Yechezkel 34:7

7 Therefore, ye ro’im, hear the Devar Hashem:

Yechezkel 34:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 34:7

Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.
] Or, "ye governors", as the Targum, both civil and ecclesiastical; ye kings, princes, and magistrates; ye prophets and teachers of the people, who ought to have attended to the word of grace, to the doctrines of the Scriptures, and fed the people with them; but, since you have not, hear the word of threatening from the Lord, and the just punishment that shall be inflicted on you.

Yechezkel 34:7 In-Context

5 And they were scattered, because there is no ro’eh; and they became okhel (food) to kol chayyat hasadeh, when they were scattered.

6 My tzon wandered through all the harim, and upon every high givah (hill); yes, My tzon was scattered upon all the face of ha’aretz, and none did search or seek after them.

7 Therefore, ye ro’im, hear the Devar Hashem:

8 As I live, saith Adonoi Hashem, surely because My tzon became a prey, and My tzon became okhel to kol chayyat hasadeh, because there was no ro’eh, neither did My ro’im (shepherds) search for My tzon, but the ro’im (shepherds) were ro’im tending to themselves, and tended not My tzon;

9 Therefore, O ye ro’im, hear the Devar Hashem: