Why will you still be smitten, that you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Ezekiel 34:4 - Revised Standard Version The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the crippled you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The diseased and weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the hurt and crippled you have not bandaged, those gone astray you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought to find, but with force and hardhearted harshness you have ruled them. American Standard Version (1901) The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them. Common English Bible You don’t strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind up the injured, bring back the strays, or seek out the lost; but instead you use force to rule them with injustice. Catholic Public Domain Version What was weak, you have not strengthened, and what was sick, you have not healed. What was broken, you have not bound, and what was cast aside, you have not led back again, and what was lost, you have not sought. Instead, you ruled over them with severity and with power. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The weak you have not strengthened, and that which was sick you have not healed, that which was broken you have not bound up, and that which was driven away you have not brought again, neither have you sought that which was lost: but you ruled over them with rigour, and with a high hand. |
Why will you still be smitten, that you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
in that day he will speak out, saying: “I will not be a healer; in my house there is neither bread nor mantle; you shall not make me leader of the people.”
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing, and does not give him his wages;
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
And he ravaged their strongholds, and laid waste their cities; and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring.
With hooks they put him in a cage, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice.
and the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with the drunken,
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.