Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:9
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. This is repeated, that it might be observed, and for the confirmation of it; it might be depended upon that what follows would be accomplished, unless they changed their conduct and behaviour; and, to leave them inexcusable, they are again called upon to hear what the Lord should say unto them. The Targum is,
“therefore, O ye wicked governors, return to the law, and I will have mercy on you; hearken to the doctrine of the law, and receive the word of the Lord.”
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“Therefore you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh. Thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep. Nor will the shepherds feed themselves any more, and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. For thus says the Lord Yahweh, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep and will seek them out.”
In these remarkable word God lays out His plan for His people. First He will call the shepherds to account (‘require my sheep at their hand’) and remove them from being shepherds to His sheep, so that they cannot any more profit from the sheep. They will no longer be able to ‘eat’ them. Then He Himself will search for them and seek them out.
That He sought them out and brought them back to Palestine and Jerusalem we know from later history. But the calling to account and removal from under the shepherds did not fully take place then or later. Zechariah could still prophesy of the false shepherds over the sheep (chapter 11), and of His good shepherd who was coming (Eze 13:7).
It was only when One came Who could proclaim Himself as the good shepherd (Joh 10:11; Joh 10:14), Who came to seek and save the lost (Luk 15:3-6; Luk 19:10), that these leaders were totally replaced and the sheep were put under new shepherds. Thus this total change awaited the coming of the prince of the house of David (Eze 34:23). The so-called ‘church age’ is in mind here with a vengeance, when the new Israel will come under the new shepherds under the Great Shepherd.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Ver. 9. Therefore, O ye shepherds. ] See Eze 34:7-8 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Therefore = Therefore [I repeat] O ye, &c.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Reciprocal: Eze 13:2 – Hear Eze 34:7 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 34:9. This verse takes the same comments as Eze 34:7.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
The Lord swore to oppose these shepherds, to hold them accountable for His sheep, to stop them from leading them further, and to rescue His sheep from their influence (cf. Mat 20:25-28).