Ezekiel 34:5

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

Note because…: or, without a shepherd

KJV · King James Version
They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.
WEB · World English Bible
And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

they were
Ezekiel 34:6; Ezekiel 33:21, 28; 1 Kings 22:17; 2 Chronicles 18:16; Jeremiah 23:2; Jeremiah 50:6, 17; Zechariah 13:7; Matthew 9:36
because there is no shepherd
or, without a shepherd, and sover.
Ezekiel 34:8; Zechariah 10:2, 3
and they became
Ezekiel 34:8; Isaiah 56:9; Jeremiah 12:9–12; John 10:2; Acts 20:29–31