Ezekiel 34:12
As the shepherd visiteth his hock in the day when he shall be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them.
Cross References
Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
Jeremiah 13:16Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into darkness.
Ezekiel 30:3For the day is near, yea the day of the Lord is near: a cloudy day, it shall be the time of the nations.
Amos 5:18Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
Zechariah 9:16And the Lord their God will save them in that day, as the dock of his people: for holy stones shall be lifted up over his land.
Luke 15:8Or what woman having ten groats; if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?
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 →