エゼキエル書 34:12-15 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:11-16

The Divine Shepherd of the flock. What a marvelous contrast is here presented between the hireling and unfaithful shepherds who have presumptuously undertaken the care of God's people, and the Lord God, who in his condescension assumes the pastoral office, and fulfils it with Divine qualifications and completeness! According to the beautiful and touching representation of this passage— I. THE LORD SEEKS HIS SHEEP WHEN LOST . They have gone astray, through willfulness on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:13-15

On the mountains of Israel by the rivers . The picture of the pleasant pasture-lands of Judah, almost, as it were, an expansion of Psalms 23:1-6 ; of the mountains which are not barren and stony, of the streams that flow calmly in the inhabited places of the country , serves as a parable of that which is to follow on the restoration of Israel. The sheep that had been wandering so long in the wilderness should at last lie down in a fat pasture (verse 15), and the tender care of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:14

The mountain-height of Israel - moral and spiritual elevation. "I will feed them "upon the mountains of the height of Israel" (literally, see Revised Version; see also Ezekiel 17:23 and Ezekiel 20:40 ); i.e. upon the mountain-height of Israel; and the reference is to— I. THE EXCELLENCY OF ISRAEL IN THE SIGHT OF GOD . The neglected and scattered sheep that had been untaught or misdirected by their rulers should be eared for by the Lord himself; they should be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 34:12

The cloudy and dark day - Contrasted with the day in which the Lord will be among them like a shepherd to gather them together again. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 34:11-16

Ezekiel 34:11-16 . Behold, I, even I, will search my sheep I myself will recall them from their wanderings into the right way; and will seek them out Hebrew, בקדתים , I will seek them early, or, seek them in the morning. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock With the greatest care and diligence; as he gathers them together, counts them, brings them to the fold, observes what they have suffered, and, if lame or torn, binds up and heals them, and provides pasture for them; so will I... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:1-31

Rulers past and future (34:1-31)The leaders of Israel, whether of the northern kingdom or the southern, were supposed to be shepherds, but instead of caring for the people they exploited them. Their sole concern was for themselves (34:1-4). Because of their neglect of the flock, the sheep were attacked and scattered. Because of the corruption of its leaders, Israel was destroyed by hostile nations and its people taken captive into foreign countries (5-6).God will therefore punish the shepherds,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 34:12

In the day . See App-18 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 34:13

people = nations. land = soil. rivers = ravines. Hebrew. aphikim . See note on "channels", 2 Samuel 22:16 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 34:13

Ezekiel 34:13. I will bring them out— "I will cause them to return from their captivity." In all that follows we may observe two senses; one which respects the Christian church, congregated by the Lord Jesus Christ from all quarters of the world; and the other, which respects the restoration of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity. It is certain, that we cannot understand in the letter all this which is here predicted concerning the flock of the Lord, solely of the synagogue. The following... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 34:12

12. in the day that he is among—in the midst of (Hebrew) His sheep that had been scattered. Referring to Messiah's second advent, when He shall be "the glory in the midst of Israel" ( :-). in the cloudy . . . day—the day of the nation's calamity ( :-). read more