REPROOF OF THE FALSE SHEPHERDS; PROMISE OF THE TRUE AND GOOD SHEPHERD. (Eze. 34:1-31) Jer 23:1 and Zac 11:17 similarly make the removal of the false shepherds the preliminary to the interposition of Messiah the Good S…
2Hijo de hombre, profetiza contra los pastores de Israel; profetiza, y di a los pastores: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: ¡Ay de los pastores de Israel, que se apacientan a sí mismos! ¿No apacientan los pastores a los rebaños?
3Coméis la grosura, y os vestís de la lana; la engordada degolláis, mas no apacentáis a las ovejas.
4No fortalecisteis las débiles, ni curasteis la enferma; no vendasteis la perniquebrada, no volvisteis al redil la descarriada, ni buscasteis la perdida, sino que os habéis enseñoreado de ellas con dureza y con violencia.
5Y andan errantes por falta de pastor, y son presa de todas las fieras del campo, y se han dispersado.
6Anduvieron perdidas mis ovejas por todos los montes, y en todo collado alto; y en toda la faz de la tierra fueron esparcidas mis ovejas, y no hubo quien las buscase, ni quien preguntase por ellas.
7Por tanto, pastores, oíd palabra de Jehová:
8Vivo yo, ha dicho Jehová el Señor, que por cuanto mi rebaño fue para ser robado, y mis ovejas fueron para ser presa de todas las fieras del campo, sin pastor; ni mis pastores buscaron mis ovejas, sino que los pastores se apacentaron a sí mismos, y no apacentaron mis ovejas;
9por tanto, oh pastores, oíd palabra de Jehová.
10Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: He aquí, yo estoy contra los pastores; y demandaré mis ovejas de su mano, y les haré dejar de apacentar las ovejas; ni los pastores se apacentarán más a sí mismos, pues yo libraré mis ovejas de sus bocas, y no les serán más por comida.
11Porque así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: He aquí yo, yo mismo iré a buscar mis ovejas, y las reconoceré.
12Como reconoce su rebaño el pastor el día que está en medio de sus ovejas esparcidas, así reconoceré mis ovejas, y las libraré de todos los lugares en que fueron esparcidas el día del nublado y de la oscuridad.
13Y yo las sacaré de los pueblos, y las juntaré de las tierras; las traeré a su propia tierra, y las apacentaré en los montes de Israel, por las riberas, y en todos los lugares habitados del país.
14En buenos pastos las apacentaré, y en los altos montes de Israel estará su aprisco; allí dormirán en buen redil, y en pastos suculentos serán apacentadas sobre los montes de Israel.
15Yo apacentaré mis ovejas, y yo les daré aprisco, dice Jehová el Señor.
16Yo buscaré la perdida, y haré volver al redil la descarriada; vendaré la perniquebrada, y fortaleceré la débil; mas a la engordada y a la fuerte destruiré; las apacentaré con justicia.
17Mas en cuanto a vosotras, ovejas mías, así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: He aquí yo juzgo entre oveja y oveja, entre carneros y machos cabríos.
18¿Os es poco que comáis los buenos pastos, sino que también holláis con vuestros pies lo que de vuestros pastos queda; y que bebiendo las aguas claras, enturbiáis además con vuestros pies las que quedan?
19Y mis ovejas comen lo hollado de vuestros pies, y beben lo que con vuestros pies habéis enturbiado.
20Por tanto, así les dice Jehová el Señor: He aquí yo, yo juzgaré entre la oveja engordada y la oveja flaca,
21por cuanto empujasteis con el costado y con el hombro, y acorneasteis con vuestros cuernos a todas las débiles, hasta que las echasteis y las dispersasteis.
22Yo salvaré a mis ovejas, y nunca más serán para rapiña; y juzgaré entre oveja y oveja.
23Y levantaré sobre ellas a un pastor, y él las apacentará; a mi siervo David, él las apacentará, y él les será por pastor.
