And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Having in Ezekiel 33:1 laid down repentance as the necessary preliminary to happier times for the people, he now promises the removal of the false shepherds, as preparatory to the raising up of the Good Shepherd.... [ Continue Reading ]
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? WOE BE TO THE SHEPHERDS OF ISRAEL THAT DO FEED THEMSELVES! ; Jeremiah... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. YE EAT THE FAT, [ hacheeleb (H2459)] - or, by differently pointing the Hebrew, 'milk' [hachaalaab]: so the Septuagint Thus the repetition, "the fat," and "them that are fed," is avoided; also th... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THE DISEASE... [ Continue Reading ]
And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. THEY WERE SCATTERED, BECAUSE THERE IS NO SHEPHERD - i:e., none worthy of the name, though there were some called shepherds (; ). Compare , where the sheep were sc... [ Continue Reading ]
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. MY SHEEP WANDERED. God calls them "my sheep;" for they were not, as the shepherds treated them, their MY SHEEP WANDERED. God... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE, YE SHEPHERDS, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. BEHOLD,... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. BEHOLD, I, EVEN I, WILL BOTH SEARCH MY SHEEP, AND SEEK THEM OUT - doing that which the so-called shepherds had failed to do, I being the rightful owner of the flock.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. AS A SHEPHERD SEEKETH OUT HIS FLOCK IN THE DAY THAT HE IS AMONG HIS SHEEP... [ Continue Reading ]
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 THEM OUT FROM THE PEOPLE, AND GATHER THEM FROM THE COUNTRIE... [ Continue Reading ]
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 THEM IN A GOOD PASTURE - (). AND UPON THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL - in ; , the phr... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL FEED MY FLOCK, AND I WILL CAUSE THEM TO LIE DOWN, SAITH THE LORD GOD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. I WILL SEEK THAT WHICH WAS LOST, AND BRING AGAIN THAT WHICH WAS... [ Continue Reading ]
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. AS FOR YOU, O MY FLOCK - passing from the rulers to the people. BEHOLD, I JUDGE BETWEEN CATTLE AND CATTLE, [ seh (H7716) laaseh (H7716)] - rather, sheep and sheep;... [ Continue Reading ]
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? SEEMETH IT A SMALL THING UNTO YOU TO HAVE EATEN UP THE GOOD PASTURE, BUT YE... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. BEHOLD, I, EVEN I, WILL JUDGE BETWEEN THE FAT CATTLE AND BETWEEN THE LEAN CATTLE - "fat ... lean," the rich oppressors ... the humble poor. Compare this verse with , "Be... [ Continue Reading ]
Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; BECAUSE YE HAVE THRUST ... WITH YOUR HORNS, UNTIL YE HAVE SCATTERED THEM ABROAD - ye have done so down to the time of the carrying away to Babylon (Grotius).... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. THEREFORE WILL I SAVE MY FLOCK, AND THEY SHALL NO MORE BE A PREY. After the restoration from Babylon the Jews were delivered in some degree from the oppression, not only of foreigners, b... [ Continue Reading ]
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. I WILL SET UP ONE SHEPHERD OVER THEM - i:e., raise up by divine appointment; alluding to the declaration of God to David, "I will set up thy seed after the... [ Continue Reading ]
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 BE THEIR GOD, AND MY SERVANT DAVID A PRINCE AMONG THEM - "my servant" implying fitness for ruling in the name of God, not pursuing a self-chosen course, as other kings, but actin... [ Continue Reading ]
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. 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... [ Continue Reading ]
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. I WILL MAKE THEM AND THE PLACES ROUND ABOUT MY HILL - the Jews, and Zion, God's hill (), are to be sources of blessing, not merely to the... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THEY ... SHALL... [ Continue Reading ]
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. BUT THEY SHALL DWELL SAFELY - ().... [ Continue Reading ]
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. I WILL RAISE UP FOR THEM A PLANT OF RENOWN - Messiah, the "Rod," and "Branch" (), the "righteous Branch" (), who shall obtain for them "renow... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD. YE MY FLOCK, THE FLOCK OF MY PASTURE, ARE MEN - not merely an explanation of the image, as Jerome represents; but as God had promised many things which mere "men" could not expect to realize, He shows that i... [ Continue Reading ]