Ezekiel 34:12

As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in the midst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from every place where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

In Context

11For thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will seek out my sheep, and will visit them.

13And I will bring them out from the Gentiles, and will gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land, and will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, and in the valleys, and in every inhabited place of the land.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:11He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.

Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and ye shall wait for light, and behold the shadow of death, and they shall be brought into darkness.

Ezekiel 30:3For the day of the Lord is nigh, a day of cloud; it shall be the end of the nations.

Amos 5:18Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.

Zechariah 9:16And the Lord their God shall save them in that day, even his people as a flock; for holy stones are rolled upon his land.

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 →

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