Ezekiel 34:3 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.

KJV

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Ye eat the fat,.... The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, render it, "the milk"; the words for fat and milk differ only in the points; and this was not unlawful, for who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 1Co 9:7, provided it was done with moderation, that they ate some, but not all; but these rulers milked their subjects too much, oppressed them with heavy taxes, and got their substance into their own hands.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye eat the fat - I think החלב hacheleb should be translated the milk, and so most of the Versions understand it. Or they lived on the fat sheep, and took the wool of all. “The priests,” says Calmet, “ate the tithes, the first-fruits, and the offerings of the people; the princes received the tributes and imposts and instead of instructing and protecting them, the latter took away their lives by the cruelties they practiced against them: the former destroyed their souls by the poison of their doctrine, and by their bad example.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַחֵ֤לֶב	ha.Che.lev	the fat	H2459 →
תֹּאכֵ֙לוּ֙	to.Khe.lu	you eat	H398 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הַצֶּ֣מֶר	ha.Tze.mer	the wool	H6785 →
תִּלְבָּ֔שׁוּ	til.Ba.shu	you clothe yourselves	H3847 →
הַבְּרִיאָ֖ה	ha.be.ri.'Ah	the fat [sheep]	H1277 →
תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ	tiz.Ba.chu	you slaughter	H2076 →
הַצֹּ֖אן	ha.Tzon	the flock	H6629 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תִרְעֽוּ׃	tir.'U	you shepherd	H7462 →

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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
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
leads to
- Micah 3:4
  Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
- Proverbs 1:28
  Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
- Isaiah 59:2–3
  But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
- Zechariah 7:13
  And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 7:8–10
  But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
Through
Jeremiah 2:30
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
leads to
- Nehemiah 9:26
  But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- Acts 7:52
  Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15
  who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,