24Yo Jehová les seré por Dios, y mi siervo David príncipe en medio de ellos. Yo Jehová he hablado.
25Y estableceré con ellos pacto de paz, y quitaré de la tierra las fieras; y habitarán en el desierto con seguridad, y dormirán en los bosques.
26Y daré bendición a ellas y a los alrededores de mi collado, y haré descender la lluvia en su tiempo; lluvias de bendición serán.
27Y el árbol del campo dará su fruto, y la tierra dará su fruto, y estarán sobre su tierra con seguridad; y sabrán que yo soy Jehová, cuando rompa las coyundas de su yugo, y los libre de mano de los que se sirven de ellos.
28No serán más por despojo de las naciones, ni las fieras de la tierra las devorarán; sino que habitarán con seguridad, y no habrá quien las espante.
29Y levantaré para ellos una planta de renombre, y no serán ya más consumidos de hambre en la tierra, ni ya más serán avergonzados por las naciones.
30Y sabrán que yo Jehová su Dios estoy con ellos, y ellos son mi pueblo, la casa de Israel, dice Jehová el Señor.
31Y vosotras, ovejas mías, ovejas de mi pasto, hombres sois, y yo vuestro Dios, dice Jehová el Señor.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. fat--or, by differently pointing the Hebrew, "milk" [Septuagint]. Thus the repetition "fat" and "…
fat--or, by differently pointing the Hebrew, "milk" [Septuagint]. Thus the repetition "fat" and "fed" is avoided: also the eating of "fat" would not probably be put before the "killing" of the sheep. The eating of sheep's or goats' milk as food (Deu 32:14; Pro 27:27) was unobjectionable, had not these shepherds milked them too often, and that without duly "feeding" them [BOCHART], (Isa 56:11). The rulers levied exorbitant tributes.
kill . . . fed--kill the rich by false accusation so as to get possession of their property.
feed not . . . flock--take no care of the people (Joh 10:12).
II
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II. The diseased--rather, those weak from the effects of "disease," as "strengthened" (that is, with …
The diseased--rather, those weak from the effects of "disease," as "strengthened" (that is, with due nourishment) requires [GROTIUS].
broken--that is, fractures from wounds inflicted by the wolf.
brought again . . . driven away-- (Exo 23:4). Those "driven away" by the enemy into foreign lands through God's judgments are meant (Jer 23:3). A spiritual reformation of the state by the rulers would have turned away God's wrath, and "brought again" the exiles. The rulers are censured as chiefly guilty (though the people, too, were guilty), because they, who ought to have been foremost in checking the evil, promoted it.
neither . . . sought . . . lost--Contrast the Good Shepherd's love (Luk 15:4).
with force . . . ruled-- (Exo 1:13-14). With an Egyptian bondage. The very thing forbidden by the law they did (Lev 25:43; compare Pe1 5:3).
III
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III. scattered, because . . . no shepherd--that is, none worthy of the name, though there were some ca…
scattered, because . . . no shepherd--that is, none worthy of the name, though there were some called shepherds (Kg1 22:17; Mat 9:36). Compare Mat 26:31, where the sheep were scattered when the true Shepherd was smitten. God calls them "My sheep"; for they were not, as the shepherds treated them, their patrimony whereby to "feed themselves."
meat to all . . . beasts--They became a prey to the Syrians, Ammon, Moab, and Assyria.
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IV. every high hill--the scene of their idolatries sanctioned by the rulers.
every high hill--the scene of their idolatries sanctioned by the rulers.
search . . . seek--rather, "seek . . . search." The former is the part of the superior rulers to inquire after: to search out is the duty of the subordinate rulers [JUNIUS].
V
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V. I will require my flock-- (Heb 13:17), rather, "I require," &c., for God already had begun to do …
I will require my flock-- (Heb 13:17), rather, "I require," &c., for God already had begun to do so, punishing Zedekiah and the other princes severely (Jer 52:10).
VI
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VI. I . . . will . . . search--doing that which the so-called shepherds had failed to do, I being the…
I . . . will . . . search--doing that which the so-called shepherds had failed to do, I being the rightful owner of the flock.
