deliuer my sheepe from their mouthes, and they shall no more deuoure them.

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Zechariah 10:3, Ezekiel 34:2, Zechariah 10:3, Ezekiel 34:2, Jeremiah 21:13

11For thus sayeth the Lord God, Beholde, I will search my sheepe, and seeke them out.

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Luke 19:10, John 10:16, Luke 19:10, John 10:16, Isaiah 40:10

12As a shepherd searcheth out his flocke, when he hath bene among his sheepe that are scattered, so wil I seeke out my sheepe and wil deliuer them out of all places, where they haue beene scattered in the cloudie and darke day,

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Isaiah 40:11, John 10:11, John 10:12, Isaiah 40:11, John 10:11

13And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countreis, and will bring them to their owne lande, and feede them vpon the mountaines of Israel, by the riuers, and in all the inhabited places of the countrey.

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Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 28:26, Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 28:26, Ezekiel 11:17

14I will feede them in a good pasture, and vpon the hie mountaines of Israel shall their folde be: there shall they lie in a good folde and in fat pasture shall they feede vpon the mountaines of Israel.

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John 10:9, John 10:9, Jeremiah 31:25, Jeremiah 31:25, Psalms 23:1

15I will feede my sheepe, and bring them to their rest, sayth the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 34:23, Jeremiah 3:15, John 21:15, Ezekiel 34:23, Jeremiah 3:15

16I will seeke that which was lost, and bring againe that which was driue away, and will binde vp that which was broken, and will strengthen the weake but I wil destroy the fat and the strong, and I will feede them with iudgement.

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Luke 19:10, Luke 19:10, Isaiah 49:26, Ezekiel 34:4, Isaiah 49:26

17Also you my sheepe, Thus saieth the Lord God, behold, I iudge betweene sheepe, and sheepe, betweene the rammes and the goates.

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Zechariah 10:3, Ezekiel 34:20, Ezekiel 34:22, Matthew 25:32, Matthew 25:33

18Seemeth it a small thing vnto you to haue eaten vp the good pasture, but yee must treade downe with your feete the residue of your pasture? and to haue drunke of the deepe waters, but yee must trouble the residue with your feete?

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Luke 11:52, Matthew 23:13, Luke 11:52, Matthew 23:13, Numbers 16:13

19And my sheepe eate that which yee haue troden with your feete, and drinke that which ye haue troubled with your feete.

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20Therefore thus sayth the Lord God vnto them, behold, I, euen I wil iudge betweene the fat sheepe and the leane sheepe.

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Ezekiel 34:10, Psalms 22:12, Psalms 22:16, Matthew 25:31, Matthew 25:46

21Because ye haue thrust with side and with shoulder, and pusht al the weake with your hornes, till ye haue scattered them abroade,

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Zechariah 11:5, Zechariah 11:16, Zechariah 11:17, Ezekiel 34:3, Ezekiel 34:5

22Therefore wil I helpe my sheepe, and they shall no more be spoyled, and I wil iudge betweene sheepe and sheepe.

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Psalms 72:12, Psalms 72:14, Jeremiah 23:2, Jeremiah 23:3, Psalms 72:12

23And I wil set vp a shepherd ouer them, and he shall feede them, euen my seruant Dauid, he shall feede them, and he shalbe their shepherd.

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Ezekiel 37:24, Ezekiel 37:25, Jeremiah 30:9, Ezekiel 37:24, Ezekiel 37:25

24And I the Lord will be their God, and my seruant Dauid shalbe the prince amog them. I the Lord haue spoken it.

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Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:28, Jeremiah 23:5

25And I will make with them a couenant of peace, and will cause the euil beastes to cease out of the land: and they shall dwel safely in the wildernesse, and sleepe in the woods.

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Isaiah 11:6, Isaiah 11:9, Ezekiel 37:26, Isaiah 11:6, Isaiah 11:9

26And I wil set them, as a blessing, euen roud about my mountaine: and I will cause rayne to come downe in due season, and there shalbe raine of blessing.

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Deuteronomy 28:12, Deuteronomy 28:12, Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 44:3, Leviticus 26:4

27And the tree of the fielde shall yeeld her fruite, and the earth shall giue her fruite, and they shalbe safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I haue broken the cordes of their yoke, and deliuered them out of the hands of those that serued themselues of them.

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Jeremiah 30:8, Jeremiah 30:8, Leviticus 26:13, Leviticus 26:4, Leviticus 26:13

28And they shall no more be spoyled of the heathen, neither shall the beastes of the land deuoure them, but they shall dwell safely and none shall make them afrayd.

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Jeremiah 46:27, Jeremiah 30:10, Jeremiah 46:27, Jeremiah 30:10, Ezekiel 39:26

29And I will rayse vp for them a plant of renoume, and they shalbe no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither beare the reproche of the heathen any more.

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Ezekiel 36:29, Ezekiel 36:29, Isaiah 4:2, Ezekiel 34:26, Ezekiel 34:27

30Thus shall they vnderstande, that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, euen the house of Israel, are my people, sayth the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 37:27, Ezekiel 34:24, Ezekiel 37:27, Ezekiel 34:24, Psalms 46:11

31And yee my sheepe, the sheepe of my pasture are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.

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Psalms 100:3, Psalms 100:3, John 10:16, John 10:16, Ezekiel 36:38