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Ezekiel 34:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “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.”’ "

Ezekiel 34:16

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14 I will feed them with good pasture, and their fold will be on the mountains of the height of Israel. There they will lie down in a good fold. They will feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down,” says the Lord GOD.

16 “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.”’

17 “As for you, O my flock, the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.

18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but must you foul the residue with your feet?

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Ezekiel 34:1

"The LORD’s word came to me, saying,"

Ezekiel 34:2

"“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?"

Ezekiel 34:3

"You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep."

Ezekiel 34:4

"You haven’t strengthened the diseased. You haven’t healed that which was sick. You haven’t bound up that which was broken. You haven’t brought back that which was driven away. You haven’t sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor."

Ezekiel 34:5

"They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered."

Ezekiel 34:6

"My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth. There was no one who searched or sought.”"

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