"AllwhocamebeforeMe are thievesand robbers,but the sheepdid not hearthem.
"Woeto the shepherdswho are destroyingand scatteringthe sheepof My pasture!"declaresthe LORD.
"Sonof man,prophesyagainstthe shepherdsof Israel.Prophesyand sayto those shepherds,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Woe,shepherdsof Israelwhohave beenfeedingthemselves! Should not the shepherdsfeedthe flock?
Her princeswithinher are roaringlions,Her judgesare wolvesat evening;They leavenothingfor the morning.
"For behold,I am going to raiseup a shepherdin the landwho will not carefor the perishing,seekthe scattered,healthe broken,or sustainthe one standing,but will devourthe fleshof the fat[sheep] and tearofftheir hoofs.
"Truly,truly,I sayto you, he who does not enterby the doorinto the foldof the sheep,but climbsup some other way,he is a thiefand a robber.
"My sheephearMy voice,and I knowthem, and they followMe;
"A strangerthey simply will not follow,but will fleefrom him, becausethey do not knowthe voiceof strangers."
"For sometimeagoTheudasroseup, claimingto be somebody,and a groupof aboutfour hundredmenjoinedup with him. But he was killed,and allwhofollowedhim were dispersedand cameto nothing.
