1 The Lord’s word came to me:
2 Human one, prophesy against Israel’s shepherds. Prophesy and say to them, The Lord God proclaims to the shepherds: Doom to Israel’s shepherds who tended themselves! Shouldn’t shepherds tend the flock?
3 You drink the milk, you wear the wool, and you slaughter the fat animals, but you don’t tend the flock.
4 You don’t strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind up the injured, bring back the strays, or seek out the lost; but instead you use force to rule them with injustice.
5 Without a shepherd, my flock was scattered; and when it was scattered, it became food for all the wild animals.