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Eze 34:5 — And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

they were		Eze 34:6; Eze 33:21,28; 1Ki 22:17; 2Ch 18:16; Jer 23:2; Jer 50:6,17; Zec 13:7; Mat 9:36
because there is no shepherd		or, without a shepherd, and so Eze 34:8 Zec 10:2,3
and they became		Eze 34:8; Isa 56:9; Jer 12:9-12; Jhn 10:2; Act 20:29-31

Correlating Passages

they were

	Eze 34:6	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].
	Eze 33:21	And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, [that] one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
	Eze 33:28	For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
	1Ki 22:17	And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
	2Ch 18:16	Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return [therefore] every man to his house in peace.
	Jer 23:2	Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
	Jer 50:6	My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away [on] the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
	Jer 50:17	Israel [is] a scattered sheep; the lions have driven [him] away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
	Zec 13:7	Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
	Mat 9:36	But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

because there is no shepherd

	Eze 34:8	[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;
	Zec 10:2	For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.
	Zec 10:3	Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

and they became

	Eze 34:8	[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;
	Isa 56:9	All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.
	Jer 12:9	Mine heritage [is] unto me [as] a speckled bird, the birds round about [are] against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
	Jer 12:10	Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
	Jer 12:11	They have made it desolate, [and being] desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth [it] to heart.
	Jer 12:12	The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the [one] end of the land even to the [other] end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
	Jhn 10:2	But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
	Act 20:29	For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
	Act 20:30	Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
	Act 20:31	Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

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