Ezekiel 34:9

Contemporary English Version

So I, the Lord , will punish you! I will rescue my sheep from you and never let you be their shepherd again or butcher them for food. I, the Lord , have spoken.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!

Hebrew Names Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

King James Version
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord ;

English Standard Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord :

New American Standard Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

New Century Version
So, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord .

Amplified Bible
therefore, you [spiritual] shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore, heare ye the word of the Lorde, O ye shepherds.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Legacy Standard Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

Berean Standard Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!'

Complete Jewish Bible
therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai !

Darby Translation
—therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
So, you shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord !

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Good News Translation
So listen to me, you shepherds.

Lexham English Bible
therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh,

Literal Translation
so, O shepherds, hear the Word of Jehovah:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore heare ye worde off the LORDE, o ye shepherdes:

American Standard Version
therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

Bible in Basic English
For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

King James Version (1611)
Therefore, O yee shepheards, heare the word of the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde O ye shepheardes,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For this cause, O shepherds,

English Revised Version
therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

World English Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
scheepherdis, here ye the word of the Lord,

Update Bible Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

New English Translation
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord :

New King James Version
therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!

New Living Translation
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord .

New Life Bible
So, you shepherds, hear the Word of the Lord.

New Revised Standard
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord :

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore ye shepherds, hear ye the word of Yahweh:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

Revised Standard Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, O shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

Contextual Overview

⁷Now listen to what I, the living Lord God, am saying to you shepherds. My sheep have been attacked and eaten by wild animals, because you refused to watch them. You never went looking for the lost ones, and you fed yourselves without feeding my sheep. ⁹So I, the Lord , will punish you! I will rescue my sheep from you and never let you be their shepherd again or butcher them for food. I, the Lord , have spoken. ¹¹ The Lord God then said: I will look for my sheep and take care of them myself, ¹² just as a shepherd looks for lost sheep. My sheep have been lost since that dark and miserable day when they were scattered throughout the nations. But I will rescue them ¹³ and bring them back from the foreign nations where they now live. I will be their shepherd and will let them graze on Israel's mountains and in the valleys and fertile fields. ¹⁴ They will be safe as they feed on grassy meadows and green hills. ¹⁵ I promise to take care of them and keep them safe, ¹⁶ to look for those that are lost and bring back the ones that wander off, to bandage those that are hurt and protect the ones that are weak. I will also slaughter those that are fat and strong, because I always do right.

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Cross-References

Genesis 19:14
Lot went to the men who were engaged to his daughters and said, "Hurry and get out of here! The Lord is going to destroy this city." But they thought he was joking, and they laughed at him.

Genesis 24:3
in the name of the Lord , who rules heaven and earth, that you won't choose a wife for my son Isaac from the people here in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 27:46
Rebekah later told Isaac, "Those Hittite wives of Esau are making my life miserable! If Jacob marries a Hittite woman, I'd be better off dead."

Deuteronomy 7:3
and don't let your sons and daughters marry any of them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. This is repeated, that it might be observed, and for the confirmation of it; it might be depended upon that what follows would be accomplished, unless they changed their conduct and behaviour; and, to leave them inexcusable, they are again called upon to hear what the Lord should say unto them. The Targum is,

"therefore, O ye wicked governors, return to the law, and I will have mercy on you; hearken to the doctrine of the law, and receive the word of the Lord.''