| 1. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: |
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א. |
| 2. "Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them, to the shepherds: So said the Lord God: Woe, shepherds of Israel who were shepherding themselves! Do not the shepherds shepherd the flocks? |
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ב. |
| 3. You eat the fat and you clothe yourselves with the wool; the fatlings you slaughter; the flocks you do not shepherd. |
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ג. |
| 4. The frail you did not strengthen, the sick you did not heal, the broken you did not bind, those astray you did not bring back, and the lost you did not seek, but with strength and with rigor you chastised them. |
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ד. |
| 5. They scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became prey for all the beasts of the field, and they scattered. |
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ה. |
| 6. My flock strayed throughout all the mountains and upon every lofty hill, and upon the entire face of the land My flock scattered-and none searches or seeks. |
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ו. |
| 7. Therefore, shepherds, hearken to the word of the Lord. |
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ז. |
| 8. As I live, says the Lord God, I swear that because My flocks have become a prey, for My flocks have become food for all the beasts of the field because they have no shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flocks, and the shepherds shepherded themselves but they did not shepherd My flocks. |
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ח. |
| 9. Therefore, you shepherds, hearken to the word of the Lord. |
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ט. |
| 10. So said the Lord God: Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I shall demand My flocks from their hands, and I shall banish them from shepherding the flocks. The shepherds will no longer shepherd themselves, and I shall rescue My flocks from their mouth, and they will not be to them for food. |
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י. |
| 11. For so said the Lord God: Behold I am here, and I shall search for My flocks and I shall seek them out. |
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יא. |
| 12. As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his separated flocks, so will I seek out My flocks, and I will save them from all the places where they have scattered on a cloudy and dark day. |
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יב. |
| 13. I will take them out from among the nations, and I will gather them from the lands and bring them to their land, and I will shepherd them to the mountains of Israel, by the streams and in all the dwellings of the land. |
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יג. |
| 14. On good pasture I will pasture them, and on the mountains of the height of Israel will be their dwelling; there they will lie in a good fold and graze on fat pastureland upon the mountains of Israel. |
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יד. |
| 15. I will pasture My flocks and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God. |
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טו. |
| 16. I will seek the lost and I will retrieve the one astray; I will bind the broken and I will strengthen the ill, and the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will pasture it with justice. |
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טז. |
| 17. And you, My flocks, so said the Lord God: Behold I judge between one lamb and another, among the rams and among the he-goats. |
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יז. |
| 18. Is it little for you? The good pasture you graze, and the rest of your pasture you tread with your feet; you drink the clear water, and the rest you tread with your feet. |
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יח. |
| 19. And My flocks graze upon what you trod with your feet, and they drink what you trod with your feet. |
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יט. |
| 20. Therefore, so said the Lord God to them: Behold I am here, and I will judge between a strong lamb and a lean lamb. |
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כ. |
| 21. Because you push with flank and with shoulder, and with your horns you gore all the frail ones until you have scattered them abroad. |
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כא. |
| 22. I shall save My flocks, and they will no longer become a prey, and I shall judge between one lamb and another lamb. |
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כב. |
| 23. And I shall put up over them one shepherd and he will shepherd them, namely My servant David; he will shepherd them, and he will be for them as a shepherd. |
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כג. |
| 24. And I, the Lord, shall be to them for a God, and My servant David [will be] a prince in their midst; I, the Lord, have spoken. |
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כד. |
| 25. And I shall make with them a covenant of peace, and I shall abolish the wild beasts from the land, and they will dwell securely in the desert and grow old in the forests. |
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כה. |
| 26. And I shall make them dwell around My hill for a blessing, and I shall bring down rain in its time; they will be rains of blessing. |
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כו. |
| 27. And the tree of the field will give forth its fruit and the land will give forth its produce, and they will know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from those who enslave them. |
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כז. |
| 28. And they will no longer be a prey to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them, and they will dwell securely, with no one frightening them. |
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כח. |
| 29. And I shall establish for them a plantation for renown, and they will no longer be hidden because of hunger in the land, and they will no longer bear the disgrace of the nations. |
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כט. |
| 30. And they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and they are My people, the house of Israel, says the Lord God. |
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ל. |
| 31. And you are My flocks, the flocks of My pasture, you are man; I am your God," says the Lord God. |
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לא. |
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