I WILL SEEK THAT WHICH WAS LOST AND BRING AGAIN THAT WHICH WAS DRIVEN AWAY
EZEKIEL 34:11-22
FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD;
BEHOLD, I, EVEN I,
WILL BOTH SEARCH
MY SHEEP, AND SEEK THEM OUT.
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.
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.
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.
I WILL FEED MY FLOCK,
AND I WILL CAUSE THEM
TO LIE DOWN, SAITH THE LORD GOD.
I WILL SEEK THAT WHICH WAS LOST,
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.
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.
SEEMETH IT A SMALL
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?
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.
THEREFORE THUS SAITH
THE LORD GOD UNTO THEM;
BEHOLD, I, EVEN I, WILL
JUDGE BETWEEN THE FAT
CATTLE AND BETWEEN THE
LEAN CATTLE.
BECAUSE
YE HAVE THRUST WITH SIDE
AND WITH SHOULDER,
AND PUSHED ALL
THE DISEASED WITH YOUR HORNS,
TILL YE HAVE SCATTERED
THEM ABROAD; THEREFORE
WILL I SAVE MY FLOCK,
AND THEY SHALL NO MORE
BE A PREY; AND I WILL
JUDGE BETWEEN CATTLE AND CATTLE.
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