## Ezekiel Chapter 34

###### Ezekiel 34:1
[Ezekiel 34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:1)

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


###### Ezekiel 34:2
[Ezekiel 34:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:2)

בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הִנָּבֵ֖א עַל־רוֹעֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִנָּבֵ֣א וְאָמַרְתָּ֩ אֲלֵיהֶ֨ם לָרֹעִ֜ים כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר**׀** אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֗ה ה֤וֹי רֹעֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָיוּ֙ רֹעִ֣ים אוֹתָ֔ם הֲל֣וֹא הַצֹּ֔אן יִרְע֖וּ הָרֹעִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Yisra᾽el, prophesy, and say to them, to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God; Woe to the shepherds of Yisra᾽el that have fed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?


###### Ezekiel 34:3
[Ezekiel 34:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:3)

אֶת־הַחֵ֤לֶב תֹּאכֵ֙לוּ֙ וְאֶת־הַצֶּ֣מֶר תִּלְבָּ֔שׁוּ הַבְּרִיאָ֖ה תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ הַצֹּ֖אן לֹ֥א תִרְעֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
You eat the fat, and clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill the fallings: but you do not feed the sheep.


###### Ezekiel 34:4
[Ezekiel 34:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:4)

אֶֽת־הַנַּחְלוֹת֩ לֹ֨א חִזַּקְתֶּ֜ם וְאֶת־הַחוֹלָ֣ה לֹֽא־רִפֵּאתֶ֗ם וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א חֲבַשְׁתֶּ֔ם וְאֶת־הַנִּדַּ֙חַת֙ לֹ֣א הֲשֵׁבֹתֶ֔ם וְאֶת־הָאֹבֶ֖דֶת לֹ֣א בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֑ם וּבְחׇזְקָ֛ה רְדִיתֶ֥ם אֹתָ֖ם וּבְפָֽרֶךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
You have not strengthened the weak, nor have you healed the sick, nor have you bound the crippled, nor have you brought back the strayed, nor have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have you ruled them.


###### Ezekiel 34:5
[Ezekiel 34:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:5)

וַתְּפוּצֶ֖ינָה מִבְּלִ֣י רֹעֶ֑ה וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה לְאׇכְלָ֛ה לְכׇל־חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וַתְּפוּצֶֽינָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd: and they became food for all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.


###### Ezekiel 34:6
[Ezekiel 34:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:6)

יִשְׁגּ֤וּ צֹאנִי֙ בְּכׇל־הֶ֣הָרִ֔ים וְעַ֖ל כׇּל־גִּבְעָ֣ה רָמָ֑ה וְעַ֨ל כׇּל־פְּנֵ֤י הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ נָפֹ֣צוּ צֹאנִ֔י וְאֵ֥ין דּוֹרֵ֖שׁ וְאֵ֥ין מְבַקֵּֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: for my flock was dispersed upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.


###### Ezekiel 34:7
[Ezekiel 34:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:7)

לָכֵ֣ן רֹעִ֔ים שִׁמְע֖וּ אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;


###### Ezekiel 34:8
[Ezekiel 34:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:8)

חַי־אָ֜נִי נְאֻ֣ם**׀** אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֗ה אִם־לֹ֣א יַ֣עַן הֱיֽוֹת־צֹאנִ֣י׀לָבַ֡ז וַתִּהְיֶ֩ינָה֩ צֹאנִ֨י לְאׇכְלָ֜ה לְכׇל־חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ מֵאֵ֣ין רֹעֶ֔ה וְלֹא־דָרְשׁ֥וּ רֹעַ֖י אֶת־צֹאנִ֑י וַיִּרְע֤וּ הָרֹעִים֙ אוֹתָ֔ם וְאֶת־צֹאנִ֖י לֹ֥א רָעֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As I live, says the Lord God, surely since my flock has become a prey, and my sheep have become food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;


###### Ezekiel 34:9
[Ezekiel 34:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:9)

לָכֵן֙ הָרֹעִ֔ים שִׁמְע֖וּ דְּבַר־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;


###### Ezekiel 34:10
[Ezekiel 34:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:10)

כֹּה־אָמַ֞ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֗ה הִנְנִ֨י אֶֽל־הָרֹעִ֜ים וְֽדָרַשְׁתִּ֧י אֶת־צֹאנִ֣י מִיָּדָ֗ם וְהִשְׁבַּתִּים֙ מֵרְע֣וֹת צֹ֔אן וְלֹא־יִרְע֥וּ ע֛וֹד הָרֹעִ֖ים אוֹתָ֑ם וְהִצַּלְתִּ֤י צֹאנִי֙ מִפִּיהֶ֔ם וְלֹא־תִֽהְיֶ֥יןָ לָהֶ֖ם לְאׇכְלָֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
thus says the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and I will put an end to their feeding the sheep; nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.


