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Ezekiel 34:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep. "

Ezekiel 34:3

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1 The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?

3 You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep.

4 You haven’t strengthened the diseased. You haven’t healed that which was sick. You haven’t bound up that which was broken. You haven’t brought back that which was driven away. You haven’t sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor.

5 They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 34:1

"The LORD’s word came to me, saying,"

Ezekiel 34:2

"“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?"

Ezekiel 34:4

"You haven’t strengthened the diseased. You haven’t healed that which was sick. You haven’t bound up that which was broken. You haven’t brought back that which was driven away. You haven’t sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor."

Ezekiel 34:5

"They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered."

Ezekiel 34:6

"My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth. There was no one who searched or sought.”"

Ezekiel 34:7

"“‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the LORD’s word:"

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