Ezekiel 34:10-12
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Thus says the Lord God, r Behold, I am against the shepherds, and s I will require my sheep at their hand and t put a stop to their feeding the sheep. u No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. v I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
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"For thus says the Lord God: w Behold, I, I x myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.
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As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on y a day of clouds and z thick darkness.
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Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore thus says the Lord God : "Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God.
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Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Ezekiel 3:18
If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
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Zechariah 11:8
In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
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Ezekiel 34:2
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God : Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
Ezekiel 34:8
As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep.
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Ezekiel 13:21
Your veils also I will tear off and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand as prey, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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Micah 4:6 - 7
In that day, declares the Lord, I will assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted.
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Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
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Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.
Zephaniah 1:15
A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
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