Ezekiel 34:17 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 34:17

This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-goats.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And as for you, O my flock - After having spoken to the shepherds, he now addresses the flock. I judge between cattle and cattle - Between false and true professors; between them that have only the form and them that have the power of godliness; between the backslider in heart and the upright man.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Another promise that God would in the fulness of time send the Messiah, to be the great and good Shepherd of the sheep, who should redress all grievances and set every thing to rights with the flock,

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאַתֵּ֣נָה	ve.'a.Te.nah	and you	H859 →
צֹאנִ֔י	tzo.Ni	O flock my	H6629 →
כֹּ֥ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֖ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
יְהוִ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3069 →
הִנְנִ֤י	hi.Ni	here I	H2005 →
שֹׁפֵט֙	sho.Fet	[am] about to judge	H8199 →
בֵּֽין־	bein-	between	H996 →
שֶׂ֣ה	seh	a sheep	H7716 →
לָשֶׂ֔ה	la.Seh	and a sheep	H7716 →
לָאֵילִ֖ים	la.'ei.Lim	and <the> rams	H352 →
וְלָעַתּוּדִֽים׃	ve.la.'a.tu.Dim	and <the> male goats	H6260 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zechariah 10:3
“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in…
leads to
- Ezekiel 34:7–10
  Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
- Ezekiel 34:2
  “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the…
- Jeremiah 23:1–2
  “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 34:16–17
  I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
- Zechariah 11:17
  Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”