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Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 34

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Ezekiel 34 NASB - New American Standard BibleEzekiel 34 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 34 of Ezekiel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
  2. “Son of man, prophesy against the 1shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to [a]those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord [b]GOD, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been [c]2feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds [d]3feed the flock?
  3. You 4eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you 5slaughter the fat sheep without [e]feeding the flock.
  4. Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the [f]diseased you have not healed, 6the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you 7sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.
  5. They were 8scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became 9food for every beast of the field and were scattered.
  6. My flock 10wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; 11My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was 12no one to search or seek for them.”’”
  7. ¶ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
  8. “As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “surely because My flock has become a 13prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;
  9. therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
  10. ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am 14against the shepherds, and I will demand My [g]sheep [h]from them and make them 15cease from feeding [i]sheep. So the shepherds will not [j]feed themselves anymore, but I will 16deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’”
  11. ¶ For thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I Myself will 17search for My sheep and seek them out.
  12. 18As a shepherd [k]cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered [l]sheep, so I will [m]19care for My [n]sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a 20cloudy and gloomy day.
  13. I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will 21feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the 22streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.
  14. I will feed them in a 23good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in [o]24rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
  15. I will 25feed My flock and I will [p]lead them to rest,” declares the Lord GOD.
  16. “I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the 26fat and the strong I will destroy. I will 27feed them with judgment.
  17. ¶ “As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I will 28judge between one [q]sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.
  18. Is it too 29slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must [r]foul the rest with your feet?
  19. As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you [s]foul with your feet!’”
  20. ¶ Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them, “Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
  21. Because you push with side and with shoulder, and 30thrust at all the [t]weak with your horns until you have scattered them [u]abroad,
  22. therefore, I will 31deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.
  23. ¶ “Then I will 32set over them one 33shepherd, My servant 34David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.
  24. And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant 35David will be prince among them; I the LORD have spoken.
  25. ¶ “I will make a 36covenant of peace with them and 37eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may 38live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
  26. I will make them and the places around My hill a 39blessing. And I will cause 40showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of 41blessing.
  27. Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be 42secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have 43broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
  28. They will no longer be a prey to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will 44live securely, and no one will make them afraid.
  29. I will establish for them a 45renowned planting place, and they will 46not again be [v]victims of famine in the land, and they will not 47endure the insults of the nations anymore.
  30. Then they will know that 48I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,” declares the Lord GOD.
  31. “As for you, My 49sheep, the 50sheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God,” declares the Lord GOD.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit them, the shepherds
  2. ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  3. ^ Lit pasturing, pasture
  4. ^ Lit pasturing, pasture
  5. ^ Lit pasturing
  6. ^ Lit sick
  7. ^ Or (a) flock
  8. ^ Lit from their hand
  9. ^ Or (a) flock
  10. ^ Lit pasture, and so throughout the ch
  11. ^ Or seek(s) out
  12. ^ Or flock
  13. ^ Or seek(s) out
  14. ^ Or flock
  15. ^ Lit fat
  16. ^ Lit cause them to lie down
  17. ^ Or lamb
  18. ^ Lit foul by trampling
  19. ^ Lit foul by trampling
  20. ^ Or sick
  21. ^ Lit to the outside
  22. ^ Lit those gathered

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Je 2:8; 3:15; 10:21; 12:10
  2. ^ Je 23:1; Eze 22:25; 34:8-10; Mc 3:1-3, 11
  3. ^ Ps 78:71, 72; Is 40:11; Eze 34:14, 15; Jn 10:11; 21:15-17
  4. ^ Zc 11:16
  5. ^ Eze 22:25, 27
  6. ^ Zc 11:16
  7. ^ Mt 9:36; 10:6; 18:12, 13; Lu 15:4
  8. ^ Nu 27:17; 2Ch 18:16; Je 10:21; 23:2; 50:6, 7; Mt 9:36; Mr 6:34
  9. ^ Eze 34:8, 28
  10. ^ Je 40:11, 12; Eze 7:16; 1Pe 2:25
  11. ^ Jn 10:16
  12. ^ Ps 142:4
  13. ^ Ac 20:29
  14. ^ Je 21:13; Eze 5:8; 13:8; 34:2; Zc 10:3
  15. ^ 1Sa 2:29, 30; Je 52:24-27
  16. ^ Ps 72:12-14; Eze 13:23
  17. ^ Eze 11:17; 20:41
  18. ^ Je 31:10
  19. ^ Is 40:11; 56:8; Je 23:3; 31:8; Lu 19:10; Jn 10:16
  20. ^ Je 13:16; Eze 30:3; Jl 2:2
  21. ^ Eze 34:23; 36:29, 30; Mc 7:14
  22. ^ Is 30:25
  23. ^ Ps 23:2; Je 31:12-14, 25; Jn 10:9
  24. ^ Eze 28:25, 26; 36:29, 30
  25. ^ Ps 23:1, 2; Eze 34:23
  26. ^ Is 10:16
  27. ^ Is 49:26
  28. ^ Eze 20:38; 34:20-22; Ml 4:1; Mt 25:32
  29. ^ Nu 16:9, 13; 2Sa 7:19; Is 7:13
  30. ^ De 33:17; Da 8:4; Lu 13:14-16
  31. ^ Ps 72:12-14; Je 23:3; Eze 34:10
  32. ^ Re 7:17
  33. ^ Is 40:11; Jn 10:11
  34. ^ Je 30:9; Eze 37:24
  35. ^ Is 55:3; Je 30:9; Eze 37:24, 25; Ho 3:5
  36. ^ Eze 16:60; 20:37; 37:26
  37. ^ Jb 5:22, 23; Is 11:6-9
  38. ^ Je 33:16; Eze 28:26; 34:27, 28
  39. ^ Ge 12:2; Eze 34:14
  40. ^ De 11:13-15; 28:12
  41. ^ Le 25:21; Is 44:3
  42. ^ Eze 38:8, 11
  43. ^ Le 26:13; Is 52:2, 3; Je 30:8
  44. ^ Je 30:10; Eze 39:26
  45. ^ Is 4:2; 60:21; 61:3
  46. ^ Eze 34:26, 27; 36:29
  47. ^ Eze 36:6, 15
  48. ^ Ps 46:7, 11; Eze 14:11; 36:28
  49. ^ Ps 78:52; 80:1; Eze 36:38
  50. ^ Ps 100:3; Je 23:1

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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