“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?”
You eat the fat, and you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the sheep, detailing the shepherds' self-enrichment at the flock's expense: consuming the finest portions, wearing wool rather than using it for the flock, and slaughtering valuable animals without feeding the flock. The enumeration of abuses emphasizes calculated exploitation.
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