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Ezekiel 34:28 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They will no more be a prey to the nations, neither will the animals of the earth devour them; but they will dwell securely, and no one will make them afraid. "
Ezekiel 34:28
Verse in Context
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26 I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing. I will cause the shower to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing.
27 The tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.
28 They will no more be a prey to the nations, neither will the animals of the earth devour them; but they will dwell securely, and no one will make them afraid.
29 I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they will no more be consumed with famine in the land, and not bear the shame of the nations any more.
30 They will know that I, the LORD, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD.
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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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