O mortal, prophesy against the shepherdsashepherds I.e., rulers. of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them:To the shepherds: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Ah, you shepherds of Israel, who have been tending yourselves! Is it not the flock that the shepherds ought to tend?
Word-by-Word Analysis
בןאדם
97
הנבא
58
עלרועי
386
ישראל
541
הנבא
58
ואמרת
647
אליהם
86
לרעים
350
כהאמר
266
אדני
65
יהוה
26
הוי
21
רעיישראל
821
אשר
501
היו
21
רעים
320
אותם
447
הלוא
42
הצאן
146
ירעו
286
הרעים
325
Ezekiel 34:3
Gematria: 3882
אתהחלבתאכלוואתהצמרתלבשוהבריאהתזבחוהצאןלאתרעו
You partake of the fat,bfat Septuagint and Vulgate, reading the Hebrew consonants with different vowels, translate “milk.” you clothe yourselves with the wool, and you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not tend the flock.
You have not sustained the weak, healed the sick, or bandaged the injured; you have not brought back the strayed, or looked for the lost; but you have driven them with harsh rigor,
Word-by-Word Analysis
אתהנחלות
900
לא
31
חזקתם
555
ואתהחולה
461
לארפאתם
752
ולנשברת
988
לא
31
חבשתם
750
ואתהנדחת
874
לא
31
השבתם
747
ואתהאבדת
819
לא
31
בקשתם
842
ובחזקה
128
רדיתם
654
אתם
441
ובפרך
308
Ezekiel 34:5
Gematria: 3035
ותפוצינהמבלירעהותהיינהלאכלהלכלחיתהשדהותפוצינה
and they have been scattered for want of anyone to tend them; scattered, they have become prey for every wild beast.
My sheep stray through all the mountains and over every lofty hill; My flock is scattered all over the face of the earth, with none to take thought of them and none to seek them.
As I live—declares the Sovereign GOD: Because My flock has been a spoil—My flock has been a prey for all the wild beasts, for want of anyone to tend them since My shepherds have not taken thought of My flock, for the shepherds tended themselves instead of tending the flock—
Thus said the Sovereign GOD: I am going to deal with the shepherds! I will demand a reckoning of them for My flock, and I will dismiss them from tending the flock. The shepherds shall not tend themselves anymore; for I will rescue My flock from their mouths, and it shall not be their prey.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כהאמר
266
אדני
65
יהוה
26
הנני
115
אלהרעים
356
ודרשתי
920
אתצאני
552
מידם
94
והשבתים
763
מרעות
716
צאן
141
ולאירעו
323
עוד
80
הרעים
325
אותם
447
והצלתי
541
צאני
151
מפיהם
175
ולאתהיין
512
להם
75
לאכלהס
146
Ezekiel 34:11
Gematria: 2793
כיכהאמראדנייהוההנניאניודרשתיאתצאניובקרתים
For thus said the Sovereign GOD: Here am I! I am going to take thought for My flock and I will seek them out.
As shepherds seek out their flock when some [animals] in their flock have gotten separated, so I will seek out My flock, I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of cloud and gloom.
I will take them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them to their own land, and will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses and in all the settled portions of the land.
I will feed them in good grazing land, and the lofty hills of Israel shall be their pasture. There, in the hills of Israel, they shall lie down in a good pasture and shall feed on rich grazing land.
Word-by-Word Analysis
במרעהטוב
334
ארעה
276
אתם
441
ובהרי
223
מרוםישראל
827
יהיה
30
נוהם
101
שם
340
תרבצנה
747
בנוה
63
טוב
17
ומרעה
321
שמן
390
תרעינה
735
אלהרי
246
ישראל
541
Ezekiel 34:15
Gematria: 1080
אניארעהצאניואניארביצםנאםאדנייהוה
I Myself will graze My flock, and I Myself will let them lie down—declares the Sovereign GOD.
I will look for the lost, and I will bring back the strayed; I will bandage the injured, and I will sustain the weak; and the fat and healthy ones I will destroy.cdestroy Several ancient versions read “guard.” I will tend them rightly.
Is it not enough for you to graze on choice grazing ground, but you must also trample with your feet what is left from your grazing? And is it not enough for you to drink clear water,dclear water Lit. “water that has settled.” but you must also muddy with your feet what is left?
Word-by-Word Analysis
המעט
124
מכם
100
המרעה
320
הטוב
22
תרעו
676
ויתר
616
מרעיכם
380
תרמסו
706
ברגליכם
305
ומשקעמים
606
תשתו
1106
ואת
407
הנותרים
711
ברגליכם
305
תרפשון
1036
Ezekiel 34:19
Gematria: 3709
וצאנימרמסרגליכםתרעינהומרפשרגליכםתשתינהפ
And must My flock graze on what your feet have trampled and drink what your feet have muddied?
And I will grant them a covenant of friendship. I will banish vicious beasts from their land, and they shall live secure in the wasteland, they shall even sleep in the woodland.
I will make these and the environs of My hillethese and the environs of My hill Meaning of Heb. uncertain. a blessing: I will send down the rain in its season, rains that bring blessing.
The trees of the field shall yield their fruit and the land shall yield its produce. [My people] shall continue secure on its own soil. They shall know that I am GOD when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from those who enslave them.
I shall establish for them a planting of renown;fa planting of renown Meaning of Heb. uncertain. they shall no more be carried off by famine, and they shall not have to bear again the taunts of the nations.gtaunts of the nations Cf. 36.30.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והקמתי
561
להם
75
מטע
119
לשם
370
ולאיהיו
68
עוד
80
אספי
151
רעב
272
בארץ
293
ולאישאו
354
עוד
80
כלמת
490
הגוים
64
Ezekiel 34:30
Gematria: 2056
וידעוכיאנייהוהאלהיהםאתםוהמהעמיביתישראלנאםאדנייהוה
They shall know that I the ETERNAL their God am with them and they, the House of Israel, are My people—declares the Sovereign GOD.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וידעו
96
כי
30
אני
61
יהוה
26
אלהיהם
91
אתם
441
והמה
56
עמי
120
בית
412
ישראל
541
נאם
91
אדני
65
יהוה
26
Ezekiel 34:31
Gematria: 2394
ואתןצאניצאןמרעיתיאדםאתםאניאלהיכםנאםאדנייהוהפ
For you—My flock, the flock that I tend—are human; and I am your God—declares the Sovereign GOD.