Ezekiel 34:10
Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself come upon the shepherds, I will require my hock at their hand, and I will cause them to cease from feeding the flock any more, neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more: and I will deliver my flock from their mouth, and it shall no more be meat for them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
11For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them.
Cross References
Psalms 23:5Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it!
Psalms 102:19Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:
Jeremiah 21:13dummy verses inserted by amos
Jeremiah 50:31Behold I come against thee, O proud one, saith the Lord the God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time of thy visitation.
Jeremiah 52:24And the general took Saraias the chief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and the three keepers of the entry.
Ezekiel 3:20Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy hand.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 34:8-17
The Shepherds Reproved. ( b. c. 587.) 7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord ; 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; 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord ; 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand,… Read the whole commentary →