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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 34:20 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 34:20 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge [08199] between the fat [01274] cattle [07716] and between the lean [07330] cattle [07716]. |
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King James |
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. |
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] |
| fat . . . lean--the rich oppressors . . . the humble poor. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Yahweh having promised to be a Ruler of His people, the administration of the divine kingdom is now described, as carried on by One King, the representative of David, whose dominion should fulfill all the promises originally made to the man after God's own heart. Ezekiel does not so much add to, as explain and develope, the original promise; and as the complete fulfillment of the spiritual blessings, which the prophets were guided to proclaim, was manifestly never realized in any temporal prosperity of the Jews, and never could and never can be realized in any earthly kingdom, we recognize throughout the Sacred Volume the one subject of all prophecy - the Righteous King, the Anointed Prince, the Son and the Lord of David.
Eze 34:23
One shepherd - One, as ruling over an undivided people, the distinction between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah having been done away.
My servant David - David was a fit type of the True King because he was a true and faithful servant of Yahweh. That which David was partially and imperfectly, Christ is in full perfection (compare Mat 12:18; Joh 5:30; Heb 10:7.)
Eze 34:26
The blessings here foretold are especially those of the old covenant. The wilderness (or, pasture-country) and the woods, the places most exposed to beasts and birds of prey, become places of security. Under the new covenant Sion and the hills around are representative of God's Church; and temporal blessings are typical of the blessings showered down upon Christ's Church by Him who has vanquished the powers of evil.
Eze 34:29
A plant - Equivalent to the "Branch," under which name Isaiah and Jeremiah prophesy of the Messiah. The contrast in this verse to hunger seems to favor the idea that the "plant" was for food, i. e., spiritual food, and in this sense also, applicable to the Messiah (compare Joh 6:35.)
The shame of the pagan - The shameful reproaches with which the pagan assail them.
Eze 34:31
Translate "Ye are my flock, the flock of my pasture (compare Jer 23:1); ye are men, and I am your God." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I will judge - I will vindicate the poor. The fat cattle - The rich. The lean - The poor. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle - Between the rich and the poor; those who fare sumptuously every day and those who have not the necessaries of life. |
1 Woe [01945] be unto the pastors [07462] that destroy [06] and scatter [06327] the sheep [06629] of my pasture [04830]! saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
31 And ye [0859] my flock [06629], the flock [06629] of my pasture [04830], are men [0120], and I am your God [0430], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
35 And [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto them [846], I [1473] am [1510] the bread [740] of life [2222]: he that cometh [2064] to [4314] me [3165] shall never [3364] hunger [3983]; and [2532] he that believeth [4100] on [1519] me [1691] shall [1372] never [3364] [4455] thirst [1372].
29 And I will raise up [06965] for them a plant [04302] of renown [08034], and they shall be no more consumed [0622] with hunger [07458] in the land [0776], neither bear [05375] the shame [03639] of the heathen [01471] any more.
26 And I will make [05414] them and the places round about [05439] my hill [01389] a blessing [01293]; and I will cause the shower [01653] to come down [03381] in his season [06256]; there shall be showers [01653] of blessing [01293].
7 Then [5119] said I [2036], Lo [2400], I come [2240] (in [1722] the volume [2777] of the book [975] it is written [1125] of [4012] me [1700],) to do [4160] thy [4675] will [2307], O God [2316].
30 I [1473] can [1410] of [575] mine own self [1683] do [4160] nothing [3756] [3762]: as [2531] I hear [191], I judge [2919]: and [2532] my [1699] judgment [2920] is [2076] just [1342]; because [3754] I seek [2212] not [3756] mine own [1699] will [2307], but [235] the will [2307] of the Father [3962] which hath sent [3992] me [3165].
18 Behold [2400] my [3450] servant [3816], whom [3739] I have chosen [140]; my [3450] beloved [27], in [1519] whom [3739] my [3450] soul [5590] is well pleased [2106]: I will put [5087] my [3450] spirit [4151] upon [1909] him [846], and [2532] he shall shew [518] judgment [2920] to the Gentiles [1484].
23 And I will set up [06965] one [0259] shepherd [07462] over them, and he shall feed [07462] them, even my servant [05650] David [01732]; he shall feed [07462] them, and he shall be their shepherd [07462].