November
27th Ezekiel 34 The shepherds of Israel
1: And the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying, 2: Son of man,
prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,
prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be
to the shepherds of Israel
that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 3: Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you
with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. 4: The diseased have ye not
strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound
up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven
away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with
cruelty have ye ruled them. 5:
And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to
all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. 6: My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every
high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none
did search or seek after them. 7:
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 8: As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became
a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was
no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds
fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 9:
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 10: Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds;
and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding
the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will
deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
The
true shepherd
11: For thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. 12: As a shepherd seeketh out his
flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek
out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been
scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13:
And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries,
and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the
rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14: I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high
mountains of Israel shall
their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall
they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15: I will feed my flock, and I
will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. 16: I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which
was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen
that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed
them with judgment. 17: 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. 18: Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good
pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures?
and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your
feet? 19: And as for my flock,
they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which
ye have fouled with your feet. 20:
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge
between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. 21: Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and
pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 22: Therefore will I save my flock,
and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. 23: And I will set up one shepherd
over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them,
and he shall be their shepherd. 24:
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I
the LORD have spoken it. 25:
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts
to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and
sleep in the woods. 26: And I
will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause
the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. 27: And the tree of the field shall
yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe
in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands
of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served
themselves of them. 28: And
they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the
land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
29: And I will raise up for
them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the
land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 30: Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them,
and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the
Lord GOD. 31: And ye my flock,
the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
35 Edom
1: Moreover the word of the LORD came
unto me, saying, 2: Son of man,
set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3: And say unto it, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine
hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. 4: I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and
thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 5:
Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the
children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in
the time that their iniquity had an end: 6:
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and
blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall
pursue thee. 7: Thus will I
make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it
him that passeth out and him that returneth. 8: And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy
hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are
slain with the sword. 9: I will
make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall
know that I am the LORD. 10:
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be
mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there: 11: Therefore, as I live, saith the
Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy
which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself
known among them, when I have judged thee. 12: And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have
heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel,
saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. 13: Thus with your mouth ye have
boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard
them. 14: Thus saith the Lord
GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. 15: As thou didst rejoice at the
inheritance of the house of Israel,
because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O
mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
This time the Lord gives a prophetic word regarding the
leaders of Israel.
The Lord says you feed yourselves but you do not feed the flock! You eat the
fat of the sheep and you wear the wool and you kill them to eat the meat but
you do not feed the sheep. You do not look after the sick sheep or those who
have broken bones. Nor have you gone to find the lost sheep. But you rule the
flock with force and cruelty. The sheep are scattered because there is no true
shepherd. They wander the mountains the prey of wolves. The Lord says l am
against the shepherds and l will hold the shepherds responsible for how they
have forsaken the flock. I will search out the sheep says the Lord and l will
look after them. I will gather them and look after them says the Lord. I will
find the lost sheep and cure the sick sheep and will bind up the sheep who are
hurt. I will set one shepherd over them and he will feed them. David my servant
– l will set over my flock says the Lord. (There is no indication to think that
this is not King David himself risen from the dead) The Lord will bring
blessing on the vegetation to feed the children of Israel. They will be safe and none
will ever make them afraid again. The next prophecy was concerning the mountain of Seir. The judgment of God will be
complete and eternal on Seir. This is the mountain and country of Edom. It will
be forever a perpetual desolation because they rejoiced at the judgment of God
on Israel.
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