Verse 3
Ezekiel 34:3
Free Bible Version
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You eat the cream, you use the wool for clothes, and you slaughter the fattened sheep, but you don't feed the flock.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֶת הַ/חֵ֤לֶב תֹּאכֵ֨לוּ֙ וְ/אֶת הַ/צֶּ֣מֶר תִּלְבָּ֔שׁוּ הַ/בְּרִיאָ֖ה תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ הַ/צֹּ֖אן לֹ֥א תִרְעֽוּ
English Translation
You shall eat the fat, and you shall wear the wool; you shall sacrifice the animals; do not graze the sheep.
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Chapter 34 Context
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A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
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“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds who lead Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is wha...
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You eat the cream, you use the wool for clothes, and you slaughter the fattened sheep, but you don't...
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You haven't taken care of the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought home the strays,...
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They were scattered because they didn't have a shepherd. When they scattered they were preyed on by...
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My sheep strayed, going to all the mountains and high hills. They were scattered everywhere, and the...
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So, you shepherds, listen to what the Lord has to say:
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As I live, declares the Lord God (Elohim), because my sheep didn't have a shepherd and were preyed o...
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so, you shepherds, you listen to what the Lord has to say!
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This is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: Watch out, because I'm condemning the shepherds, and I will...
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For this is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: Watch as I myself will go looking for my sheep, searchi...
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Just like a shepherd goes looking for his lost sheep when he is with the flock, so I will look for m...
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I will take them out from among the other nations. I will gather them from the different countries,...
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I will provide them with good pasture and places to graze in the high mountains of Israel. They will...
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I myself will look after my sheep and give them a place to rest, declares the Lord God (Elohim).
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I will go looking for the lost, bring home the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak....
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My flock, this is what the Lord God (Elohim) says to you: Watch, because I will judge between one sh...
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Aren't you satisfied with feeding in good pasture? Do you have to trample down the rest of the pastu...
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Why does my flock have to feed on what your feet have trampled down, and drink the water that your f...
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That's why the Lord God (Elohim) says to them: Watch, because I myself will judge between the fat sh...
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Since you push others around with your sides and your shoulders, and use your horns to attack all th...
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I will rescue my flock, and they will no longer be your victims. I will judge between one sheep and...
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23
I will put one shepherd in charge of them, my servant David, and he will take care of them. He will...
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I the Lord will be their God (Elohim), and my servant David will be their leader. I the Lord have sp...
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I will make an agreement of peace with them, and get rid of the wild animals from the country, so th...
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I will bless them everywhere around my hill. I will send rain at the right time. They will be shower...
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The trees in the orchards will produce their fruit; the earth will grow its crops; and my flock will...
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They won't be the victims of other nations anymore, and wild animals won't eat them. They will live...
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I will make their fields produce remarkable harvests, and they won't suffer famine in their country...
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Then they will know that I am with them as the Lord their God (Elohim), and that the people of Israe...
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You are my sheep, the sheep that I feed. You are my people, and I am your God (Elohim), declares the...
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