1	And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying# ,
			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?
			3	Ye eat# the fat, and ye clothe# you with the wool, ye kill# them that are fed: but ye feed# not the flock.
			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.
			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# . [because...: or, without a shepherd]
			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 .
			7	Therefore, ye shepherds# , hear# the word of the LORD;
			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; [because...: or, without a shepherd]
			9	Therefore, O ye shepherds# , hear# the word of the LORD;
			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.
			11	For thus saith# the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search# my sheep, and seek them out# .
			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. [As...: Heb. According to the seeking]
			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.
			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.
			15	I will feed# my flock, and I will cause them to lie down# , saith# the Lord GOD.
			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.
			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. [cattle: Heb. small cattle of lambs and kids] [he goats: Heb. great he goats]
			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?
			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.
			20	Therefore thus saith# the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge# between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
			21	Because ye have thrust# with side and with shoulder, and pushed# all the diseased# with your horns, till ye have scattered# them abroad;
			22	Therefore will I save# my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge# between cattle and cattle.
			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# .
			24	And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken# it .
			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# # .
			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.
			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.
			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# .
			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. [of renown: or, for renown] [consumed: Heb. taken away]
			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.
			31	And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith# the Lord GOD.