“You eat the fat.
You clothe yourselves
With wool.
You slaughter
The fatlings.
But you do not
Feed the sheep.
You have not strengthened
The weak ones.
You have not healed
The sick ones.
You have not bound up
The injured ones.
You have not brought back
The strayed ones.
You have not sought
The lost ones.
You have ruled them
With force.
You have ruled them
With harshness.”
Yahweh complained, via Ezekiel, to these shepherds that they ate the good fat things and clothed themselves with wool clothing. They slaughtered the fat livestock, but they did not feed the sheep. They did not strengthen the weak ones or heal the sick or injured sheep. They never brought back the straying or lost sheep. These shepherds ruled over the sheep with force and harshness.