# Ezekiel 34 đź“–
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## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### The Shepherds of Israel
[[#Verse 01.]] Then this message came to me from the Lord:Â
[[#Verse 02.]] “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel. Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: What sorrow awaits you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn’t shepherds feed their sheep?Â
[[#Verse 03.]]Â You drink the milk, wear the wool, and butcher the best animals, but you let your flocks starve.Â
[[#Verse 04.]]Â You have not taken care of the weak. You have not tended the sick or bound up the injured. You have not gone looking for those who have wandered away and are lost. Instead, you have ruled them with harshness and cruelty.Â
[[#Verse 05.]]Â So my sheep have been scattered without a shepherd, and they are easy prey for any wild animal.Â
[[#Verse 06.]]Â They have wandered through all the mountains and all the hills, across the face of the earth, yet no one has gone to search for them.
[[#Verse 07.]] “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:Â
[[#Verse 08.]] As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. And though you were my shepherds, you didn’t search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve.
[[#Verse 09.]] Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.Â
[[#Verse 10.]] This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, and I will stop them from feeding themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey.
### The Good Shepherd
[[John10.10-18 (Ezekiel 34) (Easter 2025)]]
[[#Verse 11.]] “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search and find my sheep.Â
[[#Verse 12.]]Â I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock. I will find my sheep and rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day.Â
[[#Verse 13.]]Â I will bring them back home to their own land of Israel from among the peoples and nations. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel and by the rivers and in all the places where people live.Â
[[#Verse 14.]]Â Yes, I will give them good pastureland on the high hills of Israel. There they will lie down in pleasant places and feed in the lush pastures of the hills.
[[#Verse 15.]] I myself will tend my sheep and give them a place to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign Lord.Â
[[#Verse 16.]] I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes—feed them justice!
[[#Verse 17.]] “And as for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to his people: I will judge between one animal of the flock and another, separating the sheep from the goats.Â
[[#Verse 18.]] Isn’t it enough for you to keep the best of the pastures for yourselves? Must you also trample down the rest? Isn’t it enough for you to drink clear water for yourselves? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?Â
[[#Verse 19.]]Â Why must my flock eat what you have trampled down and drink water you have fouled?
[[#Verse 20.]] “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will surely judge between the fat sheep and the scrawny sheep.
[[#Verse 21.]]Â For you fat sheep pushed and butted and crowded my sick and hungry flock until you scattered them to distant lands.
[[#Verse 22.]]Â So I will rescue my flock, and they will no longer be abused. I will judge between one animal of the flock and another.Â
[[#Verse 23.]]Â And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.Â
[[#Verse 24.]] And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the Lord, have spoken!
### The Lord’s Covenant of Peace
[[#Verse 25.]] “I will make a covenant of peace with my people and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then they will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear.Â
[[#Verse 26.]]Â I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing.Â
[[#Verse 27.]] The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the Lord.Â
[[#Verse 28.]]Â They will no longer be prey for other nations, and wild animals will no longer devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will frighten them.
[[#Verse 29.]] “And I will make their land famous for its crops, so my people will never again suffer from famines or the insults of foreign nations.Â
[[#Verse 30.]] In this way, they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them. And they will know that they, the people of Israel, are my people, says the Sovereign Lord.Â
[[#Verse 31.]] You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my people, and I am your God. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
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