Ezekiel 34:15
I feed My flock, and cause them to lie down, || A declaration of Lord YHWH.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
In Context
Cross References
Job 34:29And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, || [It is] the same.
Song of Solomon 1:7Declare to me, you whom my soul has loved, || Where you delight, || Where you lie down at noon, || For why am I as one veiled, || By the ranks of your companions?
Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city [is] alone, || A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness, || There the calf delights, || And there it lies down, || And has consumed its branches.
Isaiah 65:9And I have brought out a Seed from Jacob, || And from Judah a Possessor of My mountain, || And My chosen ones possess it, || And My servants dwell there.
Ezekiel 34:23And have raised up one shepherd over them, || And he has fed them—My servant David, || He feeds them, and he is their shepherd,
Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel does no perversity, nor speaks lies, || Nor is a deceitful tongue found in their mouth, || For they have delight, and have lain down, || And there is none troubling.”
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 →