H7462B–רָעָה–ra.ah

Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent -- dust `is' its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!

יִרְע֣וּ yir.'U “they will graze”

The priests have not said, `Where `is' Jehovah?' And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone.

וְהָרֹעִ֖ים (רֹעִ֖ים) ro.'Im “shepherds”

Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee -- the crown of the head!

יִרְע֖וּךְ (יִרְע֖וּ) yir.'U “they will graze”

And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

רֹעִ֖ים ro.'Im “shepherds”וְרָע֥וּ (רָע֥וּ) ra.'U “they will shepherd”

Unto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each `in' his own station.

רֹעִ֖ים ro.'Im “shepherds”רָע֖וּ ra.'U “they will graze”

For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.

הָֽרֹעִ֔ים (רֹעִ֔ים) ro.'Im “shepherds”

Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness -- a desolation.

רֹעִ֤ים ro.'Im “shepherds”

And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,

מֵרֹעֶ֣ה (רֹעֶ֣ה) ro.'Eh “a shepherd”

All thy friends consume doth wind, And thy lovers into captivity do go, Surely then thou art ashamed, And hast blushed for all thy wickedness.

רֹעַ֙יִךְ֙ (רֹעַ֙יִ) ro.'A.yi “shepherds”תִּרְעֶה־ tir.'eh- “it will shepherd”

Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.

רֹעִ֗ים ro.'Im “[the] shepherds”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah.

הָרֹעִים֮ (רֹעִים֮) ro.'Im “shepherds”הָרֹעִ֣ים (רֹעִ֣ים) ro.'Im “are shepherding”

And I have raised for them shepherds, And they have fed them, And they fear no more, nor are affrighted, Nor are they lacking -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

רֹעִ֖ים ro.'Im “shepherds”וְרָע֑וּם (רָע֑וּ) ra.'U “they will shepherd”

Howl, ye shepherds, and cry, And roll yourselves, ye honourable of the flock, For full have been your days, For slaughtering, and `for' your scatterings, And ye have fallen as a desirable vessel.

הָרֹעִ֜ים (רֹעִ֜ים) ro.'Im “shepherds”

And perished hath refuge from the shepherds, And escape from the honourable of the flock.

הָֽרֹעִ֑ים (רֹעִ֑ים) ro.'Im “shepherds”

A voice `is' of the cry of the shepherds, And a howling of the honourable of the flock, For Jehovah is spoiling their pasture.

הָֽרֹעִ֔ים (רֹעִ֔ים) ro.'Im “shepherds”

Hear a word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare ye among isles afar off, and say: He who is scattering Israel doth gather him, And hath kept him as a shepherd `doth' his flock,

כְּרֹעֶ֥ה (רֹעֶ֥ה) ro.'Eh “a shepherd”

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again there is in this place -- that is waste, Without man and beast, And in all its cities -- a habitation of shepherds, Causing the flock to lie down.

רֹעִ֔ים ro.'Im “shepherds”

And I have kindled a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and it hath burned them, and he hath taken them captive, and covered himself with the land of Egypt, as cover himself doth the shepherd with his garment, and he hath gone forth thence in peace;

הָֽרֹעֶה֙ (רֹעֶה֙) ro.'Eh “shepherd”

Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause him to run from off her, And who is chosen? concerning her I lay a charge, For who is like Me? and who conveneth Me? And who `is' this shepherd who standeth before Me?

רֹעֶ֔ה ro.'Eh “[is] a shepherd”

A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, `To' the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place.

רֹעֵיהֶ֣ם (רֹעֵי) ro.'ei. “shepherds”

And I have brought back Israel unto his habitation, And he hath fed on Carmel, and on Bashan. And in mount Ephraim, and on Gilead is his soul satisfied.

וְרָעָ֥ה (רָעָ֥ה) ra.'Ah “it will graze”

Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause them to run from off her. And who is chosen? on her I lay a charge, For who `is' like Me? And who doth convene Me? And who `is' this shepherd who standeth before Me?

רֹעֶ֔ה ro.'Eh “[is] a shepherd”

And I have broken in pieces by thee shepherd and his drove, And I have broken in pieces by thee husbandman and his team, And I have broken in pieces by thee governors and prefects.

רֹעֶ֣ה ro.'Eh “shepherd”

`Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo `to' the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed?

רוֹעֵ֣י ro.'Ei “[the] shepherds of”לָרֹעִ֜ים (רֹעִ֜ים) ro.'Im “shepherds”רֹעֵֽי־ ro.'ei- “[the] shepherds of”רֹעִ֣ים ro.'Im “shepherding”יִרְע֖וּ yir.'U “will they shepherd”הָרֹעִֽים׃ (רֹעִֽים) ro.'Im “shepherds”

The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.

תִרְעֽוּ׃ tir.'U “you shepherd”