Yǐsījiēshū 34:11

11 Zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , kàn nǎ , wǒ bì qīnzì xúnzhǎo wǒde yáng , jiāng tāmen xún jiàn .

Yǐsījiēshū 34:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 34:11

For thus saith the Lord God
Since the shepherds are so negligent, careless, and cruel: behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out;
as he did the Jews, in all countries where they were, so his elect in all places where they are: he is the omniscient God, and knows them that are his, and can call his own sheep by name; he knows the places where they are; for he has fixed the bounds of their habitation, and was delighting himself in the habitable parts of the earth, where he knew they would be, even before the world was; he knows the time of finding them, which he himself has fixed, and which is a time of love, and a time of life; and he can distinguish them, notwithstanding the filth they have contracted by their sins and transgressions, and from the crowd they are among: and he is the omnipotent God, that can take them out of what hands soever they may be, or in whatsoever state and condition they are; though in the hands of Satan, in the paws of that devouring lion, and in a pit wherein is no water, in a horrible pit, the mire and clay: he that says this is the owner and proprietor of them; and that is the reason why he searches and seeks them out; and which he repeats for the confirmation of it, and to show the vehemence of his affection towards them, and how bent he is upon it, and how eager and resolute in his pursuit after them: he searches for his chosen people among the ruins of Adam's fall, in whom they fell as others; among the men of the world, where they are; among the dust of the earth, where his lost piece of silver and those pearls lie; among the mountains of sin or self-righteousness, where these sheep are wandering; and he never leaves off seeking and searching till he has found them: and what moves him to it is not their nature, for they are no better than others; nor their numbers, for they are few; but his love to them, the relation he stands in to them as their shepherd, his interest and property in them, his covenant on their account, and also his own glory.

Yǐsījiēshū 34:11 In-Context

9 Suǒyǐ nǐmen zhèxie mùrén yào tīng Yēhéhuá de huà .
10 Zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒ bì yǔ mùrén wéi dí , bì xiàng tāmende shǒu zhuī tǎo wǒde yáng , shǐ tāmen bú zaì mù fàng qún yáng . mùrén yĕ bú zaì mù yǎng zìjǐ . wǒ bì jiù wǒde yáng tuōlí tāmende kǒu , bú zaì zuò tāmende shíwù .
11 Zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , kàn nǎ , wǒ bì qīnzì xúnzhǎo wǒde yáng , jiāng tāmen xún jiàn .
12 Mùrén zaì yáng qún sì sǎn de rìzi zĕnyàng xúnzhǎo tāde yáng , wǒ bì zhàoyàng xúnzhǎo wǒde yáng . zhèxie yáng zaì mì yún hēiàn de rìzi sǎn dào gè chù , wǒ bì cóng nàli jiù huí tāmen lái .
13 Wǒ bì cóng wàn mín zhōng lǐng chū tāmen , cóng gè guóneì jùjí tāmen , yǐndǎo tāmen guī huí gù tǔ , yĕ bì zaì Yǐsèliè shān shang yīqiè xī shuǐ pángbiān , jìng neì yīqiè kĕ jū zhī chù mù yǎng tāmen .
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