“They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Ezekiel 34 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.