Ezekiel 34:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

I judge between cattle and cattle; make a different estimate and judgment between men and men, between the smaller and weaker that need more tenderness, and the greater and stronger whose violence is to be restrained; and as becomes me, and their different state requires, I will do. Rams; the hieroglyphic of rulers in their authority, humours, and carriage towards their subjects, who are also observed and shall be dealt with accordingly, when God makes good all this his word.

Ezekiel 34:17

17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattleb and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.