Eze 34 | TSK | STEP | A reproof of the shepherds. God's judgment against them. His providence over his flock. The kingdom of Christ.

Ezekiel 34

1 A reproof of the shepherds.

7 God's judgment against them.

11 His providence over his flock.

20 The kingdom of Christ.

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 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.

33:24; Jer 2:8; 3:15; 10:21; 12:10; Joh 10:1,2,12

Woe.

8-10; 13:19; Jer 23:1; Mic 3:1-3,11,12; Zep 3:3,4; Zec 11:17

Mt 24:48-51; Lu 12:42-46; 20:46,47; Ro 16:18; 2Pe 2:3

feed.

2Sa 5:2; Ps 78:71,72; Isa 40:11; Joh 21:15-17; Ac 20:26,29

1Pe 5:2-4

eat.

Isa 56:11,12; Zec 11:5,16

ye kill.

19:3,6; 22:25-28; 33:25,26; 1Ki 21:13-16; 2Ki 21:16; Isa 1:10,15

Jer 2:30; 22:17; La 4:13; Mic 3:1-3; Zep 3:3

diseased.

16; Isa 56:10; Jer 8:22; Zec 11:15,16; Mt 9:36; Heb 12:12

sought.

Mt 10:6; 18:12,13; Lu 15:4-6

but with.

Ex 1:13,14; Jer 22:13; Mt 21:35; 24:49; 2Co 1:24; Jas 5:1-6

1Pe 5:2,3; Re 13:14-17; 17:5,6

they were.

6; 33:21,28; 1Ki 22:17; 2Ch 18:16; Jer 23:2; 50:6,17; Zec 13:7

Mt 9:36

because there is no shepherd. or, without a shepherd, and sover.

Zec 10:2,3

and they became.

8; Isa 56:9; Jer 12:9-12; Joh 10:2; Ac 20:29-31

wandered.

7:16; Jer 13:16; 40:11,12; Heb 11:37,38; 1Pe 2:25

my flock.

Joh 10:16

and none.

Ps 142:4; Jer 5:1

9; Ps 82:1-7; Isa 1:10; Jer 13:13,18; 22:2,3; Mic 3:8,9; Mal 2:1

Mt 23:13-36; Lu 11:39-54

prey.

5,6,31

the shepherds.

2,3,10,18; Ac 20:33; 1Co 9:15; 2Pe 2:13; Jude 1:12

I am.

5:8; 13:8; 21:3; 35:3; Jer 21:13; 50:31; Na 2:13; Zec 10:3; 1Pe 3:12

and I will.

3:18,20; 33:6-8; Jer 13:18-20; Heb 13:17

and cause.

1Sa 2:29-36; Jer 39:6; 52:9-11,24-27

neither shall.

2,8

for I will.

22; Ps 23:5; 72:12-14; 102:19,20

5:8; 6:3; Ge 6:17; Le 26:28; De 32:39; Isa 45:12; 48:15; 51:12

Ho 5:14

search.

Ps 23:1-3; 80:1; 119:176; Isa 40:10,11; 56:8; Jer 23:3; 31:8

Mt 13:11,12; Lu 19:10; Joh 10:16

As a shepherd seeketh out. Heb. According to the shepherd'sseeking of, etc.

1Sa 17:34,35; Lu 15:4-6; Joh 10:11,12

in the cloudy.

30:3; Isa 50:10; Jer 13:16; Joe 2:1-3; Am 5:18-20; Zep 1:15

Ac 2:19-21

I will bring.

11:17; 20:41; 28:25,26; 36:24; 37:21,22; 38:8; 39:27; Ps 106:47

Isa 11:11-16; 65:9,10; 66:19,20; Jer 23:3,4,8; 30:3,18; 31:8; 32:37

Am 9:14; Zep 3:19,20

and feed.

18-25; Mic 7:14,15

feed them.

27; Ps 23:1,2; 31:8-10; Isa 25:6; 30:23,24; 40:11; Jer 31:12-14,25

Joh 10:9; Re 7:16

there shall.