VII
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VII. in the day that he is among--in the midst of (Hebrew) His sheep that had been scattered. Referrin…
in the day that he is among--in the midst of (Hebrew) His sheep that had been scattered. Referring to Messiah's second advent, when He shall be "the glory in the midst of Israel" (Zac 2:5).
in the cloudy . . . day--the day of the nation's calamity (Joe 2:2).
VIII
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VIII. And I will bring them out from the people, &c.-- (Eze 28:25; Eze 36:24; Eze 37:21-22; Isa 65:9-10…
And I will bring them out from the people, &c.-- (Eze 28:25; Eze 36:24; Eze 37:21-22; Isa 65:9-10; Jer 23:3).
IX
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IX. good pasture-- (Psa 23:2).
good pasture-- (Psa 23:2).
high mountains of Israel--In Eze 17:23; Eze 20:40, the phrase is "the mountain of the height of Israel" in the singular number. The reason for the difference is: there Ezekiel spoke of the central seat of the kingdom, Mount Zion, where the people met for the worship of Jehovah; here he speaks of the kingdom of Israel at large, all the parts of which are regarded as possessing a moral elevation.
X
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X. In contrast to the unfaithful shepherds (Eze 34:4). The several duties neglected by them I will f…
In contrast to the unfaithful shepherds (Eze 34:4). The several duties neglected by them I will faithfully discharge.
fat . . . strong--that is, those rendered wanton by prosperity (Deu 32:15; Jer 5:28), who use their strength to oppress the weak. Compare Eze 34:20, "the fat cattle" (Isa 10:16). The image is from fat cattle that wax refractory.
with judgment--that is, justice and equity, as contrasted with the "force" and "cruelty" with which the unfaithful shepherds ruled the flock (Eze 34:4).
XI
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XI. you, . . . my flock--passing from the rulers to the people.
you, . . . my flock--passing from the rulers to the people.
cattle and cattle--rather, "sheep and sheep"; Margin, "small cattle," or "flocks of lambs and kids," that is, I judge between one class of citizens and another, so as to award what is right to each. He then defines the class about to be punitively "judged," namely, "the rams and he-goats," or "great he-goats" (compare Isa 14:9, Margin; Zac 10:3; Mat 25:32-33). They answer to "the fat and strong," as opposed to the "sick" (Eze 34:16). The rich and ungodly of the people are meant, who imitated the bad rulers in oppressing their poorer brethren, as if it enhanced their own joys to trample on others' rights (Eze 34:18).
XII
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XII. Not content with appropriating to their own use the goods of others, they from mere wantonness sp…
Not content with appropriating to their own use the goods of others, they from mere wantonness spoiled what they did not use, so as to be of no use to the owners.
deep waters--that is, "limpid," as deep waters are generally clear. GROTIUS explains the image as referring to the usuries with which the rich ground the poor (Eze 22:12; Isa 24:2).
XIII
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XIII. they eat--scantily.
they eat--scantily.
they drink--sorrowfully.
XIV
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XIV. fat . . . lean--the rich oppressors . . . the humble poor.
XV. scattered them abroad--down to the time of the carrying away to Babylon [GROTIUS].
scattered them abroad--down to the time of the carrying away to Babylon [GROTIUS].
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16. After the restoration from Babylon, the Jews were delivered in some degree from the oppression, n…
After the restoration from Babylon, the Jews were delivered in some degree from the oppression, not only of foreigners, but also of their own great people (Neh. 5:1-19). The full and final fulfilment of this prophecy is future.
