Ezekiel 34:11-16

11 “ ‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.

12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

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

14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD.

16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

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Ezekiel 34:11-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 34

In the former chapter the prophet prophesies against the people of the Jews, both those of the captivity, and those who were not; and here against the shepherds of Israel. This he is bid to do, Eze 34:1,2, whose cruelty to the flock, negligence and unfaithfulness are exposed, Eze 34:3-6, for which reasons they are threatened to be deprived of their office, Eze 34:7-10, and the Lord promises to take the care of the flock upon himself, to seek out his sheep, and feed them, and do every kind office to them, Eze 34:11-16 and then the strong of the flock, that oppressed the weak, are threatened with punishment, Eze 34:17-22 and the promise of the Messiah, as the shepherd of the flock, is made, under whom all prosperity and happiness might be expected, Eze 34:23-31.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

1. S Psalms 119:176
2. Isaiah 40:11; S Jeremiah 31:10; Zechariah 10:3; Luke 19:10
3. S Ezekiel 32:7; Ezekiel 30:3
4. S Genesis 48:21; S Deuteronomy 30:4
5. Micah 4:6
6. S Ezekiel 11:17
7. S Jeremiah 23:8
8. S Isaiah 66:20
9. S Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 36:24
10. S Jeremiah 50:19
11. Jeremiah 23:3
12. S Ezekiel 20:40
13. Psalms 23:2; S Psalms 37:3
14. S Isaiah 65:10; Ezekiel 36:29-30; Ezekiel 37:22; Amos 9:14; Micah 7:14
15. Zephaniah 3:13
16. Psalms 23:1-2; S Jeremiah 33:12; Micah 5:4
17. S Psalms 147:3
18. Micah 4:6; Zephaniah 3:19
19. Luke 19:10
20. Isaiah 10:16; S Jeremiah 31:8; Luke 5:32

Ezekiel 34:11-16

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Ezekiel 34:11-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 34

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