Ezekiel 34:21

Ezekiel 34:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
• New International Version (NIV)Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad,

Context of Ezekiel 34:21

19Because of that, my sheep eat grass that you have spoiled. They drink water that you have made dirty with your feet. 20So this is what I, the Almighty Lord, say to the sheep: I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep. You fat sheep use your shoulders to push the other sheep away. You attack the weak sheep with your horns so that they run away. 22Because you do this, I will rescue my sheep. They will no longer be in danger from other animals. I will judge between one sheep and another sheep. 23Then I will choose one shepherd to lead them. He is my servant, David. He will take care of them as their shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:21 word by word

יַ֗עַן בְּצַ֤ד וּבְכָתֵף֙ תֶּהְדֹּ֔פוּ וּבְקַרְנֵיכֶ֥ם תְּנַגְּח֖וּ כָּל־הַנַּחְל֑וֹת עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֲפִיצוֹתֶ֛ם אוֹתָ֖נָה אֶל־הַחֽוּצָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because ye have thrustהָדַףhâdaph · to thrustH1920
• with sideצַדtsad · sideH6654
• and with shoulderכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
• and pushedנָגַחnâgach · to goreH5055
• all the diseasedחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: weakH2470
• with your hornsקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161
• till ye have scatteredפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
• them abroadחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351

Cross-references for Ezekiel 34:21

• Ezekiel 34:3You drink their milk and you use their wool to make clothes for yourselves. You kill the best animals to eat. But you do not take care of the sheep!
• Daniel 8:3I looked up and I saw a male sheep that had two long horns. It was standing beside the river. One of its horns was longer than the other one. The longer horn came up later than the shorter horn.
• Zechariah 11:5Those men who buy the sheep will kill them. Nobody will punish them. They will sell them. And they will say, “Thank you Lord, because I am a rich man.” Their own shepherds do not give the sheep any help.’
• Luke 13:14But the leader of the meeting place was angry because Jesus had made a sick person well on their day of rest. He said to the people there, ‘There are six days each week when we should work. Come on any of those days and get well. But you should not come on our day of rest to get well.’

Commentaries on Ezekiel 34:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-31Verses 20-31 Yahweh having promised to be a Ruler of His people, the administration of the divine kingdom is now described, as carried on by One King, the representative of David, whose dominion should fulfill all the promises originally made to the man after God‘s own heart. Ezekiel does not so much add to, as explain and develope, the original promise; and as the complete fulfillment of the spiritual blessings, which the prophets were guided to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-31Verses 17-31 The whole nation seemed to be the Lord's flock, yet they were very different characters; but he knew how to distinguish between them. By good pastures and deep waters, are meant the pure word of God and the dispensing of justice. The latter verses, 23-31, prophesy of Christ, and of the most glorious times of his church on earth. Under Him, as the good Shepherd, the church would be a blessing to all around. Christ, though excellent in himself…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22the fat sheep and the lean sheep: People with power and influence took all the good things for themselves, leaving others without resources. God will judge them and make things right.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. scattered them abroad--down to the time of the carrying away to Babylon [Grotius].Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 34:21

• Minister, Christian

In the dictionaries

• Cruelty
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Require
• Seek
• Ezekiel
• Gore
• Shoulder
• Teach; Teacher; Teaching

Commentaries on Ezekiel 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings