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18 Is it a little thing for you⁺ to feed on the good pasture, that the remainder of your⁺ pasture-land you⁺ would trample with your⁺ feet? And the clear waters you⁺ drink, that that the remainder you⁺ would muddy with your⁺ feet? 19 And My flock, they feed on what you have trampled with your⁺ feet, and they drink what you have muddied with your⁺ feet!’ 20 Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH to them: ‘Behold, I—I Myself—will judge between the fat of the flock and between the lean of the flock. 21 Because you⁺ have pushed with flank and shoulder, and you⁺ have thrust with your⁺ horns all the weak ones, until that you⁺ have scattered them to the outside, 22 I will bring salvation to My flock, and will they be no longer for prey; and I will judge between a sheep and a sheep. 23 And I will raise up over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them—He will feed them and he will be unto them as shepherd. 24 And I, YHWH, will be unto them God, and My servant David a prince in their midst. I, YHWH, have spoken. 25 And I will cut with them a covenant of peace, and the evil beast I will make cease from the land, and they will dwell in the wilderness in safety, and they will sleep in the forests. 26 And I will make them and the places around My hill to be a blessing, and I will send down showers in their season; there will be showers of blessing. 27 And the trees of the field will give forth their fruit, and the earth will give forth her produce, and they will be upon their land in safety; and they will know that I am YHWH, when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those enslaving them. 28 And they will be no longer as prey for the nations, and the beasts of the land will not devour them; and they will dwell in safety, and no one will frighten them. 29 And I will raise up for them a planting of renown, and will they be no longer consumed by hunger in the land, and they will bear no more the shame of the nations! 30 And they will know that I, YHWH their God, am with them, and they are the house of Israel, My people,’ a declaration of the Lord YHWH. 31 ‘And you⁺ are My flock, the flock of My pasture. You⁺ are men, I am your⁺ God,’ a declaration of the Lord YHWH.” Ezekiel 34:18-31, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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