Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel
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 says the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; W oe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
3   You eat the fat, and you clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you feed not the flock.
4   The diseased have you not strengthened, neither have you healed those who were sick, neither have you bound up those who were broken,  neither  have  you  brought  again  those who were driven away, neither have you sought those who were lost; but with force and with cruelty have you ruled them.
5   And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
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, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
8   As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food 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;
9   Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
10   Thus says 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 food for them.

God Will Shepherd His People
11   For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.
12   As a shepherd seeks 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 on a cloudy and dark day.
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 rich pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15   I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.
16   I will seek those who were lost, and bring again those who were driven away, and will bind up those who were broken, and will strengthen those who were 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 says the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the male goats.
18   Seems it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? and to have drunk of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet?
19   And as for my flock, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
20   Therefore thus says the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and between the lean sheep.
21   Because you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad;
22   Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
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 showers  to  come  down  in  their  season;  there shall be showers of blessing.
27   And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its 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 who enslaved them.
28   And they shall no more be a prey to the nations,  neither  shall  the  beasts  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 garden of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
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, says the Lord GOD.
31   And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD.