down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but
their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they werethe terror of the mighty in the land
of the living.
28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are
slain with the sword.
29 There isEdom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that
wereslain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to
the pit.
30 There bethe princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down
with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised
with them that beslain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, evenPharaoh and all
his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the
uncircumcised with them that areslain with the sword, evenPharaoh and all his multitude,
saith the Lord GOD.
1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword
upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come,
and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he
that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not
warned; if the sword come, and take anyperson from among them, he is taken away in his
iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou
shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to
warn the wicked from his way, that wicked manshall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I
require at thine hand.
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his
way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our
transgressions and our sins beupon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
11 Say unto them, AsI live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked;
but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why
will ye die, O house of Israel?
12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the
righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the
wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall
the righteous be able to live for his righteousnessin the day that he sinneth.
13 When I shall say to the righteous, thathe shall surely live; if he trust to his own
righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for
his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that
which is lawful and right;
15 Ifthe wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life,

without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that
which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their
way is not equal.
18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even
die thereby.
19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall
live thereby.
20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one
after his ways.
21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day
of the month, thatone that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is
smitten.
22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and
had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was
no more dumb.
23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was
one, and he inherited the land: but we aremany; the land is given us for inheritance.
25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your
eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife:
and shall ye possess the land?
27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; AsI live, surely they that arein the
wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that isin the open field will I give to the beasts to be
devoured, and they that bein the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the
mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
29 Then shall they know that I amthe LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of
all their abominations which they have committed.
30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls
and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come,
I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee asmy people, and
they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but
their heart goeth after their covetousness.
32 And, lo, thou artunto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can
play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath
been among them.
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe beto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves!
should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: butye feed not the
flock.
4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither
have ye bound up that which wasbroken, 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.
5 And they were scattered, because there isno shepherd: and they became meat to all the
beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was
scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
8 AsI live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became
meat to every beast of the field, because there wasno shepherd, neither did my shepherds
search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I amagainst the shepherds; and I will require my flock at
their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed
themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat
for them.
11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, evenI, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that arescattered;
so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been
scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will
bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in
all the inhabited places of the country.
14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be:
there shall they lie in a good fold, and ina fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of
Israel.
15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind
up that which wasbroken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat
and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
17 And as foryou, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and
cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
18 Seemeth ita small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down
with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must
foul the residue with your feet?
19 And as formy flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that
which ye have fouled with your feet.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, evenI, will judge between the fat
cattle and between the lean cattle.
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your
horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between
cattle and cattle.
23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, evenmy servant David; he
shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have
spoken it.
25 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.
26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the