Ezekiel 34:5

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Summary

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

They were

Because there is no shepherd

Ezekiel 34:8

Zechariah 10:2

And they became

Acts 20:29

Bible References

They were

My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them.”’”

Now in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the refugees from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been taken.”

So he said,
“I saw all Israel
Scattered on the mountains,

Like sheep which have no shepherd.

And the Lord said, ‘These have no master.
Let each of them return to his house in peace.’”

So he said,
“I saw all Israel
Scattered on the mountains,

Like sheep which have no shepherd;

And the Lord said,
‘These have no master.
Let each of them return to his house in peace.’”

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds,” declares the Lord.

“My people have become lost sheep;

Their shepherds have led them astray.

They have made them turn aside on the mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their resting place.

“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
And against the man, My Associate,”
Declares the Lord of hosts.
“Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered;
And I will turn My hand against the little ones.

Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.

Because there is no shepherd

“As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;

For the teraphim speak iniquity,
And the diviners see lying visions
And tell false dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep,
They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

And they became

All you beasts of the field,
All you beasts in the forest,
Come to eat.

“Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me?
Are the birds of prey against her on every side?
Go, gather all the beasts of the field,
Bring them to devour!

But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;