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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 34:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 34:17 |
Strong Concordance |
And as for you [0859], O my flock [06629], thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Behold, I judge [08199] between cattle [07716] and cattle [07716], between the rams [0352] and the he goats [06260]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
you, . . . my flock--passing from the rulers to the people.
cattle and cattle--rather, "sheep and sheep"; Margin, "small cattle," or "flocks of lambs and kids," that is, I judge between one class of citizens and another, so as to award what is right to each. He then defines the class about to be punitively "judged," namely, "the rams and he-goats," or "great he-goats" (compare Isa 14:9, Margin; Zac 10:3; Mat 25:32-33). They answer to "the fat and strong," as opposed to the "sick" (Eze 34:16). The rich and ungodly of the people are meant, who imitated the bad rulers in oppressing their poorer brethren, as if it enhanced their own joys to trample on others' rights (Eze 34:18). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I judge - Between men and men, between the smaller and weaker, and the greater and stronger, as their different state requires I will do. The rams - Rulers, who also shalt be dealt with according to their behaviour. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And as for you, O my flock - After having spoken to the shepherds, he now addresses the flock.
I judge between cattle and cattle - Between false and true professors; between them that have only the form and them that have the power of godliness; between the backslider in heart and the upright man. |
18 Seemeth it a small thing [04592] unto you to have eaten up [07462] the good [02896] pasture [04829], but ye must tread down [07429] with your feet [07272] the residue [03499] of your pastures [04829]? and to have drunk [08354] of the deep [04950] waters [04325], but ye must foul [07515] the residue [03498] with your feet [07272]?
16 I will seek [01245] that which was lost [06], and bring again [07725] that which was driven away [05080], and will bind up [02280] that which was broken [07665], and will strengthen [02388] that which was sick [02470]: but I will destroy [08045] the fat [08082] and the strong [02389]; I will feed [07462] them with judgment [04941].
32 And [2532] before [1715] him [846] shall be gathered [4863] all [3956] nations [1484]: and [2532] he shall separate [873] them [846] one [240] from [575] another [240], as [5618] a shepherd [4166] divideth [873] his sheep [4263] from [575] the goats [2056]:
33 And [2532] he shall set [2476] [3303] the sheep [4263] on [1537] his [846] right hand [1188], but [1161] the goats [2055] on [1537] the left [2176].
3 Mine anger [0639] was kindled [02734] against the shepherds [07462], and I punished [06485] the goats [06260]: for the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] hath visited [06485] his flock [05739] the house [01004] of Judah [03063], and hath made [07760] them as his goodly [01935] horse [05483] in the battle [04421].
9 Hell [07585] from beneath is moved [07264] for thee to meet [07125] thee at thy coming [0935]: it stirreth up [05782] the dead [07496] for thee, even all the chief ones [06260] of the earth [0776]; it hath raised up [06965] from their thrones [03678] all the kings [04428] of the nations [01471].