Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 34

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Ezekiel 34 . 1 , A reproof of the shepherds; Ezekiel 34 . 7 , God’s judgment against them; Ezekiel 34 . 11 , His providence over his flock; Ezekiel 34 . 20 , The kingdom of Christ.

Ezekiel 34:1

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 34:1 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:2

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?

Ezekiel 34:2 · BSB

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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 to 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

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Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

Ezekiel 34:3 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

Ezekiel 34:4 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:5

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

Ezekiel 34:5 · BSB

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because there is no shepherd3 parallels

or , without a shepherd , and so

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Ezekiel 34:6

My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’

Ezekiel 34:6 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:7

Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Ezekiel 34:7 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:8

‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

Ezekiel 34:8 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:9

therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’

Ezekiel 34:9 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:10

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’

Ezekiel 34:10 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:11

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

Ezekiel 34:11 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

Ezekiel 34:12 · BSB

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Heb. According to the shepherd's seeking of , etc

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Ezekiel 34:13

I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.

Ezekiel 34:13 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:14

I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 34:14 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:15

I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 34:15 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

Ezekiel 34:16 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:17

This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

Ezekiel 34:17 · BSB

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cattle and cattle Heb. small cattle of lambs and kids

he goats Heb. great he goats

Ezekiel 34:18

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

Ezekiel 34:18 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:19

Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’

Ezekiel 34:19 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:20

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Ezekiel 34:20 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:21

Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,

Ezekiel 34:21 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:22

I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

Ezekiel 34:22 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:23

I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:23 · BSB

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David king of Israel had been dead upwards of 400 years; and from that time till now there never has been a ruler of any kind in the Jewish nation of the name of David. By David , then , we must understand the Messiah , as the Jews themselves acknowledge , so called because descended from him , and also as being the well beloved , ן בדבנחפןע , Son of the Father , as the name imports , and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled. See the references

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Ezekiel 34:24

I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 34:24 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:25

I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

Ezekiel 34:25 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:26

I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

Ezekiel 34:26 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:27

The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.

Ezekiel 34:27 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:28

They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.

Ezekiel 34:28 · BSB

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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

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Ezekiel 34:29

And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.

Ezekiel 34:29 · BSB

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or , for renown

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Heb. taken away

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Ezekiel 34:30

Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,' declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 34:30 · BSB

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Ezekiel 34:31

'You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,' declares the Lord GOD."

Ezekiel 34:31 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web19 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Ezekiel 34:23 → Jeremiah 23:1, Ezekiel 34:23 → Leviticus 26:4, Ezekiel 34:23-31 → Jeremiah 23:1-6, Ezekiel 34:23-31 → Leviticus 26:4-6, Ezekiel 37:24 → Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 37:24-28 → Ezekiel 34:23-31, Zechariah 11:4-16 → Ezekiel 34:1-31
Echoes Ezekiel 34:23 → Leviticus 26:13, Ezekiel 34:23-31 → Leviticus 26:13
Trajectories
Feast of Tabernacles (Dwelling with God), Last Days Eschatology, Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Shepherd (Divine Shepherd Christology), Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling)
Longitudinal Themes
Shepherd
Anchor Text Networks
Networked Ezekiel 34 - One Shepherd
Chiasms
Shaped Ezekiel 34:1–31, Ezekiel 34:23–23
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