Bible verse
Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’
Ezekiel 34:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ezekiel 34.
15 I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
16 I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
17 This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.
18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
19 Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’
20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
21 Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,
22 I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
23 I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
KJV
And [as for] my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
ASV
And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
ERV
And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
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