^{4 Ref} 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.

^{5 Ref} And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

^{6 Ref} My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek `after them'.

^{7 Ref} Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

^{8 Ref} As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;

⁹ therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

^{10 Ref} Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

^{11 Ref} For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

^{12 Ref} As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.