2 "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to 34:2 Lit them, the shepherdsthose shepherds, ‘This is what the Lord 34:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the chGod says: "Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been 34:2 Lit pasturing, pasturefeeding themselves! Should the shepherds not 34:2 Lit pasturing, pasturefeed the flock? 3 You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep34:3 Lit you do not pasturewithout feeding the flock. 4 Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you searched for the lost; but with force and with violence you have 34:4 Or ruleddominated them. 5 They scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every animal of the field and scattered.
The Restoration of Israel
11 For the Lord God says this: "Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and look after them. 12 As a shepherd cares for his flock on a day when he is among his scattered 34:12 Or flocksheep, so I will care for My 34:12 Or flocksheep and will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.