Prophecy Concerning Israel's Shepherds And Sheep
2 "Thou son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and speak unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Woe be unto the shepherds of Israel, that feed themselves. Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
2 “Son of man, prophesy against the (A)shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to (a)those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord (b)God, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been (c)(B)feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds (d)(C)feed the flock?
2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them: This is what the Lord God says to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves!(A) Shouldn’t the shepherds feed their flock?
2 "Son of Man, prophesy against Israel's shepherds. Tell those shepherds, "This is what the Lord GOD says:
3 Ye have eaten up the fat, ye have clothed you with the wool: the best fed have ye slain, but the flock have ye not nourished.
3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
3 You (D)eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you (E)slaughter the fat sheep without (e)feeding the flock.
3 You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.(B)
3 "Woe to you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves and not the sheep. Shouldn't shepherds feed the sheep? You're eating the best parts, clothing yourselves with the wool, and slaughtering the home-grown sheep without having fed the sheep!
4 The weak have ye not holden up, the sick have ye not healed: the broken have ye not bound together, the outcasts have ye not brought again. The lost have ye not sought, but churlishly and cruelly have ye ruled them.
4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
4 Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the (f)diseased you have not healed, (F)the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you (G)sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.
4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost.(C) Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
4 You haven't strengthened the weak, treated the sick, set broken bones, regathered the scattered, or looked for the lost. Instead, you've dominated them with brutal force and ruthlessness.
5 Thus are they scattered here and there without a shepherd: yea, all the beasts of the field devour them, and they go astray.
5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
5 They were (H)scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became (I)food for every beast of the field and were scattered.
5 They were scattered for lack of a shepherd;(D) they became food for all the wild animals(E) when they were scattered.
5 "Since they have no shepherd, they have been scattered around and have become prey for all sorts of wild animals. How scattered they are!
6 My sheep go wandering upon all mountains, and upon every high hill. Yea they be scattered abroad in all fields, and there is no man, that careth for them, or seeketh after them.
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
6 My flock (J)wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; (K)My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was (L)no one to search or seek for them.”’”
6 My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill.(F) They were scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.
6 My sheep have gone wandering on all of the mountains, on all of the hills, and throughout every high place in the whole world, with no one to look for them or go out in search of them.
8 Thus sayeth the LORD God: As truly as I live, forsomuch as my sheep are robbed, and devoured of all the wild beasts of the field, having no shepherd: and seeing that my shepherds take no regard of my sheep, but feed themselves only, and not my sheep:
8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
8 “As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely because My flock has become a (M)prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;
8 As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“because My flock has become prey and food for every wild animal since they lack a shepherd, for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than My flock,
8 "As certainly as I'm alive and living, my sheep have truly become victims, food for all of the wild animals because there are no shepherds. My shepherds did not go searching for my flock. Instead, the shepherds fed themselves, and my flock they would not feed!'
10 Thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I myself will upon the shepherds, and require my sheep from their hands, and make them cease from feeding of my sheep: Yea the shepherds shall feed themselves no more: For I will deliver my sheep out of their mouths, so that they shall not devour them after this.
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 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, that they may not be meat for them.
10 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am (N)against the shepherds, and I will demand My (g)sheep (h)from them and make them (O)cease from feeding (i)sheep. So the shepherds will not (j)feed themselves anymore, but I will (P)deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’”
10 “This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against the shepherds.(G) I will demand My flock from them(a) and prevent them from shepherding the flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock from their mouths so that they will not be food for them.
10 "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch out, I'm coming after you shepherds! I'm going to demand my sheep back from them and fire them as shepherds. The shepherds won't be shepherds anymore when I snatch my flock right out of their mouths so they can't be eaten by them anymore."'"
The Lord God Will Seek Them Out
11 For thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will look to my sheep myself, and seek them.
11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
11 “For this is what the Lord God says: See, I Myself will search for My flock and look for them.
11 "This is what the LORD says: "Watch me! I'm going to search for my flock. I'll watch over them myself.
12 Like as a shepherd among the flock seeketh after the sheep that are scattered abroad, even so will I seek after my sheep, and gather them together out of all places, where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
12 (R)As a shepherd (k)cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered (l)sheep, so I will (m)(S)care for My (n)sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a (T)cloudy and gloomy day.
12 As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered(H) on a cloudy and dark day.
12 Just as a shepherd looks after his flock during the day time while he is with them, so also I'm going to watch over my sheep, delivering them from every place where they've been scattered during the times of gloom and doom.
13 I will bring them out from all people, and gather them together out of all lands, I will bring them into their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the places of the country.
13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
13 I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will (U)feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the (V)streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.
13 I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the land.
13 I'm going to bring them out from foreign nations and from foreign lands. Then I'll bring them to their own land and feed them in Israel on the mountains, in their valleys, and in all of their settlements throughout the land.
14 I will feed them in right good pastures, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their folds be. There shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed: even upon the mountains of Israel.
14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
14 I will feed them in a (W)good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in (o)(X)rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
14 I will tend them with good pasture, and their grazing place will be on Israel’s lofty mountains. There they will lie down in a good grazing place; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
14 I'll feed them in excellent pastures, and even the very heights of Israel's mountains will serve as verdant pastures for them in which they'll rest and feed yes, even on the fertile mountains of Israel!
16 Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.
16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
16 “I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the (Z)fat and the strong I will destroy. I will (AA)feed them with judgment.
16 “I will seek the lost,(J) bring back the strays, bandage the injured,(K) and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy(b) the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.
16 "I'm going to seek both the lost as well as the scattered, and bring them both back so their broken bones can be set and the sick can be healed. But in righteousness I'll exterminate the fat and the stiff-necked.'"
