1  And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

1  And it happened that, in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying

2  'Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him: thou didst liken thyself unto a young lion of the nations; whereas thou art as a dragon in the seas; and thou didst gush forth with thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet, and foul their rivers.

2  “Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him: You are like the lion of the Gentiles, and like the dragon that is in the sea. And you brandished a horn among your rivers, and you disturbed the waters with your feet, and you trampled upon their rivers.

2  Son of man, make a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, You are like a lion among the nations and you are like a sea monster; you come forth in your rivers, and trouble the waters with your feet and foul their rivers.

3  Thus saith YHWH GOD: I will therefore spread out My net over thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in My net.

3  Thus saith the Lord; I will also cast over thee the nets of many nations, and will bring thee up with my hook

3  Because of this, thus says the Lord God: I will spread my net over you, with the multitude of many peoples, and I will draw you into my dragnet.

4  And I will cast thee upon the land, I will hurl thee upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to settle upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

4  And I will throw you upon the land. I will cast you upon the surface of the field. And I will cause all the birds of the air to live upon you. And I will satiate the beasts of the entire earth with you.

4  Then I will cast you out upon the land; I will cast you forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the air to alight upon you and will fill the wild beasts of the whole earth with you.

5  And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy foulness.

6  I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the channels shall be full of thee.

6  And the land shall be drenched with thy dung, because of thy multitude upon the mountains: I will fill the valleys with thee.

6  And I will irrigate the earth with your rotting blood upon the mountains. And the valleys will be filled with you.

7  And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

7  And I will cover heaven, when you will have been extinguished. And I will cause its stars to grow dark. I will shroud the sun with gloom, and the moon will not give her light.

8  All the bright lights of heaven will I make black over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith YHWH GOD.

8  I will cause all the lights of heaven to grieve over you. And I will bring darkness upon your land, says the Lord God, when your wounded will have fallen in the midst of the land, says the Lord God.

9  I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

9  And I will provoke to anger the heart of many people, when I shall lead thee captive among the nations, to a land which thou hast not know.

10  Yea, I will make many peoples appalled at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish My sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

10  And many nations shall mourn over thee, and their kings shall be utterly amazed, when my sword flies in their faces, as they wait for their own fall from the day of thy fall.

10  And I will cause many peoples to be stupefied over you. And their kings will be afraid, with great horror, over you, when my sword will begin to fly above their faces. And suddenly, they will be struck with astonishment, each one concerning his own life, on the day of their ruination.

11  For thus saith YHWH GOD: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

11  For thus says the LORD God: The sword of Babylon shall come upon you.

12  By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all; and they shall spoil the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

12  with the swords of mighty men; and I will cast down thy strength: they are all destroying ones from the nations, and they shall destroy the pride of Egypt, and all her strength shall be crushed.

13  I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

13  And I will destroy all her cattle from beside the great water; and the foot of man shall not trouble it any more, and the step of cattle shall no more trample it.

13  And I will perish all its cattle, which were above the many waters. And the foot of man will no longer disturb them, and the hoof of cattle will no longer trouble them.

14  Then will I make their waters to settle, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith YHWH GOD.

14  Thus shall their waters then be at rest, and their rivers shall flow like oil, saith the Lord,

14  Then I will cause their waters to be very pure, and their rivers to be like oil, says the Lord God,

15  When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am YHWH.

15  when I will have set the land of Egypt in desolation. And the land will be deprived of her plenitude, when I will have struck all its inhabitants. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

15  When I have made the land of Egypt desolate, the land shall be destitute in its fullness; when I shall smite all its inhabitants, they shall know that I am the LORD.

16  This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; for Egypt, and for all her multitude, shall they lament therewith, saith YHWH GOD.'

16  There is a lamentation, and thou shalt utter it; and the daughters of the nations shall utter it, even for Egypt, and they shall mourn for it over all the strength thereof, saith the Lord God.

