Ezekiel 34 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 And the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 Sonne of man, prophesie against the shepherdes of Israel, prophesie and say vnto them, Thus saieth the Lord God vnto the shepherds, Wo be vnto the shepherds of Israel, that feede them selues: should not the shepherds feede the flockes?
2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?
3 Yee eate the fat, and yee clothe you with the wooll: yee kill them that are fed, but ye feede not the sheepe.
3 You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep.
4 The weake haue ye not strengthened: the sicke haue ye not healed, neither haue ye bounde vp the broken, nor brought againe that which was driuen away, neither haue yee sought that which was lost, but with crueltie, and with rigour haue yee ruled them.
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.
5 And they were scattered without a shepherde: and when they were dispersed, they were deuoured of all the beastes of the fielde.
5 They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.
6 My sheepe wandred through all the mountaines, and vpon euery hie hill: yea, my flocke was scattered through al the earth, and none did seeke or search after them.
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.”
7 Therefore ye shepherds, heare the woorde of the Lord.
7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word:
8 As I liue, sayeth the Lord God, surely because my flocke was spoyled, and my sheepe were deuoured of all the beasts of the fielde, hauing no shepherde, neither did my shepherdes seeke my sheepe, but the shepherdes fedde them selues, and fedde not my sheepe,
8 “As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, and my shepherds didn’t search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn’t feed my sheep,
9 Therefore, heare ye the word of the Lord, O ye shepherds.
9 therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word!”
10 Thus saieth the Lord God, Behold, I come against the shepherds, and will require my sheepe at their hands, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheepe: neither shall the shepherds feede them selues any more: for I wil deliuer my sheepe from their mouthes, and they shall no more deuoure them.
10 The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against the shepherds. I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep. The shepherds won’t feed themselves any more. I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.”
11 For thus sayeth the Lord God, Beholde, I will search my sheepe, and seeke them out.
11 “‘For the Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
12 As a shepherd searcheth out his flocke, when he hath bene among his sheepe that are scattered, so wil I seeke out my sheepe and wil deliuer them out of all places, where they haue beene scattered in the cloudie and darke day,
12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep. I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countreis, and will bring them to their owne lande, and feede them vpon the mountaines of Israel, by the riuers, and in all the inhabited places of the countrey.
13 I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14 I will feede them in a good pasture, and vpon the hie mountaines of Israel shall their folde be: there shall they lie in a good folde and in fat pasture shall they feede vpon the mountaines of Israel.
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 will feede my sheepe, and bring them to their rest, sayth the Lord God.
15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down,” says the Lord Yahweh.
16 I will seeke that which was lost, and bring againe that which was driue away, and will binde vp that which was broken, and will strengthen the weake but I wil destroy the fat and the strong, and I will feede them with iudgement.
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 Also you my sheepe, Thus saieth the Lord God, behold, I iudge betweene sheepe, and sheepe, betweene the rammes and the goates.
17 “As for you, O my flock, the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.
18 Seemeth it a small thing vnto you to haue eaten vp the good pasture, but yee must treade downe with your feete the residue of your pasture? and to haue drunke of the deepe waters, but yee must trouble the residue with your feete?
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?
19 And my sheepe eate that which yee haue troden with your feete, and drinke that which ye haue troubled with your feete.
19 As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.’
20 Therefore thus sayth the Lord God vnto them, behold, I, euen I wil iudge betweene the fat sheepe and the leane sheepe.
20 “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says to them: ‘Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
21 Because ye haue thrust with side and with shoulder, and pusht al the weake with your hornes, till ye haue scattered them abroade,
21 Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad,
22 Therefore wil I helpe my sheepe, and they shall no more be spoyled, and I wil iudge betweene sheepe and sheepe.
22 therefore I will save my flock, and they will no more be a prey. I will judge between sheep and sheep.
23 And I wil set vp a shepherd ouer them, and he shall feede them, euen my seruant Dauid, he shall feede them, and he shalbe their shepherd.
23 I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.
24 And I the Lord will be their God, and my seruant Dauid shalbe the prince amog them. I the Lord haue spoken it.
24 I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
25 And I will make with them a couenant of peace, and will cause the euil beastes to cease out of the land: and they shall dwel safely in the wildernesse, and sleepe in the woods.
25 “‘I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land. They will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
26 And I wil set them, as a blessing, euen roud about my mountaine: and I will cause rayne to come downe in due season, and there shalbe raine of blessing.
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 And the tree of the fielde shall yeeld her fruite, and the earth shall giue her fruite, and they shalbe safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I haue broken the cordes of their yoke, and deliuered them out of the hands of those that serued themselues of them.
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 Yahweh, 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 And they shall no more be spoyled of the heathen, neither shall the beastes of the land deuoure them, but they shall dwell safely and none shall make them afrayd.
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 And I will rayse vp for them a plant of renoume, and they shalbe no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither beare the reproche of the heathen any more.
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 Thus shall they vnderstande, that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, euen the house of Israel, are my people, sayth the Lord God.
30 They will know that I, Yahweh, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord Yahweh.
31 And yee my sheepe, the sheepe of my pasture are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
31 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Jeremiah 23:1; Jeremiah 3:15; Isaiah 40:11; Luke 20:46–47; Ezekiel 34:8–10
- 3 Zechariah 11:16; 2 Kings 21:16; Isaiah 1:15; 1 Kings 21:13–16; Isaiah 56:11–12
- 4 Matthew 18:12–13; Matthew 9:36; Ezekiel 34:16; Matthew 10:6; Zechariah 11:15–16
- 5 Matthew 9:36; 2 Chronicles 18:16; Ezekiel 34:8; Jeremiah 23:2; 1 Kings 22:17
- 6 1 Peter 2:25; Psalm 142:4; Ezekiel 7:16; John 10:16; Jeremiah 40:11–12
- 7 Jeremiah 13:18; Isaiah 1:10; Matthew 23:13–36; Jeremiah 22:2–3; Jeremiah 13:13
- 8 2 Peter 2:13; Ezekiel 34:18; 1 Corinthians 9:15; Jude 12; Ezekiel 34:2–3
- 10 Zechariah 10:3; Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 13:8; Jeremiah 21:13; Hebrews 13:17
- 11 Luke 19:10; John 10:16; Isaiah 40:10–11; Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 31:8
- 12 John 10:11–12; Isaiah 40:11; Luke 19:10; Luke 15:4–6; Ezekiel 30:3
- 13 Ezekiel 28:25–26; Ezekiel 11:17; Isaiah 11:11–16; Zephaniah 3:19–20; Psalm 106:47
- 14 John 10:9; Jeremiah 31:25; Psalm 23:1–2; Jeremiah 31:12–14; Ezekiel 36:29–30
- 15 Psalm 23:1–2; Jeremiah 3:15; John 21:15; Ezekiel 34:23; Isaiah 11:6–7
- 16 Luke 19:10; Ezekiel 34:4; Ezekiel 34:11; Isaiah 49:26; Luke 15:4–7
- 17 Ezekiel 34:20–22; Zechariah 10:3; Matthew 25:32–33; Ezekiel 20:37–38
- 18 Matthew 23:13; Luke 11:52; 2 Samuel 7:19; Numbers 16:13; Numbers 16:9
- 20 Psalm 22:12–16; Ezekiel 34:10; Matthew 25:31–46; Ezekiel 34:17
- 21 Luke 13:14–16; Ezekiel 34:3–5; Zechariah 11:16–17; Zechariah 11:5; Deuteronomy 33:17
- 22 Jeremiah 23:2–3; Psalm 72:12–14; Ezekiel 34:10; Zechariah 11:7–9
- 23 Ezekiel 37:24–25; Jeremiah 30:9; Isaiah 40:11; John 10:11; Hosea 3:5
- 24 Ezekiel 36:28; Jeremiah 31:33; Jeremiah 23:5–6; Ezekiel 37:27; Revelation 21:3
- 25 Isaiah 11:6–9; Ezekiel 37:26; Leviticus 26:6; Psalm 4:8; Jeremiah 33:16
- 26 Deuteronomy 28:12; Isaiah 44:3; Leviticus 26:4; Psalm 68:9; Genesis 12:2
- 27 Jeremiah 30:8; Leviticus 26:13; Leviticus 26:4; Isaiah 52:2–3; Psalm 92:12–14
- 28 Jeremiah 46:27; Jeremiah 30:10; Ezekiel 39:26; Ezekiel 36:15; Ezekiel 34:29
- 29 Ezekiel 36:29; Isaiah 4:2; Ezekiel 34:26–27; Ezekiel 36:15; Isaiah 49:9–10
- 30 Ezekiel 37:27; Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 14:11; Psalm 46:7; Psalm 46:11
- 31 Psalm 100:3; John 10:16; Ezekiel 36:38; Psalm 78:52; Psalm 80:1
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