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17. set up--that is, raise up by divine appointment; alluding to the declaration of God to David, "I …
set up--that is, raise up by divine appointment; alluding to the declaration of God to David, "I will set up thy seed after thee" (Sa2 7:12); and, "Yet have I set My king on My holy hill of Zion" (Psa 2:6; compare Act 2:30; Act 13:23).
one shepherd--literally, "a Shepherd, one": singularly and pre-eminently one: the only one of His kind, to whom none is comparable (Sol 5:10). The Lord Jesus refers to this prophecy (Joh 10:14), "I am THE Good Shepherd." Also "one" as uniting in one the heretofore divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and also "gathering together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and on earth" (Eph 1:10); thus healing worse breaches than that between Israel and Judah (Col 1:20). "God by Him reconciling all things unto Himself, whether things in earth or in heaven."
David--the antitypical David, Messiah, of the seed of David, which no other king after the captivity was: who was fully, what David was only in a degree, "the man after God's own heart." Also, David means beloved: Messiah was truly God's beloved Son (Isa 42:1; Mat 3:17). Shepherd means King, rather than religious instructor; in this pre-eminently He was the true David, who was the Shepherd King (Luk 1:32-33). Messiah is called "David" in Isa 55:3-4; Jer 30:9; Hos 3:5.
18
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18. my servant--implying fitness for ruling in the name of God, not pursuing a self-chosen course, as…
my servant--implying fitness for ruling in the name of God, not pursuing a self-chosen course, as other kings, but acting as the faithful administrator of the will of God; Messiah realized fully this character (Psa 40:7-8; Isa 42:1; Isa 49:3, Isa 49:6; Isa 53:11; Phi 2:7), which David typically and partially represented (Act 13:36); so He is the fittest person to wield the world scepter, abused by all the world kings (Dan 2:34-35, Dan 2:44-45).
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Versículo 25
19. covenant of peace . . . evil beasts . . . to cease . . . dwell safely--The original promise of th…
covenant of peace . . . evil beasts . . . to cease . . . dwell safely--The original promise of the law (Lev 26:6) shall be realized for the first time fully under Messiah (Isa 11:6-9; Isa 35:9; Hos 2:18).
20
Versículo 26
20. them and the places round about my hill--The Jews, and Zion, God's hill (Psa 2:6), are to be sour…
them and the places round about my hill--The Jews, and Zion, God's hill (Psa 2:6), are to be sources of blessing, not merely to themselves, but to the surrounding heathen (Isa 19:24; Isa 56:6-7; Isa 60:3; Mic 5:7; Zac 8:13). The literal fulfilment is, however, the primary one, though the spiritual also is designed. In correspondence with the settled reign of righteousness internally, all is to be prosperity externally, fertilizing showers (according to the promise of the ancient covenant, Lev 26:4; Psa 68:9; Mal 3:10), and productive trees and lands (Eze 34:27). Thus shall they realize the image of Eze 34:14; namely, a flock richly pastured by God Himself.
21
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21. served themselves of them--availed themselves of their services, as if the Jews were their slaves…
served themselves of them--availed themselves of their services, as if the Jews were their slaves (Jer 22:13; Jer 25:14; compare Gen 15:13; Exo 1:14).
22
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22. dwell safely-- (Jer 23:6).
dwell safely-- (Jer 23:6).
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23. plant of renown--Messiah, the "Rod" and "Branch" (Isa 11:1), the "righteous Branch" (Jer 23:5), w…
plant of renown--Messiah, the "Rod" and "Branch" (Isa 11:1), the "righteous Branch" (Jer 23:5), who shall obtain for them "renown." FAIRBAIRN less probably translates, "A plantation for a name," that is, a flourishing condition, represented as a garden (alluding to Eden, Gen 2:8-11, with its various trees, good for food and pleasant to the sight), the planting of the Lord (Isa 60:21; Isa 61:3), and an object of "renown" among the heathen.
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24. ye my flock . . . are men--not merely an explanation of the image, as JEROME represents. But as G…
ye my flock . . . are men--not merely an explanation of the image, as JEROME represents. But as God had promised many things which mere "men" could not expect to realize, He shows that it is not from man's might their realization is to be looked for, but from GOD, who would perform them for His covenant-people, "His flock" [ROSENMULLER]. When we realize most our weakness and God's power and faithfulness to His covenant, we are in the fittest state for receiving His blessings.
