Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Ezekiel 34

Eze 34:2 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?

Woe be to the shepherds

Jer 23:1; Zec 11:17.

Eze 34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

Ye eat the fat

Isa 56:11; Zec 11:16.

kill them that are fed

Eze 33:25, 26; Mic 3:1-3; Zec 11:5.

Eze 34:4 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.

neither have ye healed that which was sick

Eze 34:16; Zec 11:16.

neither have ye sought that which was lost

Luk 15:4.

with force and with cruelty

1Pe 5:3.

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.

became meat to all the beasts

Eze 34:8; Isa 56:9; Jer 12:9.

Eze 34:10 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.

require my flock at their hand

Eze 3:18; Heb 13:17.

Eze 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

search my sheep, and seek them out

Kingdom (O.T.). Eze 34:11-15, 22-25; Eze 37:21-28. (Gen 1:26; Zec 12:8).

Eze 34:13 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.

I will bring them out

Eze 28:25; 36:24; 37:21, 22; Isa 65:9, 10; Jer 23:3.

Eze 34:16 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.

I will seek that which was lost

Eze 34:4; Isa 40:11; Mic 4:6; Mat 18:11; Mar 2:17; Luk 5:32.

Eze 34:23 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.

one shepherd over them

Isa 11:1-5, 10; 40:11; Jer 23:4, 5; Jhn 10:11; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25; 5:4.

Eze 34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

I the LORD will be their God

Eze 34:30; Eze 37:27; Exo 29:45.

Eze 34:25 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.

I will make with them a covenant of peace

Eze 37:26.

will cause the evil beasts to cease

Lev 26:6; Isa 11:6-9; 35:9; Hos 2:18.

Eze 34:26 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.

a blessing

Gen 12:2; Isa 19:24; Zec 8:13.

Eze 34:27 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.

broken the bands of their yoke

Lev 26:13; Jer 2:20.

Eze 34:28 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.

no more be a prey

The whole passage (Ezekiel 34:23-30) speaks of a restoration yet future, for the remnant which returned after the 70 years, and their posterity, were continually under the Gentile yoke, until, in A.D. 70, they were finally driven from the land into a dispersion which still continues.

heathen [See also Eze 34:29.]

i.e. nations.

they shall dwell safely

Eze 34:25; Jer 30:10; 46:27.