Ezekiel 34:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. Ye eat the fat - I think החלב hacheleb should be translated the milk, and so most of the Versions understand it. Or they lived on the fat sheep, and took the wool of all.

"The priests," says Calmet, "ate the tithes, the first-fruits, and the offerings of the people; the princes received the tributes and imposts and instead of instructing and protecting them, the latter took away their lives by the cruelties they practiced against them: the former destroyed their souls by the poison of their doctrine, and by their bad example. The fat sheep point out the rich to whom these pastors often disguised the truth, by a cruel condescension and complaisance."

Ezekiel 34:3

3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.