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.
As for you, O my flock - passing from the rulers to the people.
Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, х seh (H7716) laaseh (H7716)] - rather, sheep and sheep; margin, small cattle, or flocks of lambs and kids - i:e., I judge between one class of citizens and another, so as to award what is right to each.
Between the rams and the he-goats. He next defines the class about to be punitively 'judged,' namely, "the rams and he-goats," or great he-goats (cf. Isaiah 14:9, "the chief ones of the earth," margin, 'great goats;' Zechariah 10:3; Matthew 25:32-33). They answer to "the fat and strong," as opposed to the "sick" (Ezekiel 34:16). The rich and ungodly of the people are meant, who imitated the bad rulers in oppressing their poorer brethren, as if it enchanced their own joys to trample on others' rights (Ezekiel 34:18).