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Ezekiel 34:15-25

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15 "I will 1feed My flock and I will lead them to rest," declares the Lord GOD.
16 "I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the 2fat and the strong I will destroy. I will 3feed them with judgment.
17 "As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I will 4judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.
18 'Is it too 5slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet?
19 'As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!' "
20 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them, "Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
21 "Because you push with side and with shoulder, and 6thrust at all the weak with your horns until * you have scattered them abroad,
22 therefore, I will 7deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.
23 "Then I will 8set over them one 9shepherd, My servant 10David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.
24 "And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant 11David will be prince among them; I the LORD have spoken.
25 "I will make a 12covenant of peace with them and 13eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may 14live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
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Ezekiel 34:15-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 34

In the former chapter the prophet prophesies against the people of the Jews, both those of the captivity, and those who were not; and here against the shepherds of Israel. This he is bid to do, Eze 34:1,2, whose cruelty to the flock, negligence and unfaithfulness are exposed, Eze 34:3-6, for which reasons they are threatened to be deprived of their office, Eze 34:7-10, and the Lord promises to take the care of the flock upon himself, to seek out his sheep, and feed them, and do every kind office to them, Eze 34:11-16 and then the strong of the flock, that oppressed the weak, are threatened with punishment, Eze 34:17-22 and the promise of the Messiah, as the shepherd of the flock, is made, under whom all prosperity and happiness might be expected, Eze 34:23-31.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 14

  • 1. Psalms 23:1, 2; Ezekiel 34:23
  • 2. Isaiah 10:16
  • 3. Isaiah 49:26
  • 4. Ezekiel 20:38; Ezekiel 34:20-22; Malachi 4:1; Matthew 25:32
  • 5. Numbers 16:9, 13; 2 Samuel 7:19; Isaiah 7:13
  • 6. Deuteronomy 33:17; Daniel 8:4; Luke 13:14-16
  • 7. Psalms 72:12-14; Jeremiah 23:3; Ezekiel 34:10
  • 8. Revelation 7:17
  • 9. Isaiah 40:11; John 10:11
  • 10. Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 37:24
  • 11. Isaiah 55:3; Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 37:24, 25; Hosea 3:5
  • 12. Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 20:37; Ezekiel 37:26
  • 13. Job 5:22, 23; Isaiah 11:6-9
  • 14. Jeremiah 33:16; Ezekiel 28:26; Ezekiel 34:27, 28

Footnotes 6

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