Ezechiel 34:9
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- propterea, pastores, audite verbum Domini.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀντὶ τούτου, ποιμένες,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- לָכֵן֙ הָֽרֹעִ֔ים שִׁמְע֖וּ דְּבַר יְהוָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Pastors
3. But those pastors who did not care for the sheep, those were hirelings who used to feed themselves alone. On this account the Prophet addresses them, saying to them: O ye pastors who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord: Lo! I will visit My sheep as the pastor visits his flock in the day of the whirlwind, and I will require My sheep at your hands. O foolish pastors, with the wool of the sheep do ye clothe yourselves and the flesh of the fatlings do eat, and the sheep ye do not feed. That which was sick ye did not heal, and that which was broken ye did not bind. The weak ye did not strengthen, and the lost and the scattered ye did not gather together. The strong ones and the fatlings ye did guard, but with harshness ye subdued them. The good pastures ye yourselves graze upon, and what remains ye trample with your feet. …