Ezekiel 34:20 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לָכֵ֗ן	la.Khen	<to> therefore	H3651 →
כֹּ֥ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֛ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
אֲדֹנָ֥י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
יְהוִ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3069 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
הִנְנִי־	hi.ni-	here [am] I	H2005 →
אָ֕נִי	'A.ni	I	H589 →
וְשָֽׁפַטְתִּי֙	ve.sha.fa.Ti	and I will judge	H8199 →
בֵּֽין־	bein-	between	H996 →
שֶׂ֣ה	seh	a sheep	H7716 →
בִרְיָ֔ה	vir.Yah	fat	H1274 →
וּבֵ֥ין	u.Vein	and between	H996 →
שֶׂ֖ה	seh	a sheep	H7716 →
רָזָֽה׃	ra.Zah	lean	H7330 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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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
Ezekiel 34:10
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer…
leads to
- 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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 21:13
  Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
- Ezekiel 13:8
  Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Psalms 72:12–14
  For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Through
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.
leads to
- Matthew 25:32–33
  All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- Ezekiel 34:20–22
  Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
- Ezekiel 20:37–38
  I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Judges 3:17and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.Exodus 14:17And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.Deuteronomy 31:20When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.Ezekiel 34:10This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’Matthew 25:31–46When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.Psalms 22:12–16Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.Genesis 6:17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.Ezekiel 34:17This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.Numbers 18:6Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.Ezekiel 24:5Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’Isaiah 17:4“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,Jeremiah 23:39therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

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