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,
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)For you fat sheep pushed and butted and crowded my sick and hungry flock until you scattered them to distant lands.

Context of Ezekiel 34:21

19And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet? 20"Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad, 22I will rescue my flock; they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be 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 eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.
• Daniel 8:3I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram standing on the bank of the canal. It had two horns, and both horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.
• Zechariah 11:5Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the Lord, I have become rich,' and their own shepherds have no pity on them.
• Luke 13:14But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

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