Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:19
And [as for] my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
19. they eatscantily.
they drinksorrowfully.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet,…. They are forced to do it, not being able to come at any thing else; being as sheep without a shepherd, or worse:
and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet; which, as it cannot be agreeable and relishing, so neither wholesome; as the leaven of the Scribes and Pharisees; the traditions of the elders; the false doctrines of false teachers, whose words eat as do a canker. The Targum of the whole verse is,
“and my people eat the residue of the food of your ministers, and drink the residue of the drink of your ministers.”
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 34:19 And [as for] my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
Ver. 19. And as for my flock, they eat. ] The poor, misled, and muzzled people are glad to eat such as they can catch. They are fed with traditions, legendary fables, indulgences, vowed pilgrimages, penances, &c. If Luther had not come in our way, say they, we could have persuaded the people to have eaten grass.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Eze 20:41 – I bring Zec 11:5 – and their
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 34:19. Hunger will drive one to eat that which would otherwise be regarded as extremely repulsive. (See Job 6:7.) Hence the weaker members of (he Lords flock had to eat and drink of the food and water that had been made foul by the wicked and selfish members of the group, which caused God to decree a distinction between the two classes in the flock.