5. They were scattered for lack of a shepherd. They became food for all the beasts of the field as they were scattered.
6. My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Over all the face of the earth My sheep were scattered. No one searched. No one sought.”
7. Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai:
8. “As I live”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“as surely as My sheep became prey and My sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My sheep,”