All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

凡在我以先来的都是贼，是强盗；羊却不听他们。

凡在我以前来的都是贼，是强盗；羊没有听从他们。

凡在我以前来的都是贼，是强盗；羊没有听从他们。

在我以前来的，都是贼，是强盗，羊不听从他们。

所有在我以先来的，都是贼和强盗；羊却不听从他们。

所有在我以前来的，是贼、是强盗，因此羊没有听从他们。

凡在我以先來的都是賊，是強盜；羊卻不聽他們。

凡在我以前來的都是賊，是強盜；羊沒有聽從他們。

凡在我以前來的都是賊，是強盜；羊沒有聽從他們。

在我以前來的，都是賊，是強盜，羊不聽從他們。

所有在我以先來的，都是賊和強盜；羊卻不聽從他們。

凡在我以先來的是賊，是強盜；羊卻不聽他們。

所有在我以前來的，是賊、是強盜，因此羊沒有聽從他們。

凡先我來者、竊也、盜也、羊弗之聽、

不由門入者、竊也、盜也、羊不之聽、

凡先我來者、賊也、盜也、羊亦不聽之、

凡先予而至者、竊也、盜也、而羊亦不之聽焉。

All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.

All who have come before me are thieves and robbers. But the sheep have not listened to them.

All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.

All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

All those who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

“ Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them: This is what the Lord God says to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed their flock?

The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.Her priests do violence to My instruction and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.“ Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.Her prophets plaster with whitewash for them by seeing false visions and lying divinations, and they say,‘ This is what the Lord God says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

“ I assure you: Anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

Not long ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about 400 men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his partisans were dispersed and came to nothing.

Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them, they know nothing; all of them are mute dogs, they cannot bark; they dream, lie down, and love to sleep.These dogs have fierce appetites; they never have enough. And they are shepherds who have no discernment; all of them turn to their own way, every last one for his own gain.“ Come, let me get some wine, let’s guzzle some beer; and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”

I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.

“ Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” This is the Lord’s declaration.

The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning.

Yahweh my God says this:“ Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished. Those who sell them say: Praise the Lord because I have become rich! Even their own shepherds have no compassion for them.Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land”— this is the Lord’s declaration.“ Instead, I will turn everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.”So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.Then I said,“ I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is going astray go astray; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”

My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.

They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.”