Ezekiel 34
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

the shepherds. The shepherds of Israel, signify their kings and princes, priests and prophets; the flock, the whole of the people; the fat and wool, the tithes and offerings, taxes and imposts: these they exacted with great rigour, and even oppressed and destroyed the people it enrich themselves; but they bestowed no pains to provide for the welfare of the state, or for the souls of those entrusted to them. They knew nothing about their flock: it might be diseased, infirm, bruised, maimed, strayed, or lost, for they watched not over them.

Ezekiel 33:24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel …

Jeremiah 2:8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the …

Jeremiah 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed …

Jeremiah 10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: …

Jeremiah 12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion …

John 10:1,2,12 Truly, truly, I say to you, He that enters not by the door into the …

Woe

Ezekiel 34:8-10 As I live, said the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, …

Ezekiel 13:19 And will you pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and …

Jeremiah 23:1 Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! …

Micah 3:1-3,11,12 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of …

Zephaniah 3:3,4 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening …

Zechariah 11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaves the flock! the sword shall be …

Matthew 24:48-51 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays …

Luke 12:42-46 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom …

Luke 20:46,47 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love …

Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly…

2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise …

feed

2 Samuel 5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led …

Psalm 78:71,72 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob …

Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs …

John 21:15-17 So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of …

Acts 20:26,29 Why I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men…

1 Peter 5:2-4 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, …

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

diseased

Ezekiel 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven …

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb …

Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then …

Zechariah 11:15,16 And the LORD said to me, Take to you yet the instruments of a foolish …

Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, …

Hebrews 12:12 Why lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

sought

Matthew 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 18:12,13 How think you? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be …

Luke 15:4-6 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, …

but with

Exodus 1:13,14 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor…

Jeremiah 22:13 Woe to him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers …

Matthew 21:35 And the farmers took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, …

Matthew 24:49 And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink …

2 Corinthians 1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of …

James 5:1-6 Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall …

1 Peter 5:2,3 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, …

Revelation 13:14-17 And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles …

Revelation 17:5,6 And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, …

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

I am

Ezekiel 5:8 Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against you…

Ezekiel 13:8 Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have spoken vanity, …

Ezekiel 21:3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I am against …

Ezekiel 35:3 And say to it, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am …

Jeremiah 21:13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of …

Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against you, O you most proud, said the Lord GOD of …

Nahum 2:13 Behold, I am against you, said the LORD of hosts, and I will burn …

Zechariah 10:3 My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: …

1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are …

and I will

Ezekiel 3:18,20 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him …

Ezekiel 33:6-8 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, …

Jeremiah 13:18-20 Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for …

Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for …

and cause

1 Samuel 2:29-36 Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded …

Jeremiah 39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before …

Jeremiah 52:9-11,24-27 Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon …

neither shall

Ezekiel 34:2,8 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and …

for I will

Ezekiel 34:22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; …

Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you …

Psalm 72:12-14 For he shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and …

Psalm 102:19,20 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven …

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

I will bring

Ezekiel 11:17 Therefore say, Thus said the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people…

Ezekiel 20:41 I will accept you with your sweet smell, when I bring you out from the people…

Ezekiel 28:25,26 Thus said the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel …

Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of …

Ezekiel 37:21,22 And say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the …

Ezekiel 38:8 After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall …

Ezekiel 39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them …

Psalm 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to …

Isaiah 11:11-16 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his …

Isaiah 65:9,10 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor …

Isaiah 66:19,20 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape …

Jeremiah 23:3,4,8 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries where …

Jeremiah 30:3,18 For, see, the days come, said the LORD, that I will bring again the …

Jeremiah 31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them …

Jeremiah 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, where I have driven …

Amos 9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and …

Zephaniah 3:19,20 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict you: and I will …

and feed

Ezekiel 34:18-25 Seems it a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, …

Micah 7:14,15 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which …

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

seek that

Ezekiel 34:4,11 The diseased have you not strengthened, neither have you healed that …

Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs …

Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed …

Micah 4:6,7 In that day, said the LORD, will I assemble her that halts, and I …

Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of …

Matthew 18:11-14 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost…

Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, They that are whole have no …

Luke 5:31,32 And Jesus answering said to them, They that are whole need not a …

Luke 15:4-7 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, …

Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

but I

Ezekiel 39:18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the …

Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: you are waxen fat, you are grown …

Isaiah 5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places …

Isaiah 10:16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness…

Jeremiah 50:11 Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, O you destroyers of …

Amos 4:1-3 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, …

I will feed

Isaiah 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they …

Jeremiah 9:15 Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, …

Jeremiah 10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in your anger, lest you …

Jeremiah 23:15 Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, …

Micah 7:14 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which …

And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
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.

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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

I the Lord will

Ezekiel 34:30,31 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and …

Ezekiel 36:28 And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and …

Ezekiel 37:23,27 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor …

Ezekiel 39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from …

Exodus 29:45,46 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God…

Isaiah 43:2,3 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through …

Jeremiah 31:1,33 At the same time, said the LORD, will I be the God of all the families …

Jeremiah 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine …

Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle …

a prince

Joshua 5:13-15 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up …

Psalm 2:6 Yet have I set my king on my holy hill of Zion.

Isaiah 9:6,7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government …

Jeremiah 23:5,6 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David …

Jeremiah 33:15-17 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness …

Micah 5:2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands …

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All power is given to me …

Luke 1:33-33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom …

Acts 5:31 Him has God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, …

1 Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet.

Ephesians 1:21,22 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and …

Philippians 2:9-11 Why God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is …

Hebrews 2:9,10 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for …

Revelation 19:13-16 And he was clothed with a clothing dipped in blood: and his name …

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

the tree

Ezekiel 47:12 And by the river on the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, …

Leviticus 26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield …

Psalm 85:12 Yes, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield …

Psalm 92:12-14 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like …

Isaiah 4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious…

Isaiah 35:1,2 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and …

Isaiah 61:3 To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for …

John 15:5-8 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that stays in me, and I in …

know that

Ezekiel 33:29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD…

Ezekiel 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them …

when I

Ezekiel 34:10 Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I …

Leviticus 26:13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of …

Isaiah 9:4 For you have broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his …

Isaiah 10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken …

Isaiah 14:2,3 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place…

Isaiah 52:2,3 Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose …

Jeremiah 2:20 For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and …

Jeremiah 30:8 For it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD of hosts, that …

served

Jeremiah 25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: …

Jeremiah 27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, …

And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

they shall. It is evident that this prophecy could at most have only a typical accomplishment in the return from captivity under Zerubbabel, and in their consequent prosperity; but the restoration of the Jews from their present captivity, and the consequent peace and prosperity of the church and world, fully answer to this energetic language.

Ezekiel 34:8 As I live, said the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, …

Ezekiel 36:4 Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; …

neither

Ezekiel 34:25,29 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the …

Jeremiah 30:10 Therefore fear you not, O my servant Jacob, said the LORD; neither …

Jeremiah 46:27 But fear not you, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: …

And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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