The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel: The Challoner Revision
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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel: The Challoner Revision
Bible. Ezekiel
34:5. And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd and
they became the prey of all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
34:6. My sheep have wandered in every mountain, and in every high hill:
and my flocks were scattered upon the face of the earth, and there was
none that sought them, there was none, I say, that sought them.
34:7. Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
34:8. As I live, saith the Lord God, forasmuch as my flocks have been
made a spoil, and my sheep are become a prey to all the beasts of the
field, because there was no shepherd: for my shepherds did not seek
after my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flocks:
34:9. Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
34:10. Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself come upon the shepherds,
I will require my flock at their hand, and I will cause them to cease
from feeding the flock any more, neither shall the shepherds feed
themselves any more: and I will deliver my flock from their mouth, and
it shall no more be meat for them.
34:11. For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep,
and will visit them.
34:12. As the shepherd visiteth his flock in the day when he shall be in
the midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep,
and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been
scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
34:13. And I will bring them out from the peoples, and will gather them
out of the countries, and will bring them to their own land: and I will
feed them in the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the
habitations of the land.
34:14. I will feed them in the most fruitful pastures, and their
pastures shall be in the high mountains of Israel: there shall they rest
on the green grass, and be fed in fat pastures upon the mountains of
Israel.
34:15. I will feed my sheep: and I will cause them to lie down, saith
the Lord God.
34:16. I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away,
I will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I will
strengthen that which was weak, and that which was fat and strong I will
preserve, and I will feed them in judgment.
34:17. And as for you, O my flocks, thus saith the Lord God: Behold I
judge between cattle and cattle, of rams and of he goats.
34:18. Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures? but you
must also tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures: and
when you drank the clearest water, you troubled the rest with your feet.
34:19. And my sheep were fed with that which you had trodden with your
feet: and they drank what your feet had troubled.
34:20. Therefore thus saith the Lord God to you: Behold, I myself will
judge between the fat cattle and the lean.
34:21. Because you thrusted with sides and shoulders, and struck all the
weak cattle with your horns, till they were scattered abroad:
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