Lexham English Bible

Ezekiel 34:16-21 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16. “I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the scattered, and I will bind up the one hurt, and I will strengthen the sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed her with justice.”

17. “ ‘And you, my flock, thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am judging between one sheep and another, between the rams and between the he-goats.

18. Is it not enough for you that you feed on the good pasture? And still you must trample the remainder of your pasture with your feet, and clear water you drink, and the leftover water you must make muddy with your feet.

19. And my flock must graze the pasture treaded upon by your feet, and must drink the mud puddle stirred up by your feet.”

20. “ ‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: “Look! I, even I will judge between fat sheep and between lean sheep,

21. because with your flank and with your shoulder you shoved, and with your horns you pushed all of the sick animals until you scattered it to the outside.