34:17 「我的羊群哪，論到你們，主耶和華如此說：我必在羊與羊中間、公綿羊與公山羊中間施行判斷。
34:18 你們這些肥壯的羊，在美好的草場吃草還以為小事嗎？剩下的草，你們竟用蹄踐踏了；你們喝清水，剩下的水，你們竟用蹄攪渾了。
34:19 至於我的羊，只得吃你們所踐踏的，喝你們所攪渾的。
34:20 「所以，主耶和華如此說：我必在肥羊和瘦羊中間施行判斷。
34:21 因為你們用脅用肩擁擠一切瘦弱的，又用角牴觸，以致使牠們四散。
34:22 所以，我必拯救我的群羊不再作掠物；我也必在羊和羊中間施行判斷。
34:23 我必立一牧人照管他們，牧養他們，就是我的僕人大衛。他必牧養他們，作他們的牧人。
34:24 我─耶和華必作他們的上帝，我的僕人大衛必在他們中間作王。這是耶和華說的。
17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith
the Lord Jehovah:Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-
goats. 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture,
but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have
drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 19 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.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah
unto them:Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean
sheep. 21 Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the
diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 22 therefore will
I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between
sheep and sheep. 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed
them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their
shepherd. 24 And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince
among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
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上帝要透過耶穌基督來牧養群羊，是群羊能夠因著耶穌基督為王的公義獲得拯救，使強壯的羊不要欺壓弱小的羊，反過來效法基督來照顧弱小的羊，使羊群有真正的和平！
所以在教會中不是比恩賜、才能或權力，而是要能放下自己的地位、尊榮、名聲，向主耶穌一般來接納、照顧那些卑微不被人看重與尊敬的人，使祂們知道自己在上帝的眼中是美好與寶貴的！
人常常是把別人壓抑來展現自己的偉大，但是在上帝國的偉大是要如同基督一樣成全聖徒，這樣才是真正的偉大！身為教會的牧者，更是要如此，成全弟兄姊妹成為上帝的兒女，尊榮自己的羊！
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