17  It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

17  And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

17  And it happened that, in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying

18  'Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, with the daughters of the mighty nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

18  Son of man, lament over the strength of Egypt, for the nations shall bring down her daughters dead to the depth of the earth, to them that go down to the pit.

19  Whom dost thou pass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

19  They shall fall with him in the midst of them that are slain with the sword, and all his strength shall perish: the giants also shall say to thee,

20  They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword; she is delivered to the sword; draw her down and all her multitudes.

20  Be thou in the depth of the pit: to whom art thou superior? yea, go down, and lie with the uncircumcised,

20  They will fall by the sword in the midst of the slain. The sword has been given. They have dragged her down, with all her people.

21  The strong among the mighty shall speak of him out of the midst of the nether-world with them that helped him; they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

21  in the midst of them that are slain with the sword.

21  The most powerful among the strong will speak to him from the midst of hell, those who descended with his helpers and who went to sleep uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

22  Asshur is there and all her company; their graves are round about them; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;

22  There are Assur and all his company: all his slain have been laid there

22  Assur is in that place, with all his multitude. Their graves are all around him: all of the slain and those who fell by the sword.

23  whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.

23  and their burial is in the depth of the pit, and his company are set around about his tomb: all the slain that fell by the sword, who had caused the fear of them to be upon the land of the living.

23  Their graves have been placed in the lowest parts of the pit. And his multitude was stationed on all sides of his grave: all of the slain, and those who fell by the sword, who formerly spread terror in the land of the living.

24  There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

24  Elam is in that place, with all his multitude, on all sides of his grave, all those who were slain or who fell by the sword, who descended uncircumcised to the lowest part of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living. And they have borne their disgrace, with those who descend into the pit.

25  They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; because their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit; they are put in the midst of them that are slain.

25  in the midst of the slain.

25  They have appointed him a place to lie among all his people, in the midst of the slain. Their graves are all around him. All these are uncircumcised and were slain by the sword. For they spread their terror in the land of the living, and they have borne their disgrace, with those who descend into the pit. They have been stationed in the midst of the slain.

26  There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude; her graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; because they caused their terror in the land of the living.

26  There were laid Mosoch, and Thobel, and all his strength round about his tomb: all his slain men, all the uncircumcised, slain with the sword, who caused their fear to be in the land of the living.

26  Meshech and Tubal are in that place, with all their multitude. Their graves are all around him: all these are uncircumcised, and they were slain and fell by the sword. For they spread their terror in the land of the living.

27  And they that are inferior to the uncircumcised shall not lie with the mighty that are gone down to the nether-world with their weapons of war, whose swords are laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; because the terror of the mighty was in the land of the living.

27  And they are laid with the giants that fell of old, who went down to Hades with their weapons of war: and they laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities were upon their bones, because they terrified all men during their life.

27  But they shall not sleep with the strong, and with those who also fell uncircumcised, who descended to hell with their weapons, and who placed their swords under their heads, while their iniquities were in their bones. For they were the terror of the strong in the land of the living.

28  But thou, in the midst of the uncircumcised shalt thou be broken and lie, even with them that are slain by the sword.

28  Therefore, you also will be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and you will sleep with those who were slain by the sword.

28  You also shall sleep among the uncircumcised and shall lie among the slain by the sword.

29  There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword; they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

29  There are laid the princes of Assur, who yielded their strength to a wound of the sword: these are laid with the slain, with them that go down to the pit.

29  Idumea is in that place, with her kings and all her commanders, who with their army have been given to those who were slain by the sword. And they have slept with the uncircumcised and with those who descend into the pit.

30  There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, who are gone down with the slain, ashamed for all the terror which they caused by their might, and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

30  All the leaders of the north are in that place, with all the hunters, who were brought down with the slain, fearful and confounded in their strength, who have gone to sleep uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. And they have borne their disgrace, with those who descend into the pit.

31  These shall Pharaoh see, and shall be comforted over all his multitude; even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, saith YHWH GOD.

