Wesley Corpus

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; but ye feed not the flock. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became meat to all the beasts of the field. Yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.” (Ezekiel xxxiv. 1-6.) 19. To the same effect do the other Prophets declare: “Ye are departed out of the way, ye have caused many to stumble: Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people.” (Malachi ii. 8, 9.) “From the Prophet even unto the Priest, every one dealeth falsely. They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.” (Jer. vi. 13, 14.) “They prophesy lies in my name.” (xiv. 14.) “They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord had said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every man that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.” (xxiii. 17.) “The Prophets of Jerusalem strengthen the hands of the evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness.” (Verse 14.) “They have seduced my people; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar.” (Ezekiel xiii. 10.) “With lies they have made the hearts of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he shall not return from his wicked way, by promising him life.” (Verse 22.) “Many Pas tors have destroyed my vineyard; they have trodden my portion under foot; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.” (Jer. xii. 10.) “There is a conspiracy of her Prophets in the midst of her, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls.” (Ezekiel xxii.