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Text -- Ezekiel 34:3-31 (NET)
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34:3 You eat the fat , you clothe yourselves with the wool , you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep !
34:4 You have not strengthened the weak , healed the sick , bandaged the injured , brought back the strays , or sought the lost , but with force and harshness you have ruled over them .
34:5 They were scattered because they had no shepherd , and they became food for every wild beast .
34:6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill . My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.
34:7 “‘Therefore , you shepherds , hear the word of the Lord :
34:8 As surely as I live , declares the sovereign Lord , my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts . There was no shepherd , and my shepherds did not search for my flock , but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep ,
34:9 Therefore , you shepherds , hear the word of the Lord :
34:10 This is what the sovereign Lord says : Look , I am against the shepherds , and I will demand my sheep from their hand . I will no longer let them be shepherds ; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore . I will rescue my sheep from their mouth , so that they will no longer be food for them.
34:11 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says : Look , I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.
34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep , so I will seek out my flock . I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy , dark day .
34:13 I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries ; I will bring them to their own land . I will feed them on the mountains of Israel , by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land .
34:14 In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture . There they will lie down in a lush pasture , and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel .
34:15 I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down , declares the sovereign Lord .
34:16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays ; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick , but the fat and the strong I will destroy . I will feed them– with judgment !
34:17 “‘As for you , my sheep , this is what the sovereign Lord says : Look , I am about to judge between one sheep and another , between rams and goats .
34:18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture , that you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet ? When you drink clean water , must you muddy the rest of the water by trampling it with your feet ?
34:19 As for my sheep , they must eat what you trampled with your feet , and drink what you have muddied with your feet !
34:20 “‘Therefore , this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look , I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep .
34:21 Because you push with your side and your shoulder , and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad ,
34:22 I will save my sheep ; they will no longer be prey . I will judge between one sheep and another .
34:23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them– namely, my servant David . He will feed them and will be their shepherd .
34:24 I , the Lord , will be their God , and my servant David will be prince among them; I , the Lord , have spoken !
34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts , so that they can live securely in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods .
34:26 I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing . I will make showers come down in their season ; they will be showers that bring blessing .
34:27 The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops . They will live securely on their land ; they will know that I am the Lord , when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
34:28 They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid .
34:29 I will prepare for them a healthy planting . They will no longer be victims of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations .
34:30 Then they will know that I , the Lord their God , am with them, and that they are my people , the house of Israel , declares the sovereign Lord .
34:31 And you , my sheep , the sheep of my pasture , are my people , and I am your God , declares the sovereign Lord .’”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Shepherd |
Sheep |
EZEKIEL, 1 |
Ezekiel, Book of |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
TEACH; TEACHER; TEACHING |
Minister |
Righteous |
Church |
Gospel |
God |
Rulers |
Nation |
Wool |
Jesus, The Christ |
Levites |
SICK; SICKNESS |
Symbols and Similitudes |
RIVER |
FOUL |
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NET Notes: Eze 34:4 The term translated “harshness” is used to describe the oppression the Israelites suffered as slaves in Egypt (Exod 1:13).
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NET Notes: Eze 34:5 As a case of dittography, the MT repeats “and they were scattered” at the end of the verse.
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NET Notes: Eze 34:12 The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6 b.c.
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NET Notes: Eze 34:23 The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5, as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic ...
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NET Notes: Eze 34:24 The messianic king (“David”) is called both “king” and “prince” in 37:24-25. The use of the term “princeR...
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NET Notes: Eze 34:25 The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).
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NET Notes: Eze 34:26 Heb “showers of blessing.” Abundant rain, which in turn produces fruit and crops (v. 27), is a covenantal blessing for obedience (Lev 26:4...
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NET Notes: Eze 34:30 The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13.
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