Ezekiel 34:10
Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9Therefore, O all of you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
11For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
Cross References
Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.
Psalms 102:19For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Jeremiah 21:13Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, says the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
Jeremiah 50:31Behold, I am against you, O you most proud, says the Lord GOD of hosts: for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.
Jeremiah 52:24And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
Ezekiel 3:20Again, When a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at yours 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 →