5. They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.
6. My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.
7. “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
8. As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,
9. Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: