Thematic Bible
Ezekiel 34:1 (show verse)
Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,
Ezekiel 34:2 (show verse)
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?
God's Flock » Starving the
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Levites » Profits from » And
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Shepherds » Illustrative » (ignorant and foolish,) of bad ministers
Shepherds » FALSE » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Shepherds/pastors » False shepherds/pastors
FALSE » Shepherds » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Levites » Profits from » And
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Shepherds » Illustrative » (ignorant and foolish,) of bad ministers
Shepherds » FALSE » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Shepherds/pastors » False shepherds/pastors
FALSE » Shepherds » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Ezekiel 34:3 (show verse)
You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock.
Garments » Materials used for » Wool
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Levites » Profits from » And
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Sheep » Wool of, made into clothing
Shepherds » FALSE » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Shepherds/pastors » False shepherds/pastors
Wool » Used for clothing
FALSE » Shepherds » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Levites » Profits from » And
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Sheep » Wool of, made into clothing
Shepherds » FALSE » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Shepherds/pastors » False shepherds/pastors
Wool » Used for clothing
FALSE » Shepherds » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Ezekiel 34:4 (show verse)
Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.
Ezekiel 34:5 (show verse)
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered.
Ezekiel 34:6 (show verse)
My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them.”’”
Ezekiel 34:7 (show verse)
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
Ezekiel 34:8 (show verse)
“As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;
Ezekiel 34:9 (show verse)
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
Ezekiel 34:10 (show verse)
‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My sheep from them and make them cease from feeding sheep. So the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’”
Ezekiel 34:11 (show verse)
For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.
Ezekiel 34:12 (show verse)
Church » Compared to a flock » Scattered by persecution and false shepherds
Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God
God's Flock » Scattered by persecution and false shepherds
Following » Who follows the lord
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Searching them out when lost and straying
Shepherds » Illustrative » (searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God
God's Flock » Scattered by persecution and false shepherds
Following » Who follows the lord
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Searching them out when lost and straying
Shepherds » Illustrative » (searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
Ezekiel 34:13 (show verse)
I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.
Following » Who follows the lord
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Sheep » Flocks of » Fed on the mountains
Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Sheep » Flocks of » Fed on the mountains
Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
Ezekiel 34:14 (show verse)
I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
Following » Who follows the lord
Spiritual food » General references to
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
Spiritual food » General references to
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
Ezekiel 34:15 (show verse)
I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest,” declares the Lord God.
Church » Flock of God
Following » Who follows the lord
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
Titles and names of the church » Flock of God
Following » Who follows the lord
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
Titles and names of the church » Flock of God
Ezekiel 34:16 (show verse)
“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.
Following » Who follows the lord
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Sheep » Illustrative » (in proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God
Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Attending them when sick
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Sheep » Illustrative » (in proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God
Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Attending them when sick
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
Ezekiel 34:17 (show verse)
“As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.
Ezekiel 34:18 (show verse)
Is it too slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet?
Ezekiel 34:19 (show verse)
As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!’”
Ezekiel 34:20 (show verse)
Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them, “Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
Ezekiel 34:21 (show verse)
Because you push with side and with shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,
Ezekiel 34:22 (show verse)
therefore, I will deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.
Ezekiel 34:23 (show verse)
“Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.
Christ, the shepherd » Foretold
David » A prophetic name for Christ
Following » Who follows the lord
Jesus Christ » Shepherd, jesus the true » Foretold
Jews, the » Promises respecting » That Christ shall reign over
Leaders » Preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Work of preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Remuneration of » Shepherds
Religious » Support of unfaithful » As shepherds to feed the flock
Shepherds » Illustrative » Of Christ as the good shepherd
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
David » A prophetic name for Christ
Following » Who follows the lord
Jesus Christ » Shepherd, jesus the true » Foretold
Jews, the » Promises respecting » That Christ shall reign over
Leaders » Preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Work of preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Remuneration of » Shepherds
Religious » Support of unfaithful » As shepherds to feed the flock
Shepherds » Illustrative » Of Christ as the good shepherd
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Ezekiel 34:24 (show verse)
And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.
Ezekiel 34:25 (show verse)
“I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
Ezekiel 34:26 (show verse)
I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing.
Covenant » The covenant of peace
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew » Fertilizing
Israel/jews » When israel will dwell safely
Rain » Spiritual showers
Rain » Promised in due season to the obedient
Rain » Illustrative » Of spiritual blessings
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Showers
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Fertilizing
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew » Fertilizing
Israel/jews » When israel will dwell safely
Rain » Spiritual showers
Rain » Promised in due season to the obedient
Rain » Illustrative » Of spiritual blessings
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Showers
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Fertilizing
Ezekiel 34:27 (show verse)
Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
Covenant » The covenant of peace
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew » Fertilizing
Israel/jews » What israel shall know
Israel/jews » When israel will dwell safely
Israel/jews » The lord breaking israel’s yoke
Knowledge » What israel shall know
Rain » Promised in due season to the obedient
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Fertilizing
Trees » God increases and multiplies the fruit of, for his people
Yoke » The lord breaking yokes
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew » Fertilizing
Israel/jews » What israel shall know
Israel/jews » When israel will dwell safely
Israel/jews » The lord breaking israel’s yoke
Knowledge » What israel shall know
Rain » Promised in due season to the obedient
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Fertilizing
Trees » God increases and multiplies the fruit of, for his people
Yoke » The lord breaking yokes
Ezekiel 34:28 (show verse)
They will no longer be a prey to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will live securely, and no one will make them afraid.
Ezekiel 34:29 (show verse)
I will establish for them a renowned planting place, and they will not again be victims of famine in the land, and they will not endure the insults of the nations anymore.
Ezekiel 34:30 (show verse)
Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,” declares the Lord God.
Ezekiel 34:31 (show verse)
“As for you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God,” declares the Lord God.