에스겔 34:1-10 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:9

Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. This is repeated, that it might be observed, and for the confirmation of it; it might be depended upon that what follows would be accomplished, unless they changed their conduct and behaviour; and, to leave them inexcusable, they are again called upon to hear what the Lord should say unto them. The Targum is, "therefore, O ye wicked governors, return to the law, and I will have mercy on you; hearken to the doctrine of the law, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:10

Thus saith the Lord God, behold, I am against the shepherds ,.... His heart was against them; his hand was against them; his face was against them, to cut them off. The Targum is, "behold, I will send my fury upon the governors;' and there was good reason for it, they were against him and his glory, against his flock, his people, his cause, and interest; sad it is for any to have God against them, and to be against God; for none ever hardened themselves against him and prospered, Job... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:2

Prophesy against the shepherds of Israel - The shepherds include, first, the priests and Levites; secondly, the kings, princes, and magistrates. The flock means the whole of the people. The fat and the wool, the tithes and offerings, the taxes and imposts. The reprehensible feeding and clothing with these, as to the priests and Levites, the using these tithes and offerings, not to enable them the better to fulfill the work of the ministry, but to pamper their own bodies, and support them in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:3

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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:4

The diseased have ye not strengthened - No person is fit for the office of a shepherd, who does not well understand the diseases to which sheep are incident, and the mode of cure. And is any man fit for the pastoral office, or to be a shepherd of souls, who is not well acquainted with the disease of sin in all its varieties, and the remedy for this disease, and the proper mode of administering it, in those various cases? He who does not know Jesus Christ as his own Savior, never can... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:5

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. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:6

My sheep wandered through all the mountains - They all became idolaters, and lost the knowledge of the true God. And could it be otherwise while they had such pastors? "Himself a wanderer from the narrow way; His silly sheep, no wonder that they stray!" Reader, if thou be a minister, a preacher, or a person in holy orders, or pretended holy orders, or art one pretending to holy orders, look at the qualifications of a good shepherd as laid down by the prophet. He professes to be a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:7

Therefore, ye shepherds, (ye bad and wicked shepherds), hear the word of the Lord - In the preceding character of the good shepherd the reader will find, by reversing the particulars, the character of a bad shepherd; and therefore I may be excused from entering into farther detail. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:10

I will - cause them to cease from feeding the flock - God, in this country, unpriested a whole hierarchy who fed not the flock, but ruled them with force and cruelty; and he raised up a new set of shepherds better qualified, both by sound doctrine and learning, to feed the flock. Let these be faithful, lest God cause them to cease, and raise up other feeders. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:1

And the word of the Lord , etc. As no date is given, we may infer that what follows came as an almost immediate sequel to that which precedes it. The kernel of the chapter is found in the Messianic prophecies of Ezekiel 34:23 , Ezekiel 34:24 , as the first stage in the restoration of Israel which is beginning to open to the prophet's gaze. We can hardly avoid seeing in it the deliberate expression of words that had been spoken by Ezekiel's master ( Jeremiah 23:1-4 ), and which in... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:1

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