WEBVTT 00:00.980 --> 00:02.020 Chapter 34. 00:03.500 --> 00:08.900 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy against the 00:08.900 --> 00:13.160 shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God 00:13.160 --> 00:17.520 unto the shepherds, Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed 00:17.520 --> 00:18.040 themselves. 00:18.740 --> 00:20.440 Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 00:21.000 --> 00:24.140 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool. 00:24.740 --> 00:28.200 Ye kill them that are fed, but ye feed not the flock. 00:28.860 --> 00:30.540 The diseased have ye not strengthened? 00:31.360 --> 00:33.280 Neither have ye healed that which was sick. 00:33.740 --> 00:35.940 Neither have ye bound up that which was broken. 00:36.600 --> 00:39.560 Neither have ye brought again that which was driven away. 00:40.260 --> 00:42.380 Neither have ye sought that which was lost. 00:42.960 --> 00:46.000 But with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. 00:46.300 --> 00:49.000 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd. 00:49.860 --> 00:54.060 And they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. 00:54.700 --> 00:59.280 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill. 00:59.920 --> 01:04.860 Yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or 01:04.860 --> 01:05.800 seek after them. 01:06.940 --> 01:09.560 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. 01:09.940 --> 01:14.380 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, 01:14.740 --> 01:19.640 and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, 01:20.220 --> 01:24.640 neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, 01:25.100 --> 01:26.280 and fed not my flock. 01:26.760 --> 01:29.800 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. 01:30.480 --> 01:35.380 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will 01:35.380 --> 01:39.700 require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the 01:39.700 --> 01:40.000 flock. 01:40.540 --> 01:45.360 Neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more, for I will deliver my 01:45.360 --> 01:48.600 flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 01:49.020 --> 01:55.220 For thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep and 01:55.220 --> 01:56.020 seek them out. 01:56.420 --> 02:00.800 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are 02:00.800 --> 02:06.220 scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places 02:06.220 --> 02:09.540 where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 02:09.940 --> 02:14.480 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, 02:15.040 --> 02:19.680 and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel 02:19.680 --> 02:24.040 by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 02:24.700 --> 02:29.060 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel 02:29.060 --> 02:30.560 shall their fold be. 02:32.200 --> 02:37.660 There shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon 02:37.660 --> 02:38.900 the mountains of Israel. 02:39.640 --> 02:44.240 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. 02:44.800 --> 02:48.900 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven 02:48.900 --> 02:54.080 away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was 02:54.080 --> 02:54.360 sick. 02:54.840 --> 02:59.160 But I will destroy the fat and the strong, I will feed them with judgment. 03:00.200 --> 03:06.420 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I judge between cattle 03:06.420 --> 03:09.700 and cattle, between the rams and the he-goats. 03:10.500 --> 03:15.460 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must 03:15.460 --> 03:18.140 tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? 03:18.780 --> 03:23.360 And to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your 03:23.360 --> 03:23.680 feet? 03:24.800 --> 03:29.440 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, 03:30.040 --> 03:33.140 and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. 03:33.900 --> 03:41.120 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God unto them, Behold, I, even I, will judge 03:41.120 --> 03:46.080 between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle, because ye have thrust with 03:46.080 --> 03:51.480 side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have 03:51.480 --> 03:52.460 scattered them abroad. 03:53.280 --> 03:57.840 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey. 03:58.220 --> 04:03.200 And I will judge between cattle and cattle, and I will set up one shepherd 04:03.200 --> 04:05.640 over them, and he shall feed them. 04:05.780 --> 04:10.440 Even my servant David, he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 04:11.020 --> 04:15.780 And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them. 04:16.320 --> 04:20.800 I the Lord have spoken it, and I will make with them a covenant of peace, 04:21.400 --> 04:26.300 and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land, and they shall dwell 04:26.300 --> 04:29.020 safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 04:29.620 --> 04:35.140 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing, and I will cause 04:35.140 --> 04:37.020 the shower to come down in his season. 04:37.780 --> 04:39.780 There shall be showers of blessing. 04:40.860 --> 04:46.020 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her 04:46.020 --> 04:46.580 increase. 04:47.260 --> 04:51.320 And they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, 04:51.680 --> 04:55.820 when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand 04:55.820 --> 04:57.840 of those that serve themselves of them. 04:58.780 --> 05:03.220 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the 05:03.220 --> 05:08.140 land devour them, but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. 05:08.800 --> 05:14.360 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed 05:14.360 --> 05:18.940 with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 05:19.480 --> 05:24.600 Thus shall they know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, 05:24.880 --> 05:28.360 even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God. 05:29.180 --> 05:35.700 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.