Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
And they became
Bible References
They were
Ezekiel 34:6
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill. Yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth, and there was none who searched or sought.
Ezekiel 33:21
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, that [a man] who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is smitten.
1 Kings 22:17
And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And LORD said, These have no master, let them return every man to his house in peace.
2 Chronicles 18:16
And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And LORD said, These have no master. Let them return every man to his house in peace.
Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore thus says LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them. Behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, says LORD.
Jeremiah 50:6
My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting-place.
Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my companion, says LORD of hosts. Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. And I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
Matthew 9:36
But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd.
Because there is no shepherd
Ezekiel 34:8
As I live, says lord LORD, surely inasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselve
Zechariah 10:2
For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and they have told FALSE dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
And they became
Ezekiel 34:8
As I live, says lord LORD, surely inasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselve
Isaiah 56:9
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.
Jeremiah 12:9
Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour.
John 10:2
But he who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Acts 20:29
For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.