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Ezekiel 34:4

Serving othersSickness and healingPoverty and the vulnerableMercy and compassion

2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?

3 You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

5 They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

6 My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
KJV
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
WEB
You haven’t strengthened the diseased. You haven’t healed that which was sick. You haven’t bound up that which was broken. You haven’t brought back that which was driven away. You haven’t sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor.
ASV
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.
DARBY
The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up [what was] broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them.
BLB
Those being weak you⁺ have not strengthened, and those being sick you⁺ have not healed, and those being broken you⁺ have not bandaged, and those driven off you⁺ have not returned, and those being lost you⁺ have not sought, and you⁺ have ruled them with force and with harshness.
ÅB
Det svake har dere ikke styrket, og det syke har dere ikke legt, og det sønderbrutte har dere ikke forbundet, og det bortdrevne har dere ikke ført tilbake, og det fortapte har dere ikke oppsøkt, men med vold og med hårdhet har dere hersket over dem.
OTB
Dere har ikke styrket de svake, helbredet de syke, eller forbundet de skadde. Dere har ikke hentet tilbake de bortkomne eller lett etter de tapte. I stedet har dere hersket over dem med makt og hardhet.
B1930
Det svake har I ikke styrket, og det syke har I ikke lægt, og det sønderbrutte har I ikke forbundet, og det bortdrevne har I ikke ført tilbake, og det fortapte har I ikke opsøkt, men med vold og med hårdhet har I hersket over dem.

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