Jer 33:12,13

Ps 23:2; So 1:7,8; Isa 11:6,7; 27:10; 65:9,10; Jer 3:15; Ho 2:18

Zep 3:13; Joh 21:15

seek that.

4,11; Isa 40:11; 61:1-3; Mic 4:6,7; Mt 15:24; 18:11-14; Mr 2:17

Lu 5:31,32; 15:4-7; 19:10

but I.

39:18; De 32:15; Isa 5:17; 10:16; Jer 50:11; Am 4:1-3

I will feed.

Isa 49:26; Jer 9:15; 10:24; 23:15; Mic 7:14

I judge.

20-22; 20:37,38; Zec 10:3; Mt 25:32,33

cattle and cattle. Heb. small cattle of lambs and kids. hegoats. Heb. great he goats.

a small.

16:20,47; Ge 30:15; Nu 16:9,13; 2Sa 7:19; Isa 7:13

to have.

2,3; Mic 2:2

bread.

32:2; Mt 15:6-9; 23:13; Lu 11:52

Behold.

10,17; Ps 22:12-16; Mt 25:31-46

ye have.

3-5; Da 8:3-10; Zec 11:5,16,17

pushed.

Lu 13:14-16

will I.

10; Ps 72:12-14; Jer 23:2,3; Zec 11:7-9

and I.

I will.

Ec 12:11; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:4-6; Mic 5:2-5; Zec 13:7; Joh 10:11

Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25; 5:4

my servant.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, [o agapetos,] Son of the Father, as the name imports, and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled. See the references.

37:24,25; Isa 11:1; 55:3,4; Jer 30:9; Ho 3:5; Re 22:16

I the Lord will.

30,31; 36:28; 37:23,27; 39:22; Ex 29:45,46; Isa 43:2,3; Jer 31:1,33

Jer 32:38; Zec 13:9; Re 21:3

a prince.

Jos 5:13-15; Ps 2:6; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 23:5,6; 33:15-17; Mic 5:2

Mt 28:18; Lu 1:31-33; Ac 5:31; 1Co 15:25; Eph 1:21,22; Php 2:9-11

Heb 2:9,10; Re 19:13-16

I will make.

37:26; Isa 55:3; Jer 31:31-33; Zec 6:13; Heb 13:20

and will.

Le 26:6; Job 5:22; Isa 11:6-9; 35:9; Ho 2:18-23

and they.

28; Ps 4:8; Jer 23:6; 33:16

make them.

Ge 12:2; Isa 19:24; Zec 8:13,23

my hill.

20:40; Ps 2:6; 68:16; 132:14-16; 133:3; Isa 2:2-4; 56:7; Mic 4:1,2

I will cause.

Le 26:4

showers.

De 28:12; Ps 68:9; Isa 32:15,20; 44:3; Mal 3:10

the tree.

47:12; Le 26:4; Ps 85:12; 92:12-14; Isa 4:2; 35:1,2; 61:3

Joh 15:5-8

know that.

33:29; 39:28

when I.

10; Le 26:13; Isa 9:4; 10:27; 14:2,3; 52:2,3; Jer 2:20; 30:8

served.

Jer 25:14; 27:7

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.

8; 36:4,15

neither.

25,29; Jer 30:10; 46:27

I will.

Isa 4:2; 11:1-6; 53:2; Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zec 3:8; 6:12

of renown. or, for renown.

Ps 72:17; Isa 9:6

consumed. Heb. taken away.

26,27; 36:29; Isa 49:9,10; Re 7:16

neither.

36:3-6,15

24; 16:62; 37:27; Ps 46:7,11; Isa 8:9,10; Mt 1:23; 28:20

ye my.

36:38; Ps 78:52; 80:1; 95:7; 100:3; Isa 40:11; Mic 7:14; Lu 12:32

Joh 10:11,16,26-30; 20:15-17; Ac 20:28; 1Pe 5:2,3