Catholic Public Domain Version
"because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord: "
— Ezekiel 34:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;”
“therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah: ”
“therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:”
“Therefore, you shepherds, listen to the LORD’s message:”
“Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:”
“For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;”
“Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;”
My sheep have wandered to every mountain and to every exalted hill. And my flocks have been scattered across the face of the earth. And there was no one who sought them; there was no one, I say, who sought them.
Because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord:
As I live, says the Lord God, since my flocks have become a prey, and my sheep have been devoured by all the wild beasts of the field, since there was no shepherd, for my shepherds did not seek my flock, but instead the shepherds fed themselves, and they did not feed my flocks:
because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord:
Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will be over the shepherds. I will require my flock at their hand, and I will cause them to cease, so that they no longer refrain from feeding the flock. Neither will the shepherds feed themselves any more. And I will deliver my flock from their mouth; and it will no longer be food for them.
For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will seek my sheep, and I myself will visit them.
Just as a shepherd visits his flock, in the day when he will be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep. And I will deliver them from all the places to which they had been scattered in the day of gloom and darkness.