Ezekiel 34:16

Sickness and healing Mercy and compassion Protection and safety Salvation

¹⁴ I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

¹⁵ I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

¹⁷ This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

¹⁸ Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
KJV: I 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.
WEB: “I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back 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 in justice.”’
ASV: I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
DARBY: I will seek the lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up the broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong: I will feed them with judgment.
BLB: The one being lost I will seek, and the one driven away I will return, and the broken I will bind up, and the one being sick I will strengthen, and the fat one and the strong one I will destroy; I will shepherd her with justice.’

ÅB: Det fortapte vil jeg oppsøke, og det bortdrevne vil jeg føre tilbake, og det sønderbrutte vil jeg forbinde, og det syke vil jeg styrke. Men det fete og det sterke vil jeg ødelegge; jeg vil røkte det etter hva rett er.
OTB: Jeg vil lete etter de tapte og hente tilbake de bortkomne. Jeg vil forbinde de skadde og styrke de svake, men jeg vil håndtere de fete og de sterke. Jeg vil være hyrde for flokken med rettferdighet.
B1930: Det fortapte vil jeg opsøke, og det bortdrevne vil jeg føre tilbake, og det sønderbrutte vil jeg forbinde, og det syke vil jeg styrke. Men det fete og det sterke vil jeg ødelegge; jeg vil røkte det efter hvad rett er.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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Ezekiel 34:4
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
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Ezekiel 34:11
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
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Isaiah 49:26
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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Luke 15:4–7
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
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Luke 5:31–32
Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
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Micah 4:6–7
“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
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Mark 2:17
On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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