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Prophecy of Ezechiel 1079

which was driven away, I will bring again: and and the earth shall yield her increase, and they
I will bind up that which was broken, and I will shall be in their land without fear: and they shall
strengthen that which was weak, and that which know that I am the Lord, when I shall have bro-
was fat and strong I will preserve, and I will feed ken the bonds of their yoke, and shall have de-
them in judgment. livered them out of the hand of those that rule
17 And as for you, O my flocks, thus saith the over them.
Lord God: Behold I judge between cattle and 28 And they shall be no more for a spoil to
cattle, of rams and of he goats. the nations, neither shall the beasts of the earth
18 Was it not enough for you to feed upon devour them: but they shall dwell securely with-
good pastures? but you must also tread down out, any terror.
with your feet the residue of your pastures: and 29 And I will raise up for them a bud of
when you drank the clearest water, you troubled renown: and they shall be no more consumed
the rest with your feet. with famine in the land, neither shall they bear
19 And my sheep were fed with that which any more the reproach of the Gentiles.
you had trodden with your feet: and they drank 30 And they shall know that I the Lord their
what your feet had troubled. God am with them, and that they are my people
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God to you: the house of Israel: saith the Lord God.
Behold, I myself will judge between the fat cattle 31 And you my flocks, the flocks of my pasture
and the lean. are men: and I am the Lord your God, saith the
21 Because you thrusted with sides and shoul- Lord God.
ders, and struck all the weak cattle with your
horns, till they were scattered abroad:
22 I will save my flock, and it shall be no more Chapter 35
a spoil, and I will judge between cattle and cat-
tle. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
23 And I WILL SET UP ONE SHEPHERD 2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir,
OVER THEM, and he shall feed them, even my and prophesy concerning it, and say to it:
servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall 3 Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come
be their shepherd. against thee, mount Seir, and I will stretch forth
24 And I the Lord will be their God: and my my hand upon thee, and I will make thee deso-
servant David the prince in the midst of them: I late and waste.
the Lord have spoken it. 4 I will destroy thy cities, and thou shalt be
25 And I will make a covenant of peace with desolate: and thou shalt know that I am the
them, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out Lord.
of the land: and they that dwell in the wilderness 5 Because thou hast been an everlasting en-
shall sleep secure in the forests. emy, and hast shut up the children of Israel in
26 And I will make them a blessing round the hands of the sword in the time of their afflic-
about my hill: and I will send down the rain tion, in the time of their last iniquity.
in its season, there shall be showers of blessing. 6 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God, I will
27 And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, deliver thee up to blood, and blood shall pursue