Bible Commentary

And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken [it]. 24. I the Lord their God ] This is the goal towards which all movements strive; when this is reached perfection is attained and the covenant with its aims fully realized, cf. Eze … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:24”

And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 23. my servant David ] The meaning cannot be that David would in person revive and reappear. It is more doubtful whether the prophet means that the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:23”

Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. In the 21st verse these metaphors and allusions do express the unmercifulness, injustice, pride, cruelty, and wanton tyranny of the rulers in church and state against the meaner people, that as you see … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:22”

Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 21. scattered them abroaddownto the time of the carrying away to Babylon [GROTIUS]. Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible Because ye have thrust with side … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:21”

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, [even] I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. 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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:20”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:19”

[Seemeth it] a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 18. The words are addressed to the rams and he-goats the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:18”

And [as for] you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. 17. Not only shall the cruel shepherds be removed and the flock delivered out of their hands and fed by the Lord himself, the injuries inflicted by members of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:17”

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. 16. The Lord’s treatment of his flock will be in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:16”

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. I will feed my flock,…. This is repeated for the further confirmation of it, that it might be depended upon that the Lord would feed his people in the manner before promised; and it gives a reason why … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:15”