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

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.

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.

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

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.

This illustrates how I will give this nation a shepherd who will not care for those who are dying, nor look after the young, nor heal the injured, nor feed the healthy. Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep and tear off their hooves.

The buyers slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers say,‘ Praise the Lord! Now I’m rich!’ Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.

He prowled among the other lions and stood out among them in his strength. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he, too, became a man eater.

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the sins of her priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.

Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the Lord’s sight.

Like greedy dogs, they are never satisfied. They are ignorant shepherds, all following their own path and intent on personal gain.“ Come,” they say,“ let’s get some wine and have a party. Let’s all get drunk. Then tomorrow we’ll do it again and have an even bigger party!”

I said,“ Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong,but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.Yes, you eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.

Your princes plot conspiracies just as lions stalk their prey. They devour innocent people, seizing treasures and extorting wealth. They make many widows in the land.Your priests have violated my instructions and defiled my holy things. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that I am dishonored among them.Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people’s lives for money!And your prophets cover up for them by announcing false visions and making lying predictions. They say,‘ My message is from the Sovereign Lord,’ when the Lord hasn’t spoken a single word to them.

Listen to the Lord, you leaders of“ Sodom.” Listen to the law of our God, people of“ Gomorrah.”

“ But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”

“ I have punished your children, but they did not respond to my discipline. You yourselves have killed your prophets as a lion kills its prey.

Its leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims. Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.

When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.

Then the two scoundrels came and sat down across from him. And they accused Naboth before all the people, saying,“ He cursed God and the king.” So he was dragged outside the town and stoned to death.The town leaders then sent word to Jezebel,“ Naboth has been stoned to death.”When Jezebel heard the news, she said to Ahab,“ You know the vineyard Naboth wouldn’t sell you? Well, you can have it now! He’s dead!”So Ahab immediately went down to the vineyard of Naboth to claim it.

She raised one of her cubs to become a strong young lion. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he became a man eater.

So tell these people,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You eat meat with blood in it, you worship idols, and you murder the innocent. Do you really think the land should be yours?Murderers! Idolaters! Adulterers! Should the land belong to you?’