17 "'And as for you, O my sheep, sayeth the LORD God: I will put a difference among the sheep, among the wethers and the goats.
17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
17 “As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I will (AB)judge between one (q)sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.
17 “The Lord God says to you, My flock: I am going to judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and male goats.(L)
17 "Now as for you, my flock, this is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch out! I'm going to judge between one sheep and another, and between the rams and the goats.
18 Was it not enough for you, to eat up the good pasture, but ye must tread down the residue of your pastures with your feet also? Was it not enough for you to drink clear water, but ye must trouble the residue also with your feet?
18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
18 Is it too (AC)slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must (r)foul the rest with your feet?
18 Isn’t it enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Or isn’t it enough that you drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
18 Is it such an insignificant thing to you that you're feeding in good pastures but trampling down the other pastures with your feet? Or that as you're drinking from the clear streams you're muddying the rest with your feet?
19 Thus my sheep must be fain to eat the thing that ye have trodden down with your feet, and to drink it that ye with your feet have defiled.
19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
19 As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you (s)foul with your feet!’”
19 Yet My flock has to feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied.
19 My flock is grazing on what you've been treading down with your feet and they're drinking what you've been making muddy with your feet!'
20 Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God unto them: Behold, I will sever the fat sheep from the lean:
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
20 Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them, “Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
20 “Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: See, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
20 "Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: "Watch me! I'm going to judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep,
21 forsomuch as ye have shot the weak sheep upon the sides and shoulders, and run upon them with your horns, so long till ye have utterly scattered them abroad.
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
21 Because you push with side and with shoulder, and (AD)thrust at all the (t)weak with your horns until you have scattered them (u)abroad,
21 Since you have pushed with flank and shoulder and butted all the weak ones with your horns until you scattered them all over,
21 since you've been bumping aside all the weaker sheep with your backsides and shoulders, butting them with your horns until they're scattered around outside.
22 I will help my sheep, so that they shall no more be spoiled: yea, I will discern one sheep from another.
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
22 therefore, I will (AE)deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.
22 I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey for you. I will judge between one sheep and another.
22 That's how I'll save my sheep so they won't be plundered any longer. I'm going to judge between one sheep and another.'"
23 I will raise up to them one only shepherd: even my servant David. He shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
23 “Then I will (AF)set over them one (AG)shepherd, My servant (AH)David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.
23 I will appoint over them a single shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.(M)
23 ""Then I'll install one shepherd for them my servant David and he will feed them, will be there for them, and will serve as their shepherd.
24 I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David shall be their prince: Even I the LORD have spoken it.
24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant (AI)David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.
24 I, Yahweh, will be their God, and My servant David(N) will be a prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken.
24 I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will rule among them as Prince.' I, the LORD, have spoken this.
The Lord's Covenant Of Peace
25 Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them, and drive all evil beasts out of the land: so that they may dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
25 “I will make a (AJ)covenant of peace with them and (AK)eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may (AL)live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
25 “I will make a covenant of peace(O) with them and eliminate dangerous animals(P) in the land, so that they may live securely(Q) in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
25 "I'm going to enter into a covenant with them, one of peace, and I'll eliminate wild beasts from the land so they can live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forests.
26 Good fortune and prosperity will I give them, and unto all that be round about my hill. A prosperous shower and rain will I send them in due season,
26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
26 I will make them and the places around My hill a (AM)blessing. And I will cause (AN)showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of (AO)blessing.
26 I will make them and the area around My hill(R) a blessing: I will send down showers in their season(S)—showers(c) of blessing.
26 I'm going to make them and everything that surrounds my hill a blessing. I'll send down the rain! At the appropriate time there will be a rainstorm of blessing!
27 that the trees in the wood may bring forth their fruits, and the ground her increase. They shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD: which have broken their yoke, and delivered them out of the hands of those that held them in subjection.
27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
27 Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be (AP)secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have (AQ)broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
27 The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. They will know that I am Yahweh when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslave them.(T)
27 I'll bring fruit to the trees in the orchards, the land will yield its produce, they will live securely on their land, and they will learn that I am the LORD, when I break the bar that has been their yoke and deliver them from the control of those who have enslaved them.
28 They shall no more be spoiled of the Heathen, nor devoured with the beasts of the land: but safely shall they dwell, and no man shall fray them.
28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
28 They will no longer be a prey to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will (AR)live securely, and no one will make them afraid.
28 They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the wild animals of the land will not consume them. They will live securely, and no one will frighten them.
28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, and wild animals will no longer devour them. They will settle down confidently, with nothing to frighten them.
29 I will set up an excellent plant for them, so that they shall suffer no more hunger in the land, neither bear the reproof of the Heathen anymore.
29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
29 I will establish for them a (AS)renowned planting place, and they will (AT)not again be (v)victims of famine in the land, and they will not (AU)endure the insults of the nations anymore.
29 I will establish for them a place renowned for its agriculture,(d) and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land. They will no longer endure the insults of the nations.(U)
29 I'm going to prepare for them the best of gardening spots. They will no longer live as victims in a land of starvation, nor will they have to bear the insults of the international community.
30 Thus shall they understand, that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, sayeth the LORD God.
30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
30 Then they will know that (AV)I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,” declares the Lord God.
30 Then they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people.”(V) This is the declaration of the Lord God.
30 That's when they'll learn that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people,' declares the Lord GOD.
31 Ye men are my flock; ye are the sheep of my pasture: and I am your God, sayeth the LORD God.'"
31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
31 “As for you, My (AW)sheep, the (AX)sheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God,” declares the Lord God.
31 “You are My flock, the human flock of My pasture, and I am your God.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.(W)
31 "And as for you, my sheep, the flock that I'm pasturing, you are mankind, and I am your God,' declares the Lord GOD."