Ezekiel 34
1 A reproof of the shepherds.
7 God's judgment against them.
11 His providence over his flock.
20 The kingdom of Christ.
shepherds ........... shepherds ............ shepherds ....... feeding themselves .... shepherds feed <07462> [the shepherds.]
The shepherds of Israel, signify their kings and princes, priests and prophets; the flock, the whole of the people; the fat and wool, the tithes and offerings, taxes and imposts: these they exacted with great rigour, and even oppressed and destroyed the people to enrich themselves; but they bestowed no pains to provide for the welfare of the state, or for the souls of those entrusted to them. They knew nothing about their flock: it might be diseased, infirm, bruised, maimed, strayed, or lost, for they watched not over them.
Woe <01945> [Woe.]
shepherds ........... shepherds ............ shepherds ....... feeding themselves .... shepherds feed <07462> [feed.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
slaughter <02076> [ye kill.]
weak .... sick <02470> [diseased.]
sought <01245> [sought.]
force <02394> [but with.]
scattered .............. beast <06327> [they were.]
shepherd <07462> [because there is no shepherd. or, without a shepherd, and so ver.]
food <0402> [and they became.]
wandered <07686> [wandered.]
sheep ............. sheep <06629> [my flock.]
searching <01875> [and none.]
prey <0957> [prey.]
shepherd .... shepherds ...... my .... fed ...... feed <07462> [the shepherds.]
shepherds .................. shepherds ...... feed <07462> [I am.]
demand <01875> [and I will.]
no longer <07673> [and cause.]
shepherds .................. shepherds ...... feed <07462> [neither shall.]
rescue <05337> [for I will.]
seek <01875> [I.]
seek <01875> [search.]
shepherd seeks <07462 01243> [As a shepherd seeketh out. Heb. According to the shepherd's seeking of, etc.]
cloudy <06051> [in the cloudy.]
out <03318> [I will bring.]
feed <07462> [and feed.]
good ..... feed ................... lush ...... feed <07462 02896> [feed them.]
lie <07257> [there shall.]
seek ... lost <01245 06> [seek that.]
destroy <08045> [but I.]
feed <07462> [I will feed.]
judge <08199> [I judge.]
sheep ... another <07716> [cattle and cattle. Heb. small cattle of lambs and kids. he goats. Heb. great he goats.]
not enough <04592> [a small.]
feed .................... drink <07462 08354> [to have.]
[bread.]
judge <08199> [Behold.]
thrust ........... scatter <01920 06327> [ye have.]
at ..... sheep <05055> [pushed.]
save <03467> [will I.]
judge <08199> [and I.]
set <06965> [I will.]
servant <05650> [my servant.]
David king of Israel had been dead upwards of 400 years; and from that time till now there never has been a ruler of any kind in the Jewish nation of the name of David. By David, then, we must understand the Messiah, as the Jews themselves acknowledge, so called because descended from him, and also as being the well beloved, [o agapetos,] Son of the Father, as the name imports, and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled. See the references.
Lord ..... God ............. Lord <03068 0430> [I the Lord will.]
prince <05387> [a prince.]
make <03772> [I will make.]
<07451> [and will.]
live <03427> [and they.]
I ... turn ...... around <05414 05439> [make them.]
hill <01389> [my hill.]
showers .......... showers <01653> [I will cause.]
showers .......... showers <01653> [showers.]
trees <06086> [the tree.]
know ...... Lord <03045 03068> [know that.]
break <07665> [when I.]
enslaved <05647> [served.]
prey ............... live <0957 03427> [they shall.]
It is evident that this prophecy could at most have only a typical accomplishment in the return from captivity under Zerubbabel, and in their consequent prosperity; but the restoration of the Jews from their present captivity, and the consequent peace and prosperity of the church and world, fully answer to this energetic language.
beasts <02416> [neither.]
prepare <06965> [I will.]
healthy <08034> [of renown. or, for renown.]
victims <0622> [consumed. Heb. taken away.]
bear <05375> [neither.]
you ... sheep ... sheep <0859 06629> [ye my.]
God <0430> [I.]