###### Ezekiel 34:11
[Ezekiel 34:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:11)

כִּ֛י כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֑ה הִנְנִי־אָ֕נִי וְדָרַשְׁתִּ֥י אֶת־צֹאנִ֖י וּבִקַּרְתִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord God; Behold, I will both search my sheep, and seek them out.


###### Ezekiel 34:12
[Ezekiel 34:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:12)

כְּבַקָּרַת֩ רֹעֶ֨ה עֶדְר֜וֹ בְּיוֹם־הֱיוֹת֤וֹ בְתוֹךְ־צֹאנוֹ֙ נִפְרָשׁ֔וֹת כֵּ֖ן אֲבַקֵּ֣ר אֶת־צֹאנִ֑י וְהִצַּלְתִּ֣י אֶתְהֶ֗ם מִכׇּל־הַמְּקוֹמֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָפֹ֣צוּ שָׁ֔ם בְּי֥וֹם עָנָ֖ן וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are strayed; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been dispersed in the cloudy and dark day.


###### Ezekiel 34:13
[Ezekiel 34:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:13)

וְהוֹצֵאתִ֣ים מִן־הָעַמִּ֗ים וְקִבַּצְתִּים֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת וַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֖ים אֶל־אַדְמָתָ֑ם וּרְעִיתִים֙ אֶל־הָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּאֲפִיקִ֕ים וּבְכֹ֖ל מוֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will bring them out from among the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and pasture them upon the mountains of Yisra᾽el by the water courses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.


###### Ezekiel 34:14
[Ezekiel 34:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:14)

בְּמִרְעֶה־טּוֹב֙ אֶרְעֶ֣ה אֹתָ֔ם וּבְהָרֵ֥י מְרֽוֹם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִהְיֶ֣ה נְוֵהֶ֑ם שָׁ֤ם תִּרְבַּ֙צְנָה֙ בְּנָ֣וֶה טּ֔וֹב וּמִרְעֶ֥ה שָׁמֵ֛ן תִּרְעֶ֖ינָה אֶל־הָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Yisra᾽el shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good pasture, and in a fat grazing land shall they feed upon the mountains of Yisra᾽el.


###### Ezekiel 34:15
[Ezekiel 34:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:15)

אֲנִ֨י אֶרְעֶ֤ה צֹאנִי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אַרְבִּיצֵ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.


###### Ezekiel 34:16
[Ezekiel 34:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:16)

אֶת־הָאֹבֶ֤דֶת אֲבַקֵּשׁ֙ וְאֶת־הַנִּדַּ֣חַת אָשִׁ֔יב וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֣רֶת אֶֽחֱבֹ֔שׁ וְאֶת־הַחוֹלָ֖ה אֲחַזֵּ֑ק וְאֶת־הַשְּׁמֵנָ֧ה וְאֶת־הַחֲזָקָ֛ה אַשְׁמִ֖יד אֶרְעֶ֥נָּה בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will seek that which was lost, and bring back the strayed, and will bind up the crippled, and will strengthen the sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will make them graze upon justice.


###### Ezekiel 34:17
[Ezekiel 34:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:17)

וְאַתֵּ֣נָה צֹאנִ֔י כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֑ה הִנְנִ֤י שֹׁפֵט֙ בֵּֽין־שֶׂ֣ה לָשֶׂ֔ה לָאֵילִ֖ים וְלָעַתּוּדִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And as for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord God; Behold, I judge between one lamb and another, the rams and the he goats.


###### Ezekiel 34:18
[Ezekiel 34:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:18)

הַמְעַ֣ט מִכֶּ֗ם הַמִּרְעֶ֤ה הַטּוֹב֙ תִּרְע֔וּ וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ מִרְעֵיכֶ֔ם תִּרְמְס֖וּ בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם וּמִשְׁקַע־מַ֣יִם תִּשְׁתּ֔וּ וְאֵת֙ הַנּ֣וֹתָרִ֔ים בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֖ם תִּרְפֹּשֽׂוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Is it so small a thing to you that you have eaten up the good pasture, but you must also tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture lands? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must also foul the residue with your feet?


###### Ezekiel 34:19
[Ezekiel 34:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:19)

וְצֹאנִ֑י מִרְמַ֤ס רַגְלֵיכֶם֙ תִּרְעֶ֔ינָה וּמִרְפַּ֥שׂ רַגְלֵיכֶ֖ם תִּשְׁתֶּֽינָה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And as for my sheep they eat that which you have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.


