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A distant group of Israelite leaders eat at a full table while a small unattended flock waits beyond a low enclosure; the pastoral contrast is expressly metaphorical
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Ezekiel 34:2

Shepherds of themselves

The Shepherds, the Flock, and a Covenant of Peace · Ezekiel 34

Story guide: The leaders entrusted with Israel have cared for themselves rather than the flock.

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2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them, to the shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been shepherding themselves! Should not the shepherds shepherd the flock?’

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