Ezekiel 34
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Lutheran reading notes
In Ezekiel chapter 34, the prophetic message continues to reveal themes of divine judgment, prophetic visions, and restoration of Israel. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes the contrast between divine law, which exposes sin, and the promise of grace through God's future redemption. The chapter illustrates both warning and hope within God's covenant relationship.
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 34:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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?
Ezekiel 34:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: {but} ye feed not the flock.
Ezekiel 34:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And they were scattered, because {there is} no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. {because...: or, without a shepherd}
Ezekiel 34:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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}.
Ezekiel 34:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Ezekiel 34:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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{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; {because...: or, without a shepherd}
Ezekiel 34:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Ezekiel 34:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, {even} I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
Ezekiel 34:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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...: Heb. According to the seeking}
Ezekiel 34:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:14 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 34:15 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:16 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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. {cattle: Heb. small cattle of lambs and kids} {he goats: Heb. great he goats}
Ezekiel 34:17 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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{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?
Ezekiel 34:18 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:19 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, {even} I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
Ezekiel 34:20 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
Ezekiel 34:21 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
Ezekiel 34:22 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:23 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken {it}.
Ezekiel 34:24 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:25 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:26 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:28 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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. {of renown: or, for renown} {consumed: Heb. taken away}
Ezekiel 34:29 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 34:30 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, {are} men, {and} I {am} your God, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 34:31 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.