Ezekiel 34:4 “You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the inju…”

Ezekiel 34:4

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

World English Bible

You haven’t strengthened the diseased. You haven’t healed that which was sick. You haven’t bound up that which was broken. You haven’t brought back that which was driven away. You haven’t sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor.

American Standard Version

The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.

Geneva Bible 1599

The weake haue ye not strengthened: the sicke haue ye not healed, neither haue ye bounde vp the broken, nor brought againe that which was driuen away, neither haue yee sought that which was lost, but with crueltie, and with rigour haue yee ruled them.

Darby Translation

The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up [what was] broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them.

Young's Literal Translation

The weak ye have not strengthened, And the sick one ye have not healed, And the broken ye have not bound up, And the driven away have not brought back, And the lost ye have not sought, And with might ye have ruled them and with rigour.

Bible in Basic English

You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.

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Cross references

“diseased”

Ezekiel 34:16 Matthew 9:36 Hebrews 12:12 Jeremiah 8:22 Isaiah 56:10 Zechariah 11:15

Ezekiel 34:16 · BSB

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.’

Matthew 9:36 · BSB

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Hebrews 12:12 · BSB

Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

Jeremiah 8:22 · BSB

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

Isaiah 56:10 · BSB

Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

Zechariah 11:15 · BSB

And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

“sought”

Matthew 10:6 Luke 15:4–6 Matthew 18:12 Matthew 18:13

Matthew 10:6 · BSB

Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

Luke 15:4–6 · 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?

Matthew 18:12 · BSB

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

Matthew 18:13 · BSB

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

“but with”

Matthew 24:49 2 Corinthians 1:24 James 5:1–6 Revelation 13:14–17 Jeremiah 22:13 Matthew 21:35

Matthew 24:49 · BSB

And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

2 Corinthians 1:24 · BSB

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

James 5:1–6 · BSB

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

Revelation 13:14–17 · BSB

Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.

Jeremiah 22:13 · BSB

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

Matthew 21:35 · BSB

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

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

In context

3You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

5They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

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