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Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
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Thus saith the LordGOD; 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 shepherdsfeed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
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For thus saith the LordGOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
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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 darkday.
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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.
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I will feed them in a goodpasture, and upon the highmountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a goodfold, and in a fatpasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
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I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the LordGOD.
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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.
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And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the LordGOD; Behold, I judge between cattle[a] and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
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Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the goodpasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deepwaters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
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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.