^{17 Ref} And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-goats.

^{18 Ref} Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

¹⁹ And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

^{20 Ref} Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

^{21 Ref} Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

^{22 Ref} therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.