31  King Pharao shall see them, and shall be comforted over all their force, saith the Lord God.

31  Pharaoh saw them, and he was consoled over all his multitude, which was slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his army, says the Lord God.

32  For I have put My terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith YHWH GOD.'

32  For I have caused his destruction in the land of the living, and caused him to be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with those that are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh, he and all his army, says the LORD God.

33:1  And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

33:2  '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 from among them, and set him for their watchman;

2  “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and you shall say to them: Concerning the land, when I will have led the sword over it: if the people of the land take a man, one of their least, and appoint him over themselves as a watchman,

33:3  if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the horn, and warn the people;

3  and he shall see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and sound an alarm to the people;

3  and if he sees the sword approaching over the land, and he sounds the trumpet, and he announces to the people,

33:4  then whosoever heareth the sound of the horn, and taketh not warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head;

4  and he that hears the sound of the trumpet shall hear indeed, and yet not take heed, and the sword shall come upon him, and overtake him, his blood shall be upon his own head.

4  then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is, if he also does not take care of himself, and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.

33:5  he heard the sound of the horn, and took not warning, his blood shall be upon him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.

5  Because he heard the sound of the trumpet, and took no heed, his blood shall be upon him: but the other, because he took heed, has delivered his soul.

5  But if he should take heed, he shall deliver his life.

33:6  But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the horn, and the people be not warned, and the sword do come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

6  And if the watchman sees the sword approaching, and he does not sound the trumpet, and so the people do not guard themselves, and the sword arrives and takes some of their lives, certainly these have been taken due to their own iniquity. But I will attribute their blood to the hand of the watchman.

6  But when the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and does not warn the people, and the sword comes and takes the life from among them, that life is taken away in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at the watchman's hand.

33:7  So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore, when thou shalt hear the word at My mouth, warn them from Me.

7  And thou, son of man, I have set thee as a watchman to the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear a word from my mouth.

7  And as for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore, having heard the word from my mouth, you shall announce it to them from me.

33:8  When I say unto the wicked: O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.

8  When I say to the sinner, Thou shalt surely die; if thou speak not to warn the wicked from his way, the wicked himself shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

8  When I say to the impious, ‘O impious man, you will die a death,’ if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way, then that impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.

33:9  Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

9  But if thou forewarn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way, he shall die in his ungodliness; but thou hast delivered thine own soul.

9  But if you have announced to the impious man, so that he may be converted from his ways, and he has not converted from his way, then he will die in his iniquity. Yet you will have freed your own soul.

33:10  Therefore, O thou son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying: Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?

33:11  Say unto them: As I live, saith YHWH 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?

33:12  And 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; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.

12  Say to the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him, in the day wherein he errs: and the iniquity of the ungodly shall not harm him, in the day wherein he turns from his iniquity, but the righteous erring shall not be able to deliver himself.

12  And as for you then, son of man, say to the sons of your people: The justice of the just man will not deliver him, on whatever day he will have sinned. And the impiety of the impius man will not harm him, on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety. And the just man will not be able to live by his justice, on whatever day he will have sinned.

33:13  When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, for it shall he die.

13  Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live, and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity, all his justices will be delivered into oblivion, and by his iniquity, which he has done, by this he shall die.

13  When I shall say to the righteous that he shall surely live, and he trusts in his own righteousness and then commits iniquity, all his righteousness which he had done shall not be remembered to him; but for the iniquity which he has committed, he shall die.

33:14  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;

14  And when I say to the ungodly, Thou shalt surely die; and he shall turn from his sin, and do judgement and justice,

14  And if I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ and yet he repents from his sin, and he does judgment and justice,

33:15  if the wicked restore the pledge, give back that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

15  and return the pledge, and repay that which he has robbed, and walk in the ordinances of life, so as to do no wrong; he shall surely live, and shall not die.

33:16  None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him; he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

16  None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered: because he has wrought judgement and righteousness; by them shall he live.

33:17  Yet the children of thy people say: The way of YHWH is not equal; but as for them, their way is not equal.

