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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