Study it in the app“The weak you have not strengthened, and the sick you have not healed, and the broken you have not bound up, and the strayed you have not brought back, and the lost you have not sought; but with force you have ruled them, and with harshness.”
God rebukes the shepherds who did not strengthen the weak sheepThe Church and Community
The weakאֶת הַנַּחְלוֹתyou have notלֹאstrengthened,חִזַּקְתֶּםand the sickוְאֶת הַחוֹלָהyou have notלֹאhealed,רִפֵּאתֶםand the brokenוְלַנִּשְׁבֶּרֶתyou have notלֹאbound up,חֲבַשְׁתֶּםand the strayedוְאֶת הַנִּדַּחַתyou have notלֹאbrought back,הֲשֵׁבֹתֶםand the lostוְאֶת הָאֹבֶדֶתyou have notלֹאsought;בִקַּשְׁתֶּםbut with forceוּבְחָזְקָהyou have ruledרְדִיתֶםthem,אֹתָםand with harshness.וּבְפָרֶךְ
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “nachlot” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “chizaktem” appearsheal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “ripetem” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “nishberet” appearsbandage
To wrap a wound or broken bone with bandages so it heals.
Where else “chavashtem” appearsbanish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “nidachat” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashevotem” appearsbe lost
To be lost or out of place, like an animal that strays.
Where else “ovedet” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vikashtem” appearsforce, harshness
Force, harshness. Almost always in a bad sense: to treat someone "with force," that is, with violence and harshness. In Jonah 3:8, to cry out "mightily."
Where else “chazka” appearsrule
To hold sway, govern.
Where else “reditem” appearsharshness
Harshness, cruelty with which someone is made to work.
Where else “farech” appears3The fat you eat, and with the wool you clothe yourselves; the fattened you butcher; the flock you do not feed.
4 · This verse (above)
5And they were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every animal of the field, and they were scattered.
