“As I 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 was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;”
Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and put a stop to their feeding the sheep; no longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them, initiating judgment against the shepherds and asserting God's assumption of shepherd responsibilities. The phrase 'require my sheep at their hand' suggests that shepherds will answer for each lost sheep.
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