17  And the sons of your people have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’ even while their own way is unjust.

17  Yet your people say, The way of the LORD is not fair; but it is their own ways that are not fair.

33:18  When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

18  For when the just man will have withdraw from his justice, and committed iniquities, he shall die by these.

18  When a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die in his iniquity.

33:19  And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

19  And when the sinner turns from his iniquity, and shall do judgement and righteousness, he shall live by them.

19  And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety, and have done judgment and justice, he shall live by these.

33:20  Yet ye say: The way of YHWH is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.'

20  And this is that which ye said, The way of the Lord is not straight. I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one for his ways.

33:21  And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying: 'The city is smitten.'

21  And it happened that, in the twelfth year of our transmigration, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying, “The city has been laid waste.”

33:22  Now the hand of YHWH had been upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and He had opened my mouth against his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

22  But the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the one who had fled arrived. And he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning. And since my mouth had been opened, I was no longer silent.

33:23  Then the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

23  And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

33:24  'Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

24  Son of man, they that inhabit the desolate places on the land of Israel say, Abram was one, and he possessed the land: and we are more numerous; to us the land is given for a possession.

24  “Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel, when speaking, they say: ‘Abraham was one man, and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’

33:25  Wherefore say unto them: Thus saith YHWH GOD. Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood; and shall ye possess the land?

25  Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat even the blood, and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and who shed blood: will you possess the land as an inheritance?

25  Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD God: Because you eat meat with the blood and lift up your eyes toward your idols and drink blood, do you expect to inherit the land?

33:26  Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife; and shall ye possess the land?

26  You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?

26  You rely on your swords, you commit abomination, and you defile every one his neighbor's wife; and do you expect to inherit the land?

33:27  Thus shalt thou say unto them: Thus saith YHWH GOD: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

27  You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God: As I live, those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword. And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured. But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.

33:28  And I will make the land most desolate, and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.

28  And I will make the land into a wilderness and a desert. And its arrogant strength will fail. And the mountains of Israel will be desolate; for there will be no one who crosses through them.

33:29  Then shall they know that I am YHWH, when I have made the land most desolate, because of all their abominations which they have committed.

29  And they shall know that I am the Lord; and I will make their land desert, and it shall be made desolate because of all their abominations which they have wrought.

33:30  And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people that talk of 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 YHWH;

30  And as for you, O Son of man, your people are gossiping about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD.

33:31  and come unto thee as the people cometh, and sit before thee as My people, and hear thy words, but do them not--for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness;

31  And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.

31  And the people come to you and sit before you, and they hear your words, but they will not do them, because their mouths are full of falsehood and they follow after the thoughts of their own hearts.

33:32  and, lo, thou art unto them as a love song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; so they hear thy words, but they do them not--

32  And thou art to them as a sound of a sweet, well-tuned psaltery, and they will hear thy words, but they will not do them.

33:33  when this cometh to pass--behold, it cometh--then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.'

33  But whenever it shall come to pass, they will say, Behold, it is come: and they shall know that there was a prophet in the midst of them.

33  And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching, then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”

34:1  And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

34:2  'Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that have fed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?

2  “Son of man, prophesy about the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and you shall say to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds?

34:3  Ye did eat the fat, and ye clothed you with the wool, ye killed the fatlings; but ye fed not the sheep.

3  You consumed the milk, and you covered yourselves with the wool, and you killed what was fattened. But my flock you did not feed.

3  You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool and sacrifice the fat ones; but you do not feed the flock.

34:4  The weak 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 have ye ruled over them and with rigour.

4  The weak one ye have not strengthened, and the sick ye have not cherished, and the bruised ye have not bound up, and the stray one ye have not turned back, and the lost ye have not sought; and the strong ye have wearied with labour.

4  What was weak, you have not strengthened, and what was sick, you have not healed. What was broken, you have not bound, and what was cast aside, you have not led back again, and what was lost, you have not sought. Instead, you ruled over them with severity and with power.

