Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Ezekiel 34:5
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They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
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And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
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They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
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Ezekiel 34
3 You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
5 They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
6 My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
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