Ezequiel 34:12

12 Seré como un pastor que busca al rebaño esparcido. Encontraré a mis ovejas y las rescataré de todos los lugares por donde quedaron esparcidas ese día oscuro y nublado.

Ezequiel 34:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is
among his sheep that are scattered
That is, when they have been scattered, and are got together again; then he goes among them, to see if there are any missing, and in wheat condition they are, and what they want: so will I seek out my sheep, and deliver them out of all places where
they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day;
such as, in a literal sense, the time of the captivity was, when the Jews were dispersed in the various provinces of Babylon, and other countries; and which was a time of darkness and affliction to them. The time of Adam's fall was a dark and cloudy day; when all sinned in him, and were made sinners by his disobedience; when the sentence of condemnation and death passed upon all, and they became liable to utter ruin and destruction; when darkness and ignorance seized all human nature; when all mankind were separated from God, and set at a distance from him; in consequence of which the children of God, his sheep, were scattered abroad. A time of unregeneracy is a cloudy and dark day with God's elect; they are in darkness, and walk in darkness, and are darkness itself, till made light in the Lord: and so is a time of desertion; when the Lord's people are laid in darkness, and the deeps, and both sit and walk therein, and see no light; when they can neither see the Lord, nor hear from him, nor have any communion with him; when the sun of righteousness is withdrawn or eclipsed; and they cannot see their interest clear in spiritual and eternal things: as is also a time of persecution with the churches of Christ; when both ministers and people are scattered abroad, and their eyes cannot behold their teachers; and moon and stars are not seen for many days, Gospel ministers and Gospel ordinances: and the same is a time of blasphemy and error; and when it is neither day nor night, as is the present season; but there is no day so cloudy and dark but the shepherd can see his sheep, and will look them out, though they cannot see him.

Ezequiel 34:12 In-Context

10 Esto dice el Señor
Soberano: ahora me declaro enemigo de esos pastores y los haré responsables de lo que le sucedió a mi rebaño. Les quitaré el derecho de alimentar al rebaño y no dejaré que sigan alimentándose a sí mismos. Rescataré de su boca a mi rebaño; las ovejas ya no serán su presa.

11 El buen pastor
»”Esto dice el Señor
Soberano: yo mismo saldré a buscar a mis ovejas y las encontraré.

12 Seré como un pastor que busca al rebaño esparcido. Encontraré a mis ovejas y las rescataré de todos los lugares por donde quedaron esparcidas ese día oscuro y nublado.

13 Las sacaré de entre los demás pueblos y naciones y las traeré de regreso a casa, a su propia tierra. Las alimentaré en las montañas de Israel, junto a los ríos y en todos los lugares habitados.

14 Así es, les daré buenos pastizales en las altas colinas de Israel. Descansarán en lugares agradables y se alimentarán con los abundantes pastizales verdes de las colinas.