Instead, you eat the butter. You dress yourselves with the wool. You kill the finest animals. But you do not take care of your flocks.

你们吃脂油、穿羊毛、宰肥壮的，却不牧养群羊。

你们吃肥油、穿羊毛、宰杀肥羊，却不牧养群羊。

你们吃肥油、穿羊毛、宰杀肥羊，却不牧养群羊。

但你们只顾吃羊的脂肪，穿羊毛衣，宰杀肥羊，却不照顾羊群。

你们吃脂油、穿羊毛，宰肥壮的羊，却不牧养羊群。

你們吃脂油、穿羊毛、宰肥壯的，卻不牧養羣羊。

你們吃肥油、穿羊毛、宰殺肥羊，卻不牧養羣羊。

你們吃肥油、穿羊毛、宰殺肥羊，卻不牧養羣羊。

但你們只顧吃羊的脂肪，穿羊毛衣，宰殺肥羊，卻不照顧羊群。

你們吃脂油、穿羊毛，宰肥壯的羊，卻不牧養羊群。

奶子你們喫了，羊毛你們穿了，肥壯的你們宰了，羣羊呢、你們卻不牧養。

爾曹食其脂、衣其毛、宰其肥者、而不牧羊、

爾以羊酪為飲、羊毛為衣、羊既肥腯、宰而烹之、其餘置之弗顧、

爾曹以羊脂脂或作乳為食、以羊毛為衣、肥者爾宰之、惟不牧其羊、

You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.

You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.

You drink the milk, wear the wool, and butcher the best animals, but you let your flocks starve.

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.

You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock.

You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock.

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed:[ but] ye feed not the flock.

You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!

You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep.

I am going to raise up a shepherd over the land. He will not take care of those that are wounded. He will not look for the young ones. He will not heal those that are hurt. He will not feed the healthy ones. Instead, he will eat the best sheep. He will even tear their hooves off.

Those who buy them kill them. And they are not punished for it. Those who sell them say,‘ Praise the Lord! We’re rich!’ And their own shepherds do not spare them.

He prowled with the lions. He became very strong. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.

It happened because Jerusalem’s prophets had sinned. Her priests had done evil things. All of them spilled the blood of those who did what was right.

Manasseh also spilled the blood of many people who weren’t guilty of doing anything wrong. He spilled so much blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end of the city to the other. And he caused Judah to commit sin. So they also did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

They are like dogs that love to eat. They never get enough. They are like shepherds who don’t have any understanding. All of them do as they please. They only look for what they can get for themselves.“ Come!” they shout.“ Let’s get some wine! Let’s drink all the beer we can! Tomorrow we’ll do the same thing. And that will be even better than today.”

Then I said,“ Listen, you leaders of Jacob’s people! Pay attention, you rulers of Israel! You should want to judge others fairly.But you hate what is good. And you love what is evil. You are like someone who tears the skin off my people. You pull the meat off their bones.You eat my people’s bodies. You strip off their skin. You break their bones in pieces. You chop them up like meat. You put them in a cooking pot.”

Ezekiel, the princes of the land are like a roaring lion that tears its food apart. They eat people up. They take treasures and other valuable things. They cause many women in the land to become widows.Its priests break my law. They treat things set apart to me as if they were not holy. They treat holy and common things as if they were the same. They teach that there is no difference between things that are‘ clean’ and things that are not. They refuse to keep my Sabbath days. So they treat me as if I were not holy.The officials in the land are like wolves that tear their food apart. They spill blood and kill people to get rich.The prophets cover up these acts for them. The visions of these prophets are false. They use magic to try to find out what is going to happen. But their magic tricks are lies. They say,‘ The Lord and King says.’ But I have not spoken to them.

Rulers of Sodom, hear the Lord’ s message. People of Gomorrah, listen to the instruction of our God.

“ Jehoiakim, the only thing on your mind is to get rich by cheating others. You would even kill people who are not guilty of doing anything wrong. You would mistreat them. You would take everything they own.”

“ I punished your people. But it did not do them any good. They did not pay attention when they were corrected. You have killed your prophets by swords. You have swallowed them up like a hungry lion.

Jerusalem’s officials are like roaring lions. Their rulers are like wolves that hunt in the evening. They don’t leave anything to eat in the morning.

You might spread out your hands toward me when you pray. But I do not look at you. You might even offer many prayers. But I am not listening to them. Your hands are covered with the blood of the people you have murdered.

Then two worthless and evil men came and sat across from him. They brought charges against Naboth in front of the people. The two men said,“ Naboth has cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city. They killed him by throwing stones at him.Then they sent a message to Jezebel. They said,“ Naboth is dead. We killed him by throwing stones at him.”Jezebel heard that Naboth had been killed. As soon as she heard it, she said to Ahab,“ Get up. Take over the vineyard of Naboth from Jezreel. It’s the one he wouldn’t sell to you. He isn’t alive anymore. He’s dead.”Ahab heard that Naboth was dead. So Ahab got up and went down to take over Naboth’s vineyard.

One of them was Jehoahaz. He became a strong lion. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.

So tell them,‘ The Lord and King says,“ You eat meat that still has blood in it. You worship your statues of gods. You commit murder. So should you still possess the land?You depend on your swords. You do things I hate. Each one of you sleeps with your neighbor’s wife. So should you still possess the land?” ’