Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 34:7
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 35, 36, and following) And I will bring you into a desert of peoples, and there I will judge you face to face. Just as I contended with your fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, says the Lord. And I will subject you to my scepter, and I will bring you into the bonds of the covenant,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.
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In context
5And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat to all the wild beasts of the field.
6And my sheep were scattered on every mountain, and on every high hill: yea, they were scattered on the face of the earth, and there was none to seek them out, nor to bring them back.
— Ezekiel 34:7 —
8As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became meat to all the wild beasts of the field, because there were no shepherds, and the shepherds sought not out my sheep, and the shepherds fed themselves, but fed not my sheep.
9For this cause, O shepherds,