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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 34:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 34:12 |
King James |
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. |
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] |
in the day that he is among--in the midst of (Hebrew) His sheep that had been scattered. Referring to Messiah's second advent, when He shall be "the glory in the midst of Israel" (Zac 2:5).
in the cloudy . . . day--the day of the nation's calamity (Joe 2:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The cloudy and dark day - Contrasted with the day in which the Lord will be among them like a shepherd to gather them together again. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| In the cloudy and dark day - In the time of general distress. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Cloudy and dark day - Times of general distress and persecution; in such times the shepherd should be especially watchful. |
2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.