Therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word:
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Therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word:
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Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
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therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word…
Eze 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Ver. 9. Therefore, O ye shepherds.] See Eze 34:7-8.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thus saith the Lord God, behold, I am against…
Thus saith the Lord God, behold, I am against the shepherds,.... His heart was against them; his hand was against them; his face was against them, to cut them off. The Targum is,
"behold, I will send my fury upon the governors;''
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and there was good reason for it, they were against him and his glory, against his flock, his people, his cause, and interest; sad it is for any to have God against them, and to be against God; for none ever hardened themselves against him and prospered, Job 9:4,
and I will require my flock at their hand; the full tale of them that have been committed to their care, and will punish them for the neglect of them; their blood, their life, and the loss of them, I will require at their hands; thus he punished Zedekiah and his princes, and the priests and prophets:
and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; take the kingdom from them, as he did from Zedekiah; abolish the ecclesiastical hierarchy among the Jews; cut off three shepherds in one month, the priests, prophets, and scribes of the people; and put the flock into other hands, the apostles and ministers of the Gospel:
neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; enrich themselves with the substance of the people:
for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them; who, instead of being shepherds to feed the flock, were no other than wolves in sheep's clothing, and ravenous lions and bears, which devoured the flock; but this they should do no longer.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the leaders of Israel.
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General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking of the people of Israel as if they were a flock of sheep and the leaders of Israel as if they were shepherds who have not cared for the flock. (See: Metaphor)
hear the word of Yahweh
"listen to Yahweh's message." This is an idiom that is used to introduce a special message from God. (See: Idiom)
The Lord Yahweh says this
This can be stated in the first person. AT: "I, the Lord Yahweh, say this" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)
Behold!
The word "Behold" here adds emphasis to what follows. AT: "Indeed!"
I am against the shepherds
"I am opposed to the shepherds"
I will require my flock from their hand
The phrase "require ... from their hand" is an idiom that means to hold or consider someone responsible for something. AT: "I will hold them responsible for all the bad things that happen to my flock" or "I will punish them for all the bad things they let happen to my flock" (See: Idiom)
I will dismiss them from shepherding the flock
"I will not let them shepherd the flock any longer" or "I will not let them be the shepherds of the flock any longer"
shepherd themselves
"feed and take care of themselves"
from their mouths
Here "mouths" represent eating. AT: "so they cannot eat them" (See: Metonymy)
my flock will no longer be food for them
"the shepherds will no longer eat the sheep and the goats of my flock"
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