Ezekiel 34:1-3

Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel

¹ The word of the Lord came to me: ² _d "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: _e Ah, shepherds of Israel _f who have been feeding yourselves! _g Should not shepherds feed the sheep? ³ _h You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, _i you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.

1. Cross References
   Ezekiel 2:1
   And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
   
2. Cross References
   Jeremiah 23:1
   Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares the Lord.
   
3. Cross References
   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.
   Ezekiel 34:10
   Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
   Jude 1:12
   These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 12:14
   Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
   
5. Cross References
   Zechariah 11:16
   For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.
   
6. Cross References
   Zechariah 11:4 - 5
   Thus said the Lord my God: "Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter.
   Micah 3:2 - 3
   You who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones.