<vn='1'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1121">Son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="7462">shepherds</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5012">prophesy</s>, and <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> unto the <sn="7462">shepherds</s>; <sn="1945">Woe</s> be to the <sn="7462">shepherds</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="834">that</s> do <sn="1961 7462">feed</s> themselves! should <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="7462">shepherds</s><sn="7462">feed</s> the <sn="6629">flocks</s>? </v>
<vn='3'>Ye <sn="398">eat</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2459">fat</s>, and ye <sn="3847">clothe</s> you <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="6785">wool</s>, ye <sn="2076">kill</s> them that are <sn="1277">fed</s>: but ye <sn="7462">feed</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="6629">flock</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="*853"></s> The <sn="2470">diseased</s> have ye <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2388">strengthened</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> have ye <sn="7495">healed</s> that which was <sn="2470">sick</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> have ye bound <sn="2280">up</s> that which was <sn="7665">broken</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> have ye brought <sn="7725">again</s> that which was driven <sn="5080">away</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> have ye <sn="1245">sought</s> that which was <sn="6">lost</s>; but with <sn="2394">force</s> and with <sn="6531">cruelty</s> have ye <sn="7287">ruled</s> them. </v>
<vn='5'>And they were <sn="6327">scattered</s>, because there is <sn="4480 1097">no</s><sn="7462">shepherd</s>: and they <sn="1961">became</s><sn="402">meat</s> to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2416">beasts</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>, when they were <sn="6327">scattered</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>My <sn="6629">sheep</s><sn="7686">wandered</s> through <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="7311">high</s><sn="1389">hill</s>: yea, my <sn="6629">flock</s> was <sn="6327">scattered</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> did <sn="1875">search</s> or <sn="1245">seek</s> after them. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3651">Therefore</s>, ye <sn="7462">shepherds</s>, <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; </v>
<vn='8'> As <sn="589">I</s><sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, <sn="518 3808">surely</s><sn="3282">because</s> my <sn="6629">flock</s><sn="1961">became</s> a <sn="957">prey</s>, and my <sn="6629">flock</s><sn="1961">became</s><sn="402">meat</s> to <sn="3605">every</s><sn="2416">beast</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>, because there was <sn="4480 369">no</s><sn="7462">shepherd</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> did my <sn="7462">shepherds</s><sn="1875">search</s><sn="*853"></s> for my <sn="6629">flock</s>, but the <sn="7462">shepherds</s><sn="7462">fed</s> themselves, and <sn="7462">fed</s><sn="3808">not</s> my <sn="6629">flock</s>; </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3651">Therefore</s>, O ye <sn="7462">shepherds</s>, <sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I am <sn="413">against</s> the <sn="7462">shepherds</s>; and I will <sn="1875">require</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="6629">flock</s> at their <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, and cause them to <sn="7673">cease</s> from <sn="4480 7462">feeding</s> the <sn="6629">flock</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall the <sn="7462">shepherds</s><sn="7462">feed</s> themselves any <sn="5750">more</s>; for I will <sn="5337">deliver</s> my <sn="6629">flock</s> from their <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s>, that they may <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="402">meat</s> for them. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I, even <sn="589">I</s>, will both <sn="1875">search</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="6629">sheep</s>, and seek them <sn="1239">out</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>As a <sn="7462">shepherd</s> seeketh <sn="1243">out</s> his <sn="5739">flock</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> that he <sn="1961">is</s><sn="8432">among</s> his <sn="6629">sheep</s> that are <sn="6566">scattered</s>; <sn="3651">so</s> will I seek <sn="1239">out</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="6629">sheep</s>, and will <sn="5337">deliver</s> them out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="4725">places</s><sn="834 8033">where</s> they have been <sn="6327">scattered</s> in the <sn="6051">cloudy</s> and <sn="6205">dark</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And I will bring them <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="6908">gather</s> them <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="776">countries</s>, and will <sn="935">bring</s> them <sn="413">to</s> their own <sn="127">land</s>, and <sn="7462">feed</s> them <sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> by the <sn="650">rivers</s>, and in <sn="3605">all</s> the inhabited <sn="4186">places</s> of the <sn="776">country</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>I will <sn="7462">feed</s> them in a <sn="2896">good</s><sn="4829">pasture</s>, and upon the <sn="4791">high</s><sn="2022">mountains</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall their <sn="5116">fold</s><sn="1961">be</s>: <sn="8033">there</s> shall they <sn="7257">lie</s> in a <sn="2896">good</s><sn="5116">fold</s>, and in a <sn="8082">fat</s><sn="4829">pasture</s> shall they <sn="7462">feed</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="7462">feed</s> my <sn="6629">flock</s>, and <sn="589">I</s> will cause them to lie <sn="7257">down</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>I will <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> that which was <sn="6">lost</s>, and bring <sn="7725">again</s> that which was driven <sn="5080">away</s>, and will bind <sn="2280">up</s> that which was <sn="7665">broken</s>, and will <sn="2388">strengthen</s> that which was <sn="2470">sick</s>: but I will <sn="8045">destroy</s> the <sn="8082">fat</s> and the <sn="2389">strong</s>; I will <sn="7462">feed</s> them with <sn="4941">judgment</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And as for <sn="859">you</s>, O my <sn="6629">flock</s>, <sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="7716">cattle</s> and <sn="7716">cattle</s>, between the <sn="352">rams</s> and the he <sn="6260">goats</s>. </v>
