Ezekiel 34:3

In 11 translations

BSB

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

KJV

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

WEB

You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep.

ASV

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.

LSV

You eat the fat, and you put on the wool, || You slaughter the fed one, || You do not feed the flock.

YLT

The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.

DBY

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; ye kill them that are fattened: [but] ye feed not the flock.

DRC

You ate the milk, and you clothed yourselves with the wool, and you killed that which was fat: but my flock you did not feed.

GNV

Yee eate the fat, and yee clothe you with the wooll: yee kill them that are fed, but ye feede not the sheepe.

JPS

Ye did eat the fat, and ye clothed you with the wool, ye killed the fatlings; but ye fed not the sheep.

LXXE

Behold, ye feed on the milk, and clothe yourselves with the wool, and slay the fat: but ye feed not my sheep.

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WLC

אֶת־הַחֵ֤לֶב תֹּאכֵ֨לוּ֙ וְאֶת־הַצֶּ֣מֶר תִּלְבָּ֔שׁוּ הַבְּרִיאָ֖ה תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ הַצֹּ֖אן לֹ֥א תִרְעֽוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἰδοὺ τὸ γάλα κατέσθετε, καὶ τὰ ἔρια περιβάλλεσθε, καὶ τὸ παχὺ σφάζετε, καὶ τὰ πρόβατά μου οὐ βόσκετε.

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• Zechariah 11:16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off…
• Ezekiel 19:6He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
• Zechariah 11:5whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
• Ezekiel 22:25–28The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. Her priests do violence to My law…
• Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
• 2 Kings 21:16Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
• Ezekiel 19:3She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
• Ezekiel 33:25–26Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land? You have relied on your swords, you have…
• Micah 3:1–3Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. You eat…
• Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
• Isaiah 56:11–12Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and…
• Jeremiah 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
• Lamentations 4:13But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
• 1 Kings 21:13–16And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to…
• Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

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