Ezekiel 34:21
19 And 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.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
23 And 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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,
- KJV
- Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
- WEB
- Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad,
- ASV
- Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
- DARBY
- Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the weak ones with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad,
- BLB
- Because you⁺ have pushed with flank and shoulder, and you⁺ have thrust with your⁺ horns all the weak ones, until that you⁺ have scattered them to the outside,
- ÅB
- Fordi dere støter alle de svake bort med side og bog og stanger dem med deres horn, til dere får adspredt dem og drevet dem utenfor,
- OTB
- Fordi dere skyver med flanke og skulder, og stanger alle de svake sauene med hornene deres til dere har spredt dem,
- B1930
- Fordi I støter alle de svake bort med side og bog og stanger dem med eders horn, til I får adspredt dem og drevet dem utenfor,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 13:14–16
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:3–5
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
Read in contextZechariah 11:16–17
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
Read in contextZechariah 11:5
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:17
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Read in contextDaniel 8:3–10
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
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