So the Lord my Master says to them: “I, myself, will judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep!
Ezekiel 34:21 - Easy To Read Version You push with your side and shoulder. You knock down all the weak sheep with your horns. You push until you have forced them away. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because you push with side and with shoulder and thrust with your horns all those that have become weak and diseased, till you have scattered them abroad, American Standard Version (1901) Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; Common English Bible You shove with shoulder and flank, and with your horns you ram all the weak sheep until you’ve scattered them outside. Catholic Public Domain Version For you have pushed with your sides and shoulders, and you have threatened all the weak cattle with your horns, until they were scattered abroad. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because you thrusted with sides and shoulders, and struck all the weak cattle with your horns, till they were scattered abroad: |
So the Lord my Master says to them: “I, myself, will judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep!
You take unfair taxes {\cf2\super [69]} from poor people.\par You take loads of wheat from them.\par You build fancy houses with cut stone.\par But you will not live in those houses.\par You plant beautiful fields of grapes.\par But you will not drink the wine from them.\par
People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par
\{Their leaders are like owners and businessmen.\} Owners kill their sheep and are not punished. Businessmen sell the sheep and say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!’ The shepherds don’t feel sorry for their sheep.
Joseph is like a powerful bull. His two sons are like bull’s horns. They will attack other people and push them to the ends of the earth! Yes, Manasseh has thousands of people, and Ephraim has ten thousands.”