New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Ezekiel 33
32 Behold, you are to them like a sensual song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.
33 So when it comes to pass-as surely it will-then they will know that a prophet has been in their midst."
Ezekiel 34
1 Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,
2 "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, ’Thus says the Lord God, "Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?
3 You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock.
4 Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.
5 They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered.
6 My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them."’"
7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
8 "As I live," declares the Lord God, "surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;
9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
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