Ezekiel 34:3
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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, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
In other translations
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, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
Hebrew words
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַחֵלֶבhachelevthe fatH2459תֹּאכֵלוּtokheluyou eatH398וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853הַצֶּמֶרhatzemerthe woolH6785תִּלְבָּשׁוּtilbashuyou clothe yourselvesH3847הַבְּרִיאָהhaberi'ahthe fat [sheep]H1277תִּזְבָּחוּtizbachuyou slaughterH2076הַצֹּאןhatzonthe flockH6629לֹאlo'notH3808תִרְעוּ׃tir'uyou shepherdH7462
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