Another feature of Israel's prosperity; those who exulted over Israel's humiliation, shall themselves be a "prey." Already stated in Eze 25:12-14; properly repeated here in full detail, as a commentary on Eze 34:28. The Israelites "shall be no more a prey"; but Edom, the type of their most bitter foes, shall be destroyed irrecoverably.
Next: Ezekiel Chapter 35
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Ezekiel — Capítulo 34
REPROOF OF THE FALSE SHEPHERDS; PROMISE OF THE TRUE AND GOOD SHEPHERD. (Eze. 34:1-31) Jer 23:1 and Zac 11:17 similarly make the removal of the false shepherds the preliminary to the interposition of Messiah the Good S…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Vino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
2Hijo de hombre, profetiza contra los pastores de Israel; profetiza, y di a los pastores: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: ¡Ay de los pastores de Israel, que se apacientan a sí mismos! ¿No apacientan los pastores a los rebaños?
3Coméis la grosura, y os vestís de la lana; la engordada degolláis, mas no apacentáis a las ovejas.
4No fortalecisteis las débiles, ni curasteis la enferma; no vendasteis la perniquebrada, no volvisteis al redil la descarriada, ni buscasteis la perdida, sino que os habéis enseñoreado de ellas con dureza y con violencia.
5Y andan errantes por falta de pastor, y son presa de todas las fieras del campo, y se han dispersado.
6Anduvieron perdidas mis ovejas por todos los montes, y en todo collado alto; y en toda la faz de la tierra fueron esparcidas mis ovejas, y no hubo quien las buscase, ni quien preguntase por ellas.
7Por tanto, pastores, oíd palabra de Jehová:
8Vivo yo, ha dicho Jehová el Señor, que por cuanto mi rebaño fue para ser robado, y mis ovejas fueron para ser presa de todas las fieras del campo, sin pastor; ni mis pastores buscaron mis ovejas, sino que los pastores se apacentaron a sí mismos, y no apacentaron mis ovejas;
9por tanto, oh pastores, oíd palabra de Jehová.
10Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: He aquí, yo estoy contra los pastores; y demandaré mis ovejas de su mano, y les haré dejar de apacentar las ovejas; ni los pastores se apacentarán más a sí mismos, pues yo libraré mis ovejas de sus bocas, y no les serán más por comida.
11Porque así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: He aquí yo, yo mismo iré a buscar mis ovejas, y las reconoceré.
12Como reconoce su rebaño el pastor el día que está en medio de sus ovejas esparcidas, así reconoceré mis ovejas, y las libraré de todos los lugares en que fueron esparcidas el día del nublado y de la oscuridad.
13Y yo las sacaré de los pueblos, y las juntaré de las tierras; las traeré a su propia tierra, y las apacentaré en los montes de Israel, por las riberas, y en todos los lugares habitados del país.
14En buenos pastos las apacentaré, y en los altos montes de Israel estará su aprisco; allí dormirán en buen redil, y en pastos suculentos serán apacentadas sobre los montes de Israel.
15Yo apacentaré mis ovejas, y yo les daré aprisco, dice Jehová el Señor.
16Yo buscaré la perdida, y haré volver al redil la descarriada; vendaré la perniquebrada, y fortaleceré la débil; mas a la engordada y a la fuerte destruiré; las apacentaré con justicia.
17Mas en cuanto a vosotras, ovejas mías, así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: He aquí yo juzgo entre oveja y oveja, entre carneros y machos cabríos.
18¿Os es poco que comáis los buenos pastos, sino que también holláis con vuestros pies lo que de vuestros pastos queda; y que bebiendo las aguas claras, enturbiáis además con vuestros pies las que quedan?
19Y mis ovejas comen lo hollado de vuestros pies, y beben lo que con vuestros pies habéis enturbiado.
