New Living Translation (NLT)
Ezekiel 34
15 I myself will tend my sheep and give them a place to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign LORD.
16 I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes—feed them justice!
17 “And as for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to his people: I will judge between one animal of the flock and another, separating the sheep from the goats.
18 Isn’t it enough for you to keep the best of the pastures for yourselves? Must you also trample down the rest? Isn’t it enough for you to drink clear water for yourselves? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
19 Why must my flock eat what you have trampled down and drink water you have fouled?
20 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will surely judge between the fat sheep and the scrawny sheep.
21 For you fat sheep pushed and butted and crowded my sick and hungry flock until you scattered them to distant lands.
22 So I will rescue my flock, and they will no longer be abused. I will judge between one animal of the flock and another.
23 And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.
24 And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the LORD, have spoken!
25 “I will make a covenant of peace with my people and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then they will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear.
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