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"As I live," says the Lord God, "My flock has been killed and become food for wild animals because they had no shepherd. My shepherds did not look for My flock. They fed themselves, but have not fed My flock."

The Lord God says, "I am against the shepherds, and I will ask them for My sheep. I will stop them from feeding the sheep, so they will no longer be able to feed themselves. I will save my sheep from their mouths, so that they will no longer be food for them."

For the Lord God says, "I Myself will look for My sheep and find them.

I will feed My sheep, and give them rest," says the Lord God.

"As for you, My flock, the Lord God says, ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.

So the Lord God says to them, "I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the weak sheep.

I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David will be their leader. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the people of Israel, are My people," says the Lord God.

"You, My sheep, the sheep of My field, are people, and I am your God," says the Lord God.

saying, ‘The Lord God says, "I am against you, Mount Seir. I will put out My hand against you and make you a waste land.

So as I live," says the Lord God, "I will give you over to death, and you will not get away from death. Since you have not hated killing, death will come after you.

So as I live," says the Lord God, "I will punish you for your anger and the jealousy you showed because of your hate toward them. And I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

The Lord God says, "While the whole earth is filled with joy, I will destroy you.

The Lord God says, "Those who hate you have laughed and spoken against you, saying, ‘The old hills now belong to us.'

So tell the mountains of Israel, ‘The Lord God says, "They have made you a waste land, and destroyed you from every side. You were taken by the rest of the nations for their own. And the people have been saying bad things about you."'"

So, mountains of Israel, hear the Word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains, the hills, the valleys, the destroyed places and empty cities, which have been robbed and made fun of by the rest of the nations around them.

The Lord God says, "I speak in the fire of My jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom. They have taken My land for themselves with hearts full of joy and hate, that they might rob its good things."

‘So speak about the land of Israel, and tell the mountains, the hills, and valleys, "The Lord God says, ‘I speak in My jealousy and anger because you have been put to shame by the nations.'

So the Lord God says, ‘I promise that the nations around you will also suffer shame.

"The Lord God says, ‘People say to you, "You destroy men and have taken children from your nation.