As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
主耶和华说:我指著我的永生起誓,我的羊因无牧人就成为掠物,也作了一切野兽的食物。我的牧人不寻找我的羊;这些牧人只知牧养自己,并不牧养我的羊。