1And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

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2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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

3Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill that which is fatted; but ye feed not the flock.

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

4The weak do ye not strengthen, and the sick do ye not heal, and the wounded do ye not bind up; ye bring not back that which hath been driven away, neither seek ye that which hath been lost; but with force and with cruelty do ye rule them.

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

5Therefore are they scattered abroad, because there is no shepherd, and they are food to all the beasts of the field, or are scattered abroad.

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

6My sheep wander through all the mountains, and upon every high hill; yea, over the whole face of the land is my flock scattered, and none careth for them, or seeketh 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, hear the word of Jehovah:

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

8As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because my flock is become a prey, and my flock is become meat to all the beasts of the field because there is no shepherd, and because my shepherds search not for my flock, and feed themselves, and feed not my flock,—

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

9therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah.

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10Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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, and they shall not be meat for them.

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

11For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I, even I, will seek my flock, and look after them;

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

12as a shepherd looketh after his flock in the day when he is among his sheep that are scattered, so will I look after my sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the day of clouds and darkness.

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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 nations, and gather them from the countries; and I will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel, in the valleys, and in all the dwelling-places of the land.

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

14I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be; there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

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

15I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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

16I will seek that which was lost, and bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong will I destroy; I will feed them as they deserve.

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

17And as for you, O my sheep, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will judge between the weak of the flock and the strong ones, even the rams and the he-goats.

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

18Seemeth it a small thing to you to eat up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to drink of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

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

19and that my sheep eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and drink that which ye have fouled with your feet?

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20Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah to them: Behold I, even I, will judge between the fat and the lean of the flock.

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

21Because ye thrust with your side and with your shoulder, and push all the weak with your horns, till ye scatter them abroad,

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

22therefore will I save my sheep, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

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

23And I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

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

24And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them. I, Jehovah, have 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 covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, so that they shall dwell safely in the desert, and sleep in the woods.

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

26And I will make them, and the places round about my hill, a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; showers rich in blessings shall there be.

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

27And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase; and they shall be secure in their land, and shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall break the bands of their yoke and deliver them out of the hand of them that made them servants.

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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 a prey to the nations, neither shall the beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell in security, and none shall make them afraid.

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

29And I will raise up for them a plantation for my glory; and they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, neither shall they bear the reproach of the nations any more.

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

30Then shall they know, that I, Jehovah, their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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

31For ye, my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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