Ezekiel 34:19

19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

Ezekiel 34:19 in Other Translations

19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

19 And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

19 Why must my flock eat what you have trampled down and drink water you have fouled?

19 Why do the rest of my sheep have to make do with grass that's trampled down and water that's been muddied?

19 Yet My flock has to feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied.

Ezekiel 34:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 34:19

And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with
your feet
They are forced to do it, not being able to come at any thing else; being as sheep without a shepherd, or worse: and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet;
which, as it cannot be agreeable and relishing, so neither wholesome; as the leaven of the Scribes and Pharisees; the traditions of the elders; the false doctrines of false teachers, whose words eat as do a canker. The Targum of the whole verse is,

``and my people eat the residue of the food of your ministers, and drink the residue of the drink of your ministers.''

Ezekiel 34:19 In-Context

17 “ ‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats.

18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?

19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

20 “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away,