Ezekiel 34:5 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 34:5

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

KJV

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And they were scattered - There was no discipline kept up; and the flock, the Church, became disorganized, and separated from each other, both in affection and fellowship. And the consequence was, the grievous wolves, false and worldly interested teachers, seized on and made a prey of them. Of the communion of saints such shepherds know nothing, farther than that it makes a part of the common creed.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Every one is ready to seize a waif and stray. Some went abroad and begged, some went abroad and traded, and thus the country became thin of inhabitants, and was weakened and impoverished, and wanted hands both in the fields of corn and in the fields of battle, both in harvest and in war: My flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth,

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתְּפוּצֶ֖ינָה	va.te.fu.Tzei.nah	and they have been scattered	H6327 →
מִבְּלִ֣י	mi.be.Li	because not	H1097 →
רֹעֶ֑ה	ro.'Eh	a shepherd	H7462 →
וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה	va.tih.Yei.nah	and they have become	H1961 →
לְאָכְלָ֛ה	le.'okh.Lah	<into> food	H402 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	for every	H3605 →
חַיַּ֥ת	chai.Yat	<the> animal of	H2416 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה	ha.sa.Deh	the field	H7704 →
וַתְּפוּצֶֽינָה׃	va.te.fu.Tzei.nah	and they have been scattered	H6327 →

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The walk

The walk8

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
Matthew 9:36
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
leads to
- Numbers 27:17
  who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 6:34
  When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 50:6
  My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
- Ezekiel 34:3–6
  You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
- Matthew 14:14
  When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
Through
2 Chronicles 18:16
So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
leads to
- Ezekiel 34:5–6
  They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold,…
leads to
- Micah 7:4
  The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time…
- Jeremiah 21:12
  O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire…