Ezekiel 34:2

“When then they expect, and suffer hunger, and you are feeding yourself only, and our Lord Jesus Christ comes and we stand before Him, what defence will you offer when He sees His own sheep hungering?” — editor's note: Cf. Ezek. xxxiv. 2.

“Do not the shepherds feed the sheep?” ( Ezek. xxxiv. 2 , LXX.) But they did the contrary, which is the worst kind of wickedness, and the cause of all the rest.” — the author cites it

““I judge between shepherd and sheep because ye eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool and ye feed not the flocks.”” — editor's note: Ezekiel xxxiv. 2, and cf. 17

“…is weak ye have not tended; what is shattered ye have not bound; what has been driven out ye have not brought back; what has perished ye have not re-sought.”” — editor's note: See Ezek. xxxiv. 1–4.

“…is driven away, nor seek that which is lost, nor keep watch over that which is strong, but oppress them with rigour, and destroy them with their pressure; so that, because there was no shepherd, the sheep were scattered over every plain and mountain, and became meat for all the fowls and beasts, because there was…” — editor's note: Ib. xxxiv. 2 et seq.

“On this account the Prophet addresses them, saying to them:—O ye pastors who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, hear the word of the Lord.” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiv. 2–4, 9, 10–12, 18, 19.