And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.
And they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)