Ezekiel 34
- 1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- 2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, The Lord God says this to the shepherds. Disaster is coming to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
- 3You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill those who are fed: but you do not feed the flock.
- 4The diseased have you not strengthened, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought again that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost. But with force and with cruelty have you ruled them.
- 5And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
- 6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered on all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
- 7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.
- 8As I live, says the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock.
- 9Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.
- 10The Lord God says this. I am against the shepherds. And I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to stop feeding the flock. Neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more. For I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
- 11For the Lord God says this. I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
- 12As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered. So I will seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
- 13And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them on the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
- 14I will feed them in a good pasture, and on the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there they shall lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel.
- 15I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.
- 16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them with judgment.
- 17And as for you, O my flock, the Lord God says this. I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
- 18Seems it a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? And to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the rest with your feet?
- 19And as for my flock, they eat that which you have trampled with your feet. And they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
- 20Therefore The Lord God says this to them. I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
- 21Because you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad.
- 22Therefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey. And I will judge between cattle and cattle.
- 23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David. He shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
- 24And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them. I the Lord have spoken it.
- 25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will remove the wild beasts from the land: and they shall live safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- 26And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing. And I will cause the shower to come down in his season. There shall be showers of blessing.
- 27And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those who served themselves of them.
- 28And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beast of the land devour them. But they shall live safely, and none shall make them afraid.
- 29And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
- 30This is how they shall know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord God.
- 31And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord God.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Ezekiel 34 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
KJVSon of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
GIGAKJVSon of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, The Lord God says this to the shepherds. Disaster is coming to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
KJVYe eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
GIGAKJVYou eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill those who are fed: but you do not feed the flock.
KJVThe diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
GIGAKJVThe diseased have you not strengthened, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought again that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost. But with force and with cruelty have you ruled them.
KJVAnd they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
GIGAKJVAnd they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
KJVMy sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
GIGAKJVMy sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered on all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
KJVTherefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
GIGAKJVTherefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.
KJVAs I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
GIGAKJVAs I live, says the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock.
KJVTherefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
GIGAKJVTherefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.
KJVThus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
GIGAKJVThe Lord God says this. I am against the shepherds. And I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to stop feeding the flock. Neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more. For I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
KJVFor thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
GIGAKJVFor the Lord God says this. I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
KJVAs a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
GIGAKJVAs a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered. So I will seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
KJVAnd I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
GIGAKJVAnd I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them on the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
KJVI will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
GIGAKJVI will feed them in a good pasture, and on the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there they shall lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel.
KJVI will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
GIGAKJVI will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.
KJVI will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
GIGAKJVI will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them with judgment.
KJVAnd as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
GIGAKJVAnd as for you, O my flock, the Lord God says this. I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
KJVSeemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
GIGAKJVSeems it a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? And to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the rest with your feet?
KJVAnd as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
GIGAKJVAnd as for my flock, they eat that which you have trampled with your feet. And they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
GIGAKJVTherefore The Lord God says this to them. I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
KJVBecause ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
GIGAKJVBecause you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad.
KJVTherefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
GIGAKJVTherefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey. And I will judge between cattle and cattle.
KJVAnd I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
GIGAKJVAnd I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David. He shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
KJVAnd I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
GIGAKJVAnd I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them. I the Lord have spoken it.
KJVAnd I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
GIGAKJVAnd I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will remove the wild beasts from the land: and they shall live safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
KJVAnd I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
GIGAKJVAnd I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing. And I will cause the shower to come down in his season. There shall be showers of blessing.
KJVAnd the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
GIGAKJVAnd the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those who served themselves of them.
KJVAnd they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
GIGAKJVAnd they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beast of the land devour them. But they shall live safely, and none shall make them afraid.
KJVAnd I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
GIGAKJVAnd I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
KJVThus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God.
GIGAKJVThis is how they shall know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord God.
KJVAnd ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
GIGAKJVAnd you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord God.
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