Ezekiel 34 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying,	The word of the LORD came to me:	The word of the LORD came to me:
2	Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo! to the shepherds of Israel who were feeding themselves: shall not the shepherds feed the sheep?	“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?	“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?
3	Ye will eat the fat, and ye will put on the wool, ye will sacrifice the fatlings: ye will not feed the sheep.	You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.	You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.
4	Ye strengthened not the sickly, and the diseased ye healed not, and the broken ye bound not up, and the thrust away ye turned not back, and the lost ye sought not; and with force and with oppression ye ruled them.	The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.	You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.
5	And they will be scattered from Without a shepherd: and they will be for consuming to all the beasts of the field, and they will be scattered.	So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered;	So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.
6	My sheep will wander upon all the mountains, and upon every high hill: and upon all the face of the earth my flock was scattered, and none searching and none seeking.	they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them.	My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.
7	For this, hear ye shepherds, the word of Jehovah:	“Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:	“’Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
8	I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if not my sheep were for plunder and my sheep will be for consuming to all the beasts of the field from no shepherd; and the shepherds sought not my sheep, and the shepherds will feed themselves, and my sheep they fed not.	As I live, declares the Lord GOD, surely because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep,	As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,
9	For this, hear ye shepherds, the word of Jehovah:	therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:	therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
10	Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me against the shepherds; and I sought my flock from their hand, and I caused them to cease from feeding the sheep: and the shepherds shall no more feed themselves; and I delivered my flock from their face, and they shall not be to them for consuming.	Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.	This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.
11	For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me. I also sought my sheep, and I searched them out.	“For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.	“’For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.
12	According to the seeking of the shepherd of his flock in the day of his being in the midst of his sheep being scattered; so will I search out my sheep and deliver them from all places where they were scattered there in the day of cloud and darkness.	As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.	As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
13	And I brought them out from the peoples, and I gathered them from the lands, and I brought them to their land, and I fed them upon the mountains of Israel by the torrents, and in all the dwellings of the earth.	And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.	I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.
14	In a good pasture will I feed them, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall be their rest: there shall they lie in a good rest, and a fat pasture they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel.	I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.	I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
15	I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Jehovah.	I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.	I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD.
16	The lost I will seek out, and the thrust away I will turn back, and to the broken I will bind up, and the diseased I will strengthen: and the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them with judgment.	I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.	I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.
17	And ye, my sheep, thus said the Lord Jehovah; Behold me judging between sheep to sheep, to the rams and to the he goats.	“As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats.	“’As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats.
18	Is it small for you ye will feed the good pasture, and the remainder of your pastures ye will tread down with your feet? and ye will drink front the settled waters and that being left they will tread with your feet.	Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet?	Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
19	And my sheep will feed of the trodden down of your feet; and they will drink of the treading of your feet.	And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet?	Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
20	For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah to them: Behold me I also judged between fat sheep and between lean sheep.	“Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.	“’Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
21	Because with side and with shoulder ye will thrust away, and with your horns ye pushed all the sickly till that ye scattered them without;	Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,	Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away,
22	And I saved my sheep, and they shall no more be for plunder; and I judged between sheep to sheep.	I will rescue my flock; they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep.	I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.
23	And I raised up one shepherd over them, and he fed them, my servant David; he shall feed them and he shall be to them for shepherd.	And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.	I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.
24	I Jehovah will be to them for God, and my servant David a prince in the midst of them; I Jehovah spake.	And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the LORD; I have spoken.	I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the LORD have spoken.
25	And I cut out to them a covenant of peace, and I caused the evil beast to cease from the land: and they dwelt with confidence in the desert, and they slept in the forests.	“I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.	“’I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.
26	And I gave them and round about my hill a blessing; and I brought down the rain in its time, and they shall be rains of blessing.	And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.	I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.
27	And the tree of the field gave its fruit, and the land shall give her produce, and they shall be upon their land with confidence, and they knew that I am Jehovah in my breaking the rods of their yoke; and I delivered them from the hand of those serving themselves in them.	And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land. And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.	The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.
28	And they shall no more be plunder to the nations, and the beast of the earth shall not eat them; and they dwelt confidently and none making afraid.	They shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them. They shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.	They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid.
29	And I raised up to them a plant for a name, and they shall be no more taken away by famine in the land, and they shall no more bear the shame of the nations.	And I will provide for them renowned plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations.	I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
30	And they knew that I Jehovah their God with them, and they my people, the house of Israel, says the Lord Jehovah.	And they shall know that I am the LORD their God with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Lord GOD.	Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign LORD.
31	And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, ye are men, I your God, says the Lord Jehovah.	And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD.”	You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
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