###### Ezekiel 34:20
[Ezekiel 34:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:20)

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִ֖ה אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם הִנְנִי־אָ֕נִי וְשָֽׁפַטְתִּי֙ בֵּֽין־שֶׂ֣ה בִרְיָ֔ה וּבֵ֥ין שֶׂ֖ה רָזָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.


###### Ezekiel 34:21
[Ezekiel 34:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:21)

יַ֗עַן בְּצַ֤ד וּבְכָתֵף֙ תֶּהְדֹּ֔פוּ וּבְקַרְנֵיכֶ֥ם תְּנַגְּח֖וּ כׇּל־הַנַּחְל֑וֹת עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֲפִיצוֹתֶ֛ם אוֹתָ֖נָה אֶל־הַחֽוּצָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Because you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the weak ones with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad;


###### Ezekiel 34:22
[Ezekiel 34:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:22)

וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּ֣י לְצֹאנִ֔י וְלֹא־תִהְיֶ֥ינָה ע֖וֹד לָבַ֑ז וְשָׁ֣פַטְתִּ֔י בֵּ֥ין שֶׂ֖ה לָשֶֽׂה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.


###### Ezekiel 34:23
[Ezekiel 34:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:23)

וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם רֹעֶ֤ה אֶחָד֙ וְרָעָ֣ה אֶתְהֶ֔ן אֵ֖ת עַבְדִּ֣י דָוִ֑יד ה֚וּא יִרְעֶ֣ה אֹתָ֔ם וְהֽוּא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָהֶ֖ן לְרֹעֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, namely my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.


###### Ezekiel 34:24
[Ezekiel 34:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:24)

וַאֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶֽהְיֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וְעַבְדִּ֥י דָוִ֖ד נָשִׂ֣יא בְתוֹכָ֑ם אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.


###### Ezekiel 34:25
[Ezekiel 34:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:25)

וְכָרַתִּ֤י לָהֶם֙ בְּרִ֣ית שָׁל֔וֹם וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י חַיָּֽה־רָעָ֖ה מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְיָשְׁב֤וּ בַמִּדְבָּר֙ לָבֶ֔טַח וְיָשְׁנ֖וּ בַּיְּעָרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.


###### Ezekiel 34:26
[Ezekiel 34:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:26)

וְנָתַתִּ֥י אוֹתָ֛ם וּסְבִיב֥וֹת גִּבְעָתִ֖י בְּרָכָ֑ה וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י הַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ בְּעִתּ֔וֹ גִּשְׁמֵ֥י בְרָכָ֖ה יִֽהְיֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; they will be showers of blessing.


###### Ezekiel 34:27
[Ezekiel 34:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:27)

וְנָתַן֩ עֵ֨ץ הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה אֶת־פִּרְי֗וֹ וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ תִּתֵּ֣ן יְבוּלָ֔הּ וְהָי֥וּ עַל־אַדְמָתָ֖ם לָבֶ֑טַח וְֽיָדְע֞וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֗ה בְּשִׁבְרִי֙ אֶת־מֹט֣וֹת עֻלָּ֔ם וְהִ֨צַּלְתִּ֔ים מִיַּ֖ד הָעֹבְדִ֥ים בָּהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be secure in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that enslaved them.


###### Ezekiel 34:28
[Ezekiel 34:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:28)

וְלֹא־יִהְי֨וּ ע֥וֹד בַּז֙ לַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְחַיַּ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ לֹ֣א תֹאכְלֵ֑ם וְיָשְׁב֥וּ לָבֶ֖טַח וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell in safety, and none shall make them afraid.


###### Ezekiel 34:29
[Ezekiel 34:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:29)

וַהֲקִמֹתִ֥י לָהֶ֛ם מַטָּ֖ע לְשֵׁ֑ם וְלֹא־יִהְי֨וּ ע֜וֹד אֲסֻפֵ֤י רָעָב֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְלֹא־יִשְׂא֥וּ ע֖וֹד כְּלִמַּ֥ת הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will raise up for them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, nor suffer any more the insult of the nations.


###### Ezekiel 34:30
[Ezekiel 34:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:30)

וְיָדְע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲנִ֧י יְהֹוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם אִתָּ֑ם וְהֵ֗מָּה עַמִּי֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, the house of Yisra᾽el are my people, says the Lord God.


###### Ezekiel 34:31
[Ezekiel 34:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/34:31)

וְאַתֵּ֥ן צֹאנִ֛י צֹ֥אן מַרְעִיתִ֖י אָדָ֣ם אַתֶּ֑ם אֲנִי֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord God.