Ezekiel 34:5

Listen to Ezekiel 34:5
5 Elles se sont dispersĂ©es, parce qu'elles n'avaient point de pasteur; elles sont devenues la proie de toutes les bĂȘtes des champs, elles se sont dispersĂ©es.

Ezekiel 34:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 34:5

And they were scattered because there is no shepherd
No good one; there were shepherds, but they were idol shepherds, good for nothing, and it was all one as if there were none: so, in Christ's time, there were the Scribes and Pharisees; yet, since these did not feed the people with wholesome doctrine, they are said to be as sheep without a shepherd, and scattered abroad, as here from the fold, and from one another; dispersed here and there, seeking food, and none, which moved his compassion, ( Matthew 9:36 ) , in the political sense it may refer to their captivity, and their dispersion among the nations, having no king: So the Targum,

``and they were scattered without a governor.''
And they became meat to all beasts of the field when they were
scattered;
the Targum is,
``and they were delivered to all the kingdoms of the people to be consumed;''
such as the Assyrians, Babylonians, Ammonites, Moabites, and others; and may be applied to false teachers, those grievous wolves, which spare not the flock, into whose hands members of churches, professors of religion, fall, when neglected by their shepherds.
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Ezekiel 34:5 In-Context

3 Vous avez mangĂ© la graisse, vous vous ĂȘtes vĂȘtus avec la laine, vous avez tuĂ© ce qui Ă©tait gras, vous n'avez point fait paĂźtre les brebis.
4 Vous n'avez pas fortifié celles qui étaient faibles, guéri celle qui était malade, pansé celle qui était blessée; vous n'avez pas ramené celle qui s'égarait, cherché celle qui était perdue; mais vous les avez dominées avec violence et avec dureté.
5 Elles se sont dispersĂ©es, parce qu'elles n'avaient point de pasteur; elles sont devenues la proie de toutes les bĂȘtes des champs, elles se sont dispersĂ©es.
6 Mon troupeau est errant sur toutes les montagnes et sur toutes les collines élevées, mon troupeau est dispersé sur toute la face du pays; nul n'en prend souci, nul ne le cherche.
7 C'est pourquoi, pasteurs, écoutez la parole de l'Eternel!
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