Ezekiel 34:10 “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, a…”

Ezekiel 34:10

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thus saith 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 meat for them.

World English Bible

The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against the shepherds. I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep. The shepherds won’t feed themselves any more. I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.”

American Standard Version

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus saieth the Lord God, Behold, I come against the shepherds, and will require my sheepe at their hands, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheepe: neither shall the shepherds feede them selues any more: for I wil deliuer my sheepe from their mouthes, and they shall no more deuoure them.

Darby Translation

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock: that the shepherds may feed themselves no more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

Young's Literal Translation

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against the shepherds, And have required My flock from their hand, And caused them to cease from feeding the flock, And no more do the shepherds feed themselves, And I have delivered My flock from their mouth, And they are not to them for food.

Bible in Basic English

This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer; and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves; I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.

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Cross references

“I am”

Zechariah 10:3 Ezekiel 13:8 Jeremiah 21:13 Nahum 2:13 Ezekiel 5:8 Ezekiel 21:3

Zechariah 10:3 · BSB

“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.

Ezekiel 13:8 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

Jeremiah 21:13 · BSB

Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau— declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”

Nahum 2:13 · BSB

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will…

Ezekiel 5:8 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 21:3 · BSB

and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

“and I will”

Ezekiel 3:18 Hebrews 13:17 Ezekiel 3:20 Ezekiel 33:6–8 Jeremiah 13:18–20

Ezekiel 3:18 · BSB

If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his…

Hebrews 13:17 · BSB

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Ezekiel 3:20 · BSB

Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be re…

Ezekiel 33:6–8 · BSB

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountab…

Jeremiah 13:18–20 · BSB

Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

“and cause”

Jeremiah 52:24–27 1 Samuel 2:29–36 Jeremiah 39:6 Jeremiah 52:9–11

Jeremiah 52:24–27 · BSB

The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

1 Samuel 2:29–36 · BSB

Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’

Jeremiah 39:6 · BSB

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 52:9–11 · BSB

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

“neither shall”

Ezekiel 34:2 Ezekiel 34:8

Ezekiel 34:2 · BSB

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?

Ezekiel 34:8 · BSB

‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

“for I will”

Psalm 23:5 Psalm 72:12–14 Ezekiel 34:22 Psalm 102:19 Psalm 102:20

Psalm 23:5 · BSB

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Psalm 72:12–14 · BSB

For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

Ezekiel 34:22 · BSB

I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

Psalm 102:19 · BSB

For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

Psalm 102:20 · BSB

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’

11For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

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