Twin-City herald., 1937-02-13

"Yea, they are greedy dogs which
can never have enough, and they
are shepherds that cannot under
stand; they all look to their own
way, everyone for his gain, from his
quarter"
EZEKIEL, "a:
SHEPHERDS OF ISRAEL CON-
DEMNED, and the word of the Lord
came to me saying: "Son of man,
prophesy against the shepherds of
Israel, prophesy and say unto them.
Thus saith the Lord, God, unto the
shepherds of Israel that do feed them
selves, should not the shepherds
feed the flock?
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you
with the wool, We kill them that are
fed; but ye feed not the flock.
The diseased have ye not strength
ened, neither have ye healed that
which was sick, neither have ye
bound up that which was broken,
neither have We brought again that
which was driven away, neither have
we sought that which was lost; but
with force and cruelty have ye ruled
them. And they were scattered be-
cause there is no shepherd, and they
became meat to all the beasts of
the field, when they were scattered.
My sheep wandered through all
the mountains, and upon every hill;
yea, my flock was scattered upon all
the face of the earth, and none did
search or seek after them.
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the
word of the Lord:
AS I live, saith the Lord, God, sure
ly because 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 Therefore, o we
shepherds, hear the word of the
Lord" THUS saith the Lord God, Be
hold I am against the shepherds, and
l will require my flock at their hand,
and cause them to cease from feed
ing the flock; neither shall the shep-,
herds feed themselves any more; for
1 will deliver my flock from their
mouth, that they may not be meat
for them.
For thus saith the Lord, God, Be-
hold, I even 1, will both search my
sheep and seek them out.
AS shepherd seeketh out his flock
in the day that he is among his
sheep that are scattered; SO will l
seek out my sheep and will deliver
them out of all places where they
have been scattered in the cloudy
and dark day.
And will bring them out from
the people, and gather them from
the countries and will bring them
from their own land, and feed them
upon the mountains of Israel by the
rivers, and in all the inhabited places
OF the country-I will feed them in
good pasture, and upon the high
mountains of Israel shall their fold
be; there shall they lie in a good
fold, and in fat pasture shall they
feed upon the mountains of Israel l
will feed my flock, and I will cause
them to lie down, saith the Lord,
God.
will seek that which was lost,
and bring again that which was
driven way, and bind up that which
was broken, and 1 will strengthen
that which was sick; but 1 will des-
troy the fat and the strong I will
feed them with judgment. And l
will set up one shepherd over them
and he will feed them. And 1 will
make them and the places round
about my hill a blessing; and I will
cause the showers to come down in
his season; there shall be showers of
blessing, and the tree Of the field
shall yield her fruit, and the earth
shall yield her increase, and they
shall be safe in their land, and shall
know that 1 am the Lord, when l
have broken the band of their yoke,
and delivered them out of the hand
of those that served themselves of
them"
AS for the vine, or my Church, 81
the Lord, do keep it; 1 will water
it every moment; lest any hurt it, l
will keep it night and day."
Four thousand years after the
prophecies of Moses and the Pro-
phets concerning the coming of the
Messiah, Jesus came as predicted of
Him.
And he came to Nazareth where
he had been brought up; and, as His
custom was, He went into the syna-
gogue on the Sabbath Day, and stood
up to read.
And there was delivered unto Him
the book of the Prophet Isaiah. And