Ezekiel 34:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd:a and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. ”

Ezekiel 34:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they (d) became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. (d) For lack of good government and doctrine they perished...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

because there is no shepherd: or, without. shepherd.
Ezekiel 34:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. And they were scattered - There was no discipline kept up; and...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Because there is no shepherd— For want of a shepherd.
Ezekiel 34:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. They were scattered, because there is no shepherd - i:e.,...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They were scattered, because .... — The calamities of the people are attributed to the fault of the rulers, not because the people themselves were free from sin — the contrary has already been abund...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Ezekiel 34:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This Chapter begins with a woe, and an awful charge follows. Who are particularly meant here by the Shepherds, is not said; perhaps both Priests and Levites; the Elders, and all that had a charge; (f...
Ezekiel 34:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they were scattered because there is no shepherd ,.... No good one; there were shepherds, but they were idol shepherds, good for nothing, and it was all one as if there were none: so, in Christ'...
Ezekiel 34:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. Ver. 5. And they were scattered, because there is no shepher...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And they were scattered , &c. Driven into other parts of the land, or into other countries, by the severity, exactions, and oppressions of their rulers. Because there is no shepherd No one wor...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Shepherds Reproved. B. C. 587. 1 And the word of the L ORD came unto me, saying, ...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They, my neglected sheep, were scattered, by the inroads and invasions of their enemies, that broke in like devouring beasts. No shepherd; no vigilant, faithful, good shepherd that loved the floc...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And they were scattered because there was no shepherd. And they became meat to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.” This has definite reference to the past. They had had no true and wo...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 34:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ezekiel 34:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Ezekiel 34:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ezekiel 34:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Woe upon the Shepherds of Israel
Ezekiel 34:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:17 ; 2 Chronicles 18:16 ; Acts 20:29-31 ; Ezekiel 33:21 ; Ezekiel 33:28 ; Ezekiel 34:6 ; Ezekiel 34:8 ; Isaiah 56:9 ; Jeremiah 12:9-12 ; Jeremiah 23:2 ; Jeremiah 50:17 ; Jeremi...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Ezekiel 34:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

No shepherd — No vigilant, faithful shepherd. Became meat — Were made a prey of, and devoured by all their neighbours.

Ezekiel 34:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 34:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 34:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezekiel 34:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 34:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 34:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 34:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 34:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 34:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 34:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 34:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 34:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 34:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 34:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 34:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ezekiel 34:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes