Ezekiel 34:7
34:7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
Ezekiel 34:9
34:9 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the
Lord:
Ezekiel 34:2
34:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds
1 of Israel; prophesy, and say to them – to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign
Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
Ezekiel 34:23
34:23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. 2 He will feed them and will be their shepherd.
Ezekiel 34:5
34:5 They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.
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Ezekiel 34:8
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,
Ezekiel 34:10
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;
4 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.
Ezekiel 37:24
37:24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow 5 my regulations and carefully observe my statutes. 6
Ezekiel 34:12
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.
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Ezekiel 20:37
20:37 I will make you pass under
8 the shepherd’s staff,
9 and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
Ezekiel 34:15-16
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!
1 tn The term shepherd is applied to kings in the ancient Near East. In the OT the Lord is often addressed as shepherd of Israel (Gen 49:24; Ps 8:1). The imagery of shepherds as Israel’s leaders is also employed (Jer 23:1-2).
1 sn 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 royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Ps 2, 89).
1 tn As a case of dittography, the MT repeats “and they were scattered” at the end of the verse.
1 tn Heb “I will cause them to cease from feeding sheep.”
1 tn Heb “walk [in].”
2 tn Heb “and my statutes they will guard and they will do them.”
1 sn The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6 b.c.
1 tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire.
2 sn The metaphor may be based in Lev 27:32 (see also Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33). A shepherd would count his sheep as they passed beneath his staff.