Ezekiel 34:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.”
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“You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 34:3 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- 2 Kings 21:16Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
- Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Isaiah 56:11Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
- Jeremiah 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
- Lamentations 4:13But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
- Ezekiel 19:3She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- Ezekiel 19:6He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- Ezekiel 22:25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
- Micah 3:1Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
- Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
- Zechariah 11:5whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
- Zechariah 11:16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.
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