Ezekiel 34:1
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _And the word._] See Ezekiel 18:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _And the word._] See Ezekiel 18:1 .... [ 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? Ver. 2. _Prophesy against the shepherds._] Good shepherds they should... [ 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. Ver. 3. _Ye eat the fat._] _Ecce, lac et lanam recipitis._ This ye might do, if in measure, for the workman is worthy of his wages, _see _ 1Co 9:7 but ye gorge yourselves with the best of the be... [ 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. Ver. 4. _The... [ 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. Ver. 5. _And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd._] None but an idol shepherd, Zec 11:17 a foolish shepherd; Eze 34:1-5 and the sheep, being a foolis... [ 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]. Ver. 6. _My sheep wandered._] Through the shepherd's supine negligence, or bloody truculence. Surely, as the herd of deer fors... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;_ Ver. 7. _Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord._] And oh that this word might ever sound aloud in the ears of all shepherds as the voice of heaven's trumpet!... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel 34:8 [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because [there was] no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; Ver. 8. _As I live, saith... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; Ver. 9. _Therefore, O ye shepherds._] See Ezekiel 34:7,8 .... [ 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. Ver. 10.... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, [even] I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. Ver. 11. Behold, I, even I, _a_ will both search.] _Ego, ego reposcam et anquiram._ Rather than the work shall be undone, I will do all myself, and then it is sure to be well done. Aristotle telleth of a... [ 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. Ver. 12. _As a shepherd._] He prosecuteth the allegory drawn from shepherdy... [ 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. Ver. 13. _And I will bring them out from the people._] This they could very... [ 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. Ver. 14. _I will feed them in a good pasture._] Daily and daintily; feed them among the lilies; So... [ Continue Reading ]
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 15. _I will feed my flock._] Doing all the offices of a good shepherd for them, and charging mine undershepherds to do so too. _ And I will cause them to lie down._] By giving rest to their souls, Mat 11:28 together... [ 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. Ver. 16. _I will seek that which was lost, &c._] As he did Peter... [ 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. Ver. 17. _And as for you, O my flock._] I have a saying to you also, such as are unruly especially, as well as to your shepherds. _ Behold, I judge between cattle an... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel 34:18 [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? Ver. 18. _Seemeth it a small thing unto you._] _Extenuant hypoc... [ Continue Reading ]
And [as for] my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. Ver. 19. _And as for my flock, they eat._] The poor, misled, and muzzled people are glad to eat such as they can catch. They are fed with traditions, legendary fables,... [ 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. Ver. 20. _I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle._] These are, saith Augustine, those that presume of their own strength, and boast of their own righteousness, bein... [ 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; Ver. 21. _Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder,_] _a_ _i.e., _ With pretence of law on your side, and with power in your hand to do what you list; for w... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. Ver. 22. _Therefore will I save my flock,_] viz., By Christ the true shepherd, who once found out him whom the Jews had unjustly excommunicated, Joh 9:35 and gave him encouragement. He know... [ 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. Ver. 23. _And I will set up one shepherd._] Who, indeed, is the only shepherd. Magistrates and ministers are shepherds; but Christ is the "good shepherd"; J... [ Continue Reading ]
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken [it]. Ver. 24. _And I the Lord will be their God._] This is that beehive of heavenly honey we so oft meet with in the Old Testament, which therefore those sectaries have so little reason to reject. _... [ 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. Ver. 25. _And I will make with them a covenant of peace._] _Pactum pacis, pacis omnimodae_ Jer 31:13 _Isaiah 11:10_ Joh 14:2... [ 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. Ver. 26. _And I will make them a blessing._] By blessing them with all spiritual benedictions in Christ Jesus, Eph 1:3 so that they shall b... [ 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. Ver. 27. _And t... [ 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. Ver. 28. _And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen._] As the Jews then were, and are to this day, being used by the Papists as spo... [ 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. Ver. 29. _And I will raise up for them a plant of renown,_] _a_ _i.e., _ Christ the true tree of life. Or the Church planted and rooted in Chri... [ 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._ Ver. 30. _Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them._] They shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord; Psa 107:43 they shall kno... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, [are] men, [and] I [am] your God, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 31. And ye my flock … are men.] Sheep ye are, but rational sheep, having your spiritual "senses habitually exercised to discern good and evil," Heb 5:14 so that ye "taste and see" my goodness. Psa 3... [ Continue Reading ]