Eze 34:2-10, Zec 10:3, Joh 10:12-13 | TSK | STEP | 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. Woe. feed.

Ezekiel 34:2-10

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