“ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ”
The prophet has yet to pronounce a judgment upon unfaithful rulers, whose punishment will further the good of those whom they have misguided. He shows what the rulers should have been, what they ha...
Importance of Good Government. But besides moral excellence on the part of its citizens (Ezekiel 33) a state needs good government. This chapter is a very severe indictment of the rulers or kings o...
the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Came unto me— "It is probable that this prophesy immediately followed the preceding. At or before the arrival of the news that Jerusalem was conquered, the prophet was to speak of the tyranny and c...
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Having in Ezekiel 33:1-33 laid down repentance as the necessary preliminary to happier times for the people, he now promises the removal of the...
The New Israel (Ezekiel 33-48) So long as the Jewish kingdom remained in existence Ezekiel's prophecies (those in Ezekiel 1-24) dealt almost exclusively with the nation's sin, and with the certain...
THE MESSIANIC KINGDOM Ezekiel 34:1-31 The term "Messianic" as commonly applied to Old Testament prophecy bears two different senses, a wider and a narrower. In its wider use it is almost equiva...
Selfish Shepherds Ezekiel 34:1-16 The shepherds of this chapter were not the religious leaders of the people, but rulers who sought in their government not the good of the people but their own...
The next prophecy dealt ultimately with the one Shepherd. It opened with an indictment of the false shepherds through whom all these evil things had happened to the people. Their sin had been that th...
CONTENTS The Prophet is here again instructing the Church by figure, in representing the unfaithfulness of the Shepherds who neglect the Lord's fold, and the faithfulness of Jesus the first Shepherd...
The word of the Lord came unto me ,.... The date of this prophecy is not given; however, it seems to have been delivered after the destruction of Jerusalem; the causes of which are mentioned, the si...
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. And the word. ] See Ezekiel 18:1 .
The word of the Lord came unto me, saying It is probable that this prophecy immediately followed the preceding; and that at, or immediately after, the arrival of the news that Jerusalem was conquer...
The Shepherds Reproved. B. C. 587. 1 And the word of the L ORD came unto me, saying, ...
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 34 A reproof of the shepherds of Israel, Ezekiel 34:1-6 . God's judgment against them, Ezekiel 34:7-10 . His providence over his flock, Ezekiel 34:11-19 . The blessings of...
‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Woe to the shepherds of Israel who...
THE REPROOF OF THE FALSE SHEPHERDS AND A PROMISE OF THE GOOD AND TRUE SHEPHERD (Chap. 34) EXPLANATORY NOTES.— Ezekiel 34:1 . “Prophesy against the shepherds.” “The trouble which the prophet here...
Ezekiel 34:2 . Woe to the shepherds of Israel. The character of the pastors which follow, distinguishes the industrious from the idle shepherds: the words apply to magistrates and ministers. A mag...
Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? The unfaithful shepherds I. Human rulers stand in the same relation to the people whom they...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 34:1 And the word of the Lord , etc. As no date is given, we may infer that what follows came as an almost immediate sequel to that which precedes it. The kernel of the...
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 34:1
A Prophecy against the Shepherds Ezekiel 34:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have a pleasant task before us. We have been asked to present Christ as the Good and Great and Chief Shepherd of the shee...