Ezekiel 34:9

Good News Translation

So listen to me, you shepherds.

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!'

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.

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:

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

⁷ "Now, you shepherds, listen to what I, the Lord , am telling you. ⁸ As surely as I am the living God, you had better listen to me. My sheep have been attacked by wild animals that killed and ate them because there was no shepherd. My shepherds did not try to find the sheep. They were taking care of themselves and not the sheep. ⁹ So listen to me, you shepherds. ¹⁰ I, the Sovereign Lord , declare that I am your enemy. I will take my sheep away from you and never again let you be their shepherds; never again will I let you take care only of yourselves. I will rescue my sheep from you and not let you eat them. ¹¹ "I, the Sovereign Lord , tell you that I myself will look for my sheep and take care of them ¹² in the same way as shepherds take care of their sheep that were scattered and are brought together again. I will bring them back from all the places where they were scattered on that dark, disastrous day. ¹³ I will take them out of foreign countries, gather them together, and bring them back to their own land. I will lead them back to the mountains and the streams of Israel and will feed them in pleasant pastures. ¹⁴ I will let them graze in safety in the mountain meadows and the valleys and in all the green pastures of the land of Israel. ¹⁵ I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will find them a place to rest. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken. ¹⁶ "I will look for those that are lost, bring back those that wander off, bandage those that are hurt, and heal those that are sick; but those that are fat and strong I will destroy, because I am a shepherd who does what is right.

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Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

Genesis 19:14
Then Lot went to the men that his daughters were going to marry, and said, "Hurry up and get out of here; the Lord is going to destroy this place." But they thought he was joking.

Genesis 24:3
I want you to make a vow in the name of the Lord , the God of heaven and earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the people here in Canaan.

Genesis 27:46
Rebecca said to Isaac, "I am sick and tired of Esau's foreign wives. If Jacob also marries one of these Hittites, I might as well die."

Deuteronomy 7:3
Do not marry any of them, and do not let your children 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.''