20Por tanto, así les dice Jehová el Señor: He aquí yo, yo juzgaré entre la oveja engordada y la oveja flaca,
21por cuanto empujasteis con el costado y con el hombro, y acorneasteis con vuestros cuernos a todas las débiles, hasta que las echasteis y las dispersasteis.
22Yo salvaré a mis ovejas, y nunca más serán para rapiña; y juzgaré entre oveja y oveja.
23Y levantaré sobre ellas a un pastor, y él las apacentará; a mi siervo David, él las apacentará, y él les será por pastor.
24Yo Jehová les seré por Dios, y mi siervo David príncipe en medio de ellos. Yo Jehová he hablado.
25Y estableceré con ellos pacto de paz, y quitaré de la tierra las fieras; y habitarán en el desierto con seguridad, y dormirán en los bosques.
26Y daré bendición a ellas y a los alrededores de mi collado, y haré descender la lluvia en su tiempo; lluvias de bendición serán.
27Y el árbol del campo dará su fruto, y la tierra dará su fruto, y estarán sobre su tierra con seguridad; y sabrán que yo soy Jehová, cuando rompa las coyundas de su yugo, y los libre de mano de los que se sirven de ellos.
28No serán más por despojo de las naciones, ni las fieras de la tierra las devorarán; sino que habitarán con seguridad, y no habrá quien las espante.
29Y levantaré para ellos una planta de renombre, y no serán ya más consumidos de hambre en la tierra, ni ya más serán avergonzados por las naciones.
30Y sabrán que yo Jehová su Dios estoy con ellos, y ellos son mi pueblo, la casa de Israel, dice Jehová el Señor.
31Y vosotras, ovejas mías, ovejas de mi pasto, hombres sois, y yo vuestro Dios, dice Jehová el Señor.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 3
I. fat--or, by differently pointing the Hebrew, "milk" [Septuagint]. Thus the repetition "fat" and "…
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II. The diseased--rather, those weak from the effects of "disease," as "strengthened" (that is, with …
Versículo 5
III. scattered, because . . . no shepherd--that is, none worthy of the name, though there were some ca…
Versículo 6
IV. every high hill--the scene of their idolatries sanctioned by the rulers.
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V. I will require my flock-- (Heb 13:17), rather, "I require," &c., for God already had begun to do …
Versículo 11
VI. I . . . will . . . search--doing that which the so-called shepherds had failed to do, I being the…
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VII. in the day that he is among--in the midst of (Hebrew) His sheep that had been scattered. Referrin…
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VIII. And I will bring them out from the people, &c.-- (Eze 28:25; Eze 36:24; Eze 37:21-22; Isa 65:9-10…
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IX. good pasture-- (Psa 23:2).
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X. In contrast to the unfaithful shepherds (Eze 34:4). The several duties neglected by them I will f…
Versículo 17
XI. you, . . . my flock--passing from the rulers to the people.
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XII. Not content with appropriating to their own use the goods of others, they from mere wantonness sp…
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XIII. they eat--scantily.
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XIV. fat . . . lean--the rich oppressors . . . the humble poor.
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XV. scattered them abroad--down to the time of the carrying away to Babylon [GROTIUS].
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16. After the restoration from Babylon, the Jews were delivered in some degree from the oppression, n…
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17. set up--that is, raise up by divine appointment; alluding to the declaration of God to David, "I …
Versículo 24
18. my servant--implying fitness for ruling in the name of God, not pursuing a self-chosen course, as…
Versículo 25
19. covenant of peace . . . evil beasts . . . to cease . . . dwell safely--The original promise of th…
Versículo 26
20. them and the places round about my hill--The Jews, and Zion, God's hill (Psa 2:6), are to be sour…
Versículo 27
21. served themselves of them--availed themselves of their services, as if the Jews were their slaves…
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22. dwell safely-- (Jer 23:6).
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23. plant of renown--Messiah, the "Rod" and "Branch" (Isa 11:1), the "righteous Branch" (Jer 23:5), w…
Versículo 31
24. ye my flock . . . are men--not merely an explanation of the image, as JEROME represents. But as G…