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Israel was a straying sheep pursued by lions. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and latterly Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon crunched his bones. (Jeremiah 50, 17)
Then I shall bring them back to the country which I promised on oath to their ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and make them masters in it. I shall make their numbers grow; they will not dwindle again. (Baruch 2, 34)
I shall also destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters. No human foot will churn them, no animal foot will churn them up again; (Ezekiel 32, 13)
'Son of man, the people living in those ruins on the soil of Israel say this, "Abraham was alone when he was given possession of this country. But we are many; the country has been given us as our heritage." (Ezekiel 33, 24)
Yet you have fed on milk, you have dressed yourselves in wool, you have sacrificed the fattest sheep, but failed to feed the flock. (Ezekiel 34, 3)
You have failed to make weak sheep strong, or to care for the sick ones, or bandage the injured ones. You have failed to bring back strays or look for the lost. On the contrary, you have ruled them cruelly and harshly. (Ezekiel 34, 4)
The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against the shepherds. I shall take my flock out of their charge and henceforth not allow them to feed my flock. And the shepherds will stop feeding themselves, because I shall rescue my sheep from their mouths to stop them from being food for them. (Ezekiel 34, 10)
As a shepherd looks after his flock when he is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my sheep. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered on the day of clouds and darkness. (Ezekiel 34, 12)
I myself shall pasture my sheep, I myself shall give them rest -- declares the Lord Yahweh. (Ezekiel 34, 15)
"As for you, my sheep, the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and he-goats. (Ezekiel 34, 17)
And my sheep must graze on what your feet have trampled and drink what your feet have fouled. (Ezekiel 34, 19)
Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: I myself shall judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep. (Ezekiel 34, 20)
