Ezekiel 34:16 “I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and s…”

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

World English Bible

“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.”’

American Standard Version

I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

Geneva Bible 1599

I will seeke that which was lost, and bring againe that which was driue away, and will binde vp that which was broken, and will strengthen the weake but I wil destroy the fat and the strong, and I will feede them with iudgement.

Darby Translation

I will seek the lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up the broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong: I will feed them with judgment.

Young's Literal Translation

The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.

Bible in Basic English

I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.

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Cross references

“seek that”

Luke 19:10 Ezekiel 34:4 Ezekiel 34:11 Luke 15:4–7 Mark 2:17 Isaiah 40:11

Luke 19:10 · BSB

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Ezekiel 34:4 · BSB

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

Ezekiel 34:11 · BSB

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

Luke 15:4–7 · BSB

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

Mark 2:17 · BSB

On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Isaiah 40:11 · BSB

He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

“but I”

Ezekiel 39:18 Isaiah 5:17 Isaiah 10:16 Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeremiah 50:11 Amos 4:1–3

Ezekiel 39:18 · BSB

You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.

Isaiah 5:17 · BSB

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

Isaiah 10:16 · BSB

Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.

Deuteronomy 32:15 · BSB

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Jeremiah 50:11 · BSB

“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,

Amos 4:1–3 · BSB

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

“I will feed”

Isaiah 49:26 Jeremiah 10:24 Micah 7:14 Jeremiah 9:15 Jeremiah 23:15

Isaiah 49:26 · BSB

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Jeremiah 10:24 · BSB

Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.

Micah 7:14 · BSB

Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Jeremiah 9:15 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

Jeremiah 23:15 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

Also

Matthew 18:10–14

Matthew 18:10–14 · BSB

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

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

In context

15I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

17This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

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