Ezekiel 34:16

Sickness and healing Mercy and compassion Protection and safety Salvation

¹⁴ I 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.

¹⁵ I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

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.

¹⁷ And 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.

¹⁸ Seemeth 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?

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 is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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Ezekiel 34:4
The 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.
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Ezekiel 34:11
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
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Isaiah 49:26
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
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Luke 15:4–7
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
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Luke 5:31–32
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
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Micah 4:6–7
In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
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Mark 2:17
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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