<vn='18'> Seemeth it a small <sn="4592">thing</s><sn="4480">unto</s> you to have eaten <sn="7462">up</s> the <sn="2896">good</s><sn="4829">pasture</s>, but ye must tread <sn="7429">down</s> with your <sn="7272">feet</s> the <sn="3499">residue</s> of your <sn="4829">pastures</s>? and to have <sn="8354">drunk</s> of the <sn="4950">deep</s><sn="4325">waters</s>, but ye must <sn="7515">foul</s> the <sn="3498">residue</s> with your <sn="7272">feet</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>And as for my <sn="6629">flock</s>, they <sn="7462">eat</s> that which ye have <sn="4823">trodden</s> with your <sn="7272">feet</s>; and they <sn="8354">drink</s> that which ye have <sn="4833">fouled</s> with your <sn="7272">feet</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s><sn="413">unto</s> them; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="589">I</s>, even I, will <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="996">between</s> the <sn="1277">fat</s><sn="7716">cattle</s> and <sn="996">between</s> the <sn="7330">lean</s><sn="7716">cattle</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3282">Because</s> ye have <sn="1920">thrust</s> with <sn="6654">side</s> and with <sn="3802">shoulder</s>, and <sn="5055">pushed</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2470">diseased</s> with your <sn="7161">horns</s>, <sn="5704 834">till</s> ye have <sn="6327">scattered</s> them <sn="413 2351">abroad</s>; </v>
<vn='22'>Therefore will I <sn="3467">save</s> my <sn="6629">flock</s>, and they shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="957">prey</s>; and I will <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="7716">cattle</s> and <sn="7716">cattle</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And I will set <sn="6965">up</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="7462">shepherd</s><sn="5921">over</s> them, and he shall <sn="7462">feed</s> them, even <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s>; he shall <sn="7462">feed</s> them, and <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> their <sn="7462">shepherd</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="1961">be</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, and my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s> a <sn="5387">prince</s><sn="8432">among</s> them; <sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> have <sn="1696">spoken</s> it. </v>
<vn='25'>And I will <sn="3772">make</s> with them a <sn="1285">covenant</s> of <sn="7965">peace</s>, and will cause the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="2416">beasts</s> to <sn="7673">cease</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="776">land</s>: and they shall <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="983">safely</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and <sn="3462">sleep</s> in the <sn="3293">woods</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And I will <sn="5414">make</s> them and the places round <sn="5439">about</s> my <sn="1389">hill</s> a <sn="1293">blessing</s>; and I will cause the <sn="1653">shower</s> to come <sn="3381">down</s> in his <sn="6256">season</s>; there shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="1653">showers</s> of <sn="1293">blessing</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And the <sn="6086">tree</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s> shall <sn="5414">yield</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="6529">fruit</s>, and the <sn="776">earth</s> shall <sn="5414">yield</s> her <sn="2981">increase</s>, and they shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="983">safe</s><sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="127">land</s>, and shall <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, when I have <sn="7665">broken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4133">bands</s> of their <sn="5923">yoke</s>, and <sn="5337">delivered</s> them out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of those that <sn="5647">served</s> themselves of them. </v>
<vn='28'>And they shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="957">prey</s> to the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall the <sn="2416">beast</s> of the <sn="776">land</s><sn="398">devour</s> them; but they shall <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="983">safely</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> shall make them <sn="2729">afraid</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And I will raise <sn="6965">up</s> for them a <sn="4302">plant</s> of <sn="8034">renown</s>, and they shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="622">consumed</s> with <sn="7458">hunger</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="5375">bear</s> the <sn="3639">shame</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s> any <sn="5750">more</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>Thus shall they <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s> am <sn="854">with</s> them, and that <sn="1992">they</s>, even the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, are my <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="859">ye</s> my <sn="6629">flock</s>, the <sn="6629">flock</s> of my <sn="4830">pasture</s>, are <sn="120">men</s>, and <sn="589">I</s> am your <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>