34:5  So were they scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

5  And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat to all the wild beasts of the field.

34:6  My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill, yea, upon all the face of the earth were My sheep scattered, and there was none that did search or seek.

6  And 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.

6  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.

34:7  Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of YHWH

7  Because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord

34:8  As I live, saith YHWH GOD, surely forasmuch as My sheep became a prey, and My sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did My shepherds search for My sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not My sheep;

8  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

34:9  therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of YHWH

9  For this cause, O shepherds,

9  because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord

34:10  Thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require My sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver My sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

10  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.

10  Thus says the LORD God: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding my flock again; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them any more.

34:11  For thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, here am I, and I will search for My sheep, and seek them out.

11  For thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will seek out my sheep, and will visit them.

34:12  As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are separated, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.

34:13  And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the habitable places of the country.

34:14  I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be; there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

14  I will feed them in very fertile pastures, and their pastures will be on the lofty mountains of Israel. There they will rest on the green grass, and they will be fed in the fat pastures, on the mountains of Israel.

34:15  I will feed My sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith YHWH GOD.

15  I myself will feed my sheep and I will cause them to lie down, says the LORD God.

34:16  I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy, I will feed them in justice.

16  I will seek what had been lost. And I will lead back again what had been cast aside. And I will bind up what had been broken. And I will strengthen what had been infirm. And I will preserve what was fat and strong. And I will feed them on judgment.

34:17  And as for you, O My flock, thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, even the rams and the he- goats.

17  And as for you, ye sheep, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will distinguish between sheep and sheep, between rams and he-goats.

17  But as for you, O my flocks, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, among rams and among he-goats.

34:18  Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the settled waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

18  And is it not enough for you that ye fed on the good pasture, that ye trampled with your feet the remnant of your pasture? and that ye drank the standing water, that ye disturbed the residue with your feet?

18  Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures? For you even trample with your feet upon the remainder of your pastures. And when you drank the purist water, you disturbed the remainder with your feet.

34:19  And as for My sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

19  So my sheep fed on that which ye had trampled with your feet; and they drank the water that had been disturbed by your feet.

19  And my sheep were pastured from what you had trampled with your feet, and they drank from what your feet had disturbed.

34:20  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and the lean cattle.

20  Because of this, thus says the Lord God to you: Behold, I myself am judging between the fat cattle and the lean.

34:21  Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the weak with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

21  Ye did thrust with your sides and shoulders, and pushed with your horns, and ye cruelly treated all the sick.

21  For you have pushed with your sides and shoulders, and you have threatened all the weak cattle with your horns, until they were scattered abroad.

34:22  therefore will I save My flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

22  I will save my flock, and it will be no longer be a prey, and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

34:23  And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even My servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

23  And I will raise up over them ONE SHEPHERD, who will feed them, my servant David. He himself will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.

34:24  And I YHWH will be their God, and My servant David prince among them; I the YHWH have spoken.

24  and I the Lord will be to them a God, and David a prince in the midst of them; I the Lord have spoken it.

24  And I, the Lord, will be their God. And my servant David will be the leader in their midst. I, the Lord, have spoken.

34:25  And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

34:26  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; there shall be showers of blessing.

26  And I will settle them round about my mountain; and I will give you the rain, the rain of blessing.

26  And I will give them my blessing round about my hill; and I will send down the rain in its season; and it shall be a shower of blessing.

34:27  And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield her produce, and they shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am YHWH, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.

34:28  And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beast of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

28  And they will no longer be a prey to the Gentiles, nor will the wild beasts of the earth devour them. Instead, they will live in confidence without any terror.

34:29  And I will raise up unto them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.

34:30  And they shall know that I YHWH their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people, saith YHWH GOD.

34:31  And ye My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith YHWH GOD.'

31  For you are my flocks; the flocks of my pasture are men. And I am the Lord your God, says the Lord God.”

31  And you are my sheep, the flock of my pasture; you are men, and I am your God, says the LORD.