Ezekiel 34:13-16

13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.

14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD.

16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

Ezekiel 34:13-16 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 48:21; S Deuteronomy 30:4
• 2. Micah 4:6
• 3. S Ezekiel 11:17
• 4. S Jeremiah 23:8
• 5. S Isaiah 66:20
• 6. S Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 36:24
• 7. S Jeremiah 50:19
• 8. Jeremiah 23:3
• 9. S Ezekiel 20:40
• 10. Psalms 23:2; S Psalms 37:3
• 11. S Isaiah 65:10; Ezekiel 36:29-30; Ezekiel 37:22; Amos 9:14; Micah 7:14
• 12. Zephaniah 3:13
• 13. Psalms 23:1-2; S Jeremiah 33:12; Micah 5:4
• 14. S Psalms 147:3
• 15. Micah 4:6; Zephaniah 3:19
• 16. Luke 19:10
• 17. Isaiah 10:16; S Jeremiah 31:8; Luke 5:32