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
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