5. And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
6. My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek after them.
7. Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
8. As I live, saith the Lord GOD surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became meat to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;
9. therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
10. Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
11. For thus saith the Lord GOD Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
12. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13. And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14. I will feed them with good pasture, and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold, and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15. I myself will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD