Ezequiel 34:12

12 Como un pastor vela por su rebaño el día que está en medio de sus ovejas dispersas, así yo velaré por mis ovejas y las libraré de todos los lugares adonde fueron dispersadas un día nublado y sombrío.

Ezequiel 34:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is
among his sheep that are scattered
That is, when they have been scattered, and are got together again; then he goes among them, to see if there are any missing, and in wheat condition they are, and what they want: so will I seek out my sheep, and deliver them out of all places where
they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day;
such as, in a literal sense, the time of the captivity was, when the Jews were dispersed in the various provinces of Babylon, and other countries; and which was a time of darkness and affliction to them. The time of Adam's fall was a dark and cloudy day; when all sinned in him, and were made sinners by his disobedience; when the sentence of condemnation and death passed upon all, and they became liable to utter ruin and destruction; when darkness and ignorance seized all human nature; when all mankind were separated from God, and set at a distance from him; in consequence of which the children of God, his sheep, were scattered abroad. A time of unregeneracy is a cloudy and dark day with God's elect; they are in darkness, and walk in darkness, and are darkness itself, till made light in the Lord: and so is a time of desertion; when the Lord's people are laid in darkness, and the deeps, and both sit and walk therein, and see no light; when they can neither see the Lord, nor hear from him, nor have any communion with him; when the sun of righteousness is withdrawn or eclipsed; and they cannot see their interest clear in spiritual and eternal things: as is also a time of persecution with the churches of Christ; when both ministers and people are scattered abroad, and their eyes cannot behold their teachers; and moon and stars are not seen for many days, Gospel ministers and Gospel ordinances: and the same is a time of blasphemy and error; and when it is neither day nor night, as is the present season; but there is no day so cloudy and dark but the shepherd can see his sheep, and will look them out, though they cannot see him.

Ezequiel 34:12 In-Context

10 "Así dice el Señor DIOS: 'He aquí, yo estoy contra los pastores y demandaré mi rebaño de su mano y los haré dejar de apacentar el rebaño. Así los pastores ya no se apacentarán más a sí mismos, sino que yo libraré mis ovejas de su boca, y no serán más alimento para ellos.'"

11 Porque así dice el Señor DIOS: He aquí, yo mismo buscaré mis ovejas y velaré por ellas.

12 Como un pastor vela por su rebaño el día que está en medio de sus ovejas dispersas, así yo velaré por mis ovejas y las libraré de todos los lugares adonde fueron dispersadas un día nublado y sombrío.

13 Las sacaré de los pueblos y las juntaré de las tierras; las traeré a su propia tierra, y las apacentaré en los montes de Israel, por las barrancas y por todos los lugares habitados del país.

14 Las apacentaré en buenos pastos, y en los altos montes de Israel estará su apacentadero. Allí reposarán en apacentadero bueno, y apacentarán en ricos pastos sobre los montes de Israel.