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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 34:4

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 diseased have ye not strengthened.] Five sorts of sheep are here reckoned up that needed the shepherd's best care and cure, but nothing was done; or, if anything, it was overdone, for with force and cruelty they ruled over them. See 1 Peter 5:3 .

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See also Ezekiel 34:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 34:4. _THE DISEASED HAVE YE NOT STRENGTHENED_] No person is fit for the office of a shepherd, who does not _well understand_ the _diseases_ to which sheep are incident, and the _mode of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Ezekiel 34:1. The shepherds of Israel were the kings and princes and all who had authority over them. The prophet Jeremiah had received a similar message Jeremiah 23:1. These shepherds of Israel were...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    IMPORTANCE OF GOOD GOVERNMENT. But besides moral excellence on the part of its citizens (Ezekiel 33) a state needs good government. This chapter is a very severe indictment of the rulers or kings of I...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NEITHER. Note the Figure of speech _Paradiastole_ (App-6), emphasising the five counts. ORUELTY. rigour. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 1:13; Exodus 1:14.Leviticus 25:46;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Five classes are here mentioned, in Ezekiel 34:16 only four, the "diseased" being wanting, and "strengthen" used here of the diseased is said there of the sick. The "broken" is the hurt or bruised; th...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    DRIVEN AWAY— _Gone astray:_ and so Ezekiel 34:16....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. REPLACEMENT OF CORRUPT LEADERS 34:1-31 Israel's past sin and punishment stemmed largely from corrupt and selfish leadership. The first step in Ezekiel's program of reconstruction for the nation...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE NEW ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 33-48) So long as the Jewish kingdom remained in existence Ezekiel's prophecies (those in Ezekiel 1-24) dealt almost exclusively with the nation's sin, and with the certainty o...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 34 THE FALSE *SHEPHERDS OF *ISRAEL – EZEKIEL 34:1-10 v1

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֶֽת ־הַ נַּחְלֹות֩ לֹ֨א חִזַּקְתֶּ֜ם וְ אֶת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE MESSIANIC KINGDOM Ezekiel 34:1 The term "Messianic" as commonly applied to Old Testament prophecy bears two different senses, a wider and a narrower. In its wider use it is almost equivalent to t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SELFISH SHEPHERDS Ezekiel 34:1-16 The shepherds of this chapter were not the religious leaders of the people, but rulers who sought in their government not the good of the people but their own selfis...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The next prophecy dealt ultimately with the one Shepherd. It opened with an indictment of the false shepherds through whom all these evil things had happened to the people. Their sin had been that the...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WOE UPON THE SHEPHERDS OF ISRAEL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The diseased have ye not strengthened, though they were weak with the effects of illness, NEITHER HAVE YE HEALED THAT WHICH WAS SICK, NEITHER HAVE YE BOUND UP THAT WHICH WAS BROKEN, such as were cripp...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 The people became as sheep without a shepherd, were given up as a prey to their enemies, and the land was utterly desolated. No rank or office can exempt from the reproofs of God's word, men who n...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 34:4 weak H2470 (H8737) strengthened H2388 (H8765) healed H7495 (H8765) sick H2470 (H8802) up...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message to the faithless shepherds of Israel. Promise of restoration of Israel, and setting up of the kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Those will have a great deal to answer...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 34:1 As the move toward restoration continues, Ezekiel describes the nation and its leaders as sheep and shepherds. He addresses the shepherds (vv. Ezekiel 34:1) and then the s

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE REPROOF OF THE FALSE SHEPHERDS AND A PROMISE OF THE GOOD AND TRUE SHEPHERD (Chap. 34) EXPLANATORY NOTES.— Ezekiel 34:1. “PROPHESY AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS.” “The trouble which the prophet here encoun...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 34:1 AND THE WORD OF THE LORD, etc. As no date is given, we may infer that what follows came as an almost immediate sequel to that which precedes it. The kernel of the chapter is f...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    CHAPTER 34. THE PROMISE OF THE TRUE SHEPHERD, AFTER THE FALSE SHEPHERDS HAVE BEEN PUNISHED AND REMOVED. IN the preceding chapter the prophet has announced the first condition of an improved state of...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 34, God speaks out against those faithless shepherds of Israel. Those men that were the spiritual leaders, those men to whom the people looked for spiritual guidance, who had left the r...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 5:2; 1 Peter 5:3; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Exodus 1:13; Exodus 1:14;

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The diseased — The weak and languishing. Bound up — Oppressors in the state, or church, broke many then, but these shepherds bound them not up....

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