Ezekiel 34
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
3Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
4The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
5And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
7Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
8As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
9Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
10Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
11For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
17And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
18Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
19And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
20Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
21Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
26And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
27And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
28And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
29And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
30Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
31And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- רָעָהrâʻâhH746231× in this chapter
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
- אֵתʼêthH85331× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- צֹאןtsôʼnH662920× in this chapter
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- לֹאlôʼH380817× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- הָיָהhâyâhH196115× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֲנִיʼănîyH58910× in this chapter
I
- אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâyH1369× in this chapter
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- יְהֹוִהYᵉhôvihH30699× in this chapter
{YHWH}
- כֹּלkôlH36058× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אֵלʼêlH4138× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אָמַרʼâmarH5597× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7767× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34786× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- שֶׂהsehH77166× in this chapter
a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat
- חַיchayH24165× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- כֹּהkôhH35415× in this chapter
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
- עוֹדʻôwdH57505× in this chapter
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
- עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- פּוּץpûwtsH63275× in this chapter
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
- דָּרַשׁdârashH18754× in this chapter
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
- הֵןhênH20054× in this chapter
lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
- הַרharH20224× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- חָלָהchâlâhH24704× in this chapter
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
- כֵּןkênH36514× in this chapter
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
- אַיִןʼayinH3694× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- מִרְעֶהmirʻehH48294× in this chapter
pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals
- נְאֻםnᵉʼumH50024× in this chapter
an oracle
- רֶגֶלregelH72724× in this chapter
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
- בֵּיןbêynH9964× in this chapter
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- בָּקַשׁbâqashH12453× in this chapter
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- דָּבָרdâbârH16973× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- טוֹבṭôwbH28963× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אׇכְלָהʼoklâhH4023× in this chapter
food
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4303× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- מִןminH44803× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- נָצַלnâtsalH53373× in this chapter
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- נָתַןnâthanH54143× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- שָׁבַרshâbarH76653× in this chapter
to burst (literally or figuratively)