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Ezekiel 34:4-12 Destruction of Edom and Restoration of Israel

4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.

5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.

6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,

9 therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

10 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.

11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.

12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

Cross References for Ezekiel 34:4-12

Job 13:4 - You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you! Click to read the verse Job 13:4 Click to read the verse Job 13:4

Jeremiah 8:22 - Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the w... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 8:22 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 8:22

Leviticus 25:43 - Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God. Click to read the verse Leviticus 25:43 Click to read the verse Leviticus 25:43

Exodus 1:13-14 - and worked them ruthlessly. Click to read the verse Exodus 1:13-14 Click to read the verse Exodus 1:13-14

Hebrews 12:12 - Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. Click to read the verse Hebrews 12:12 Click to read the verse Hebrews 12:12

Romans 14:1 - The Weak and the Strong Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable ... Click to read the verse Romans 14:1 Click to read the verse Romans 14:1

Jeremiah 22:13 - “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 22:13 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 22:13

Isaiah 56:10 - Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark;... Click to read the verse Isaiah 56:10 Click to read the verse Isaiah 56:10

1 Peter 5:2-3 - Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—not because you must,... Click to read the verse 1 Peter 5:2-3 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 5:2-3

Matthew 9:36 - When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, lik... Click to read the verse Matthew 9:36 Click to read the verse Matthew 9:36

Matthew 10:6 - Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. Click to read the verse Matthew 10:6 Click to read the verse Matthew 10:6

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith ... Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 1:24 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 1:24

Deuteronomy 22:1 - If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 22:1 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 22:1

Matthew 18:12-13 - “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not le... Click to read the verse Matthew 18:12-13 Click to read the verse Matthew 18:12-13

Ezekiel 34:16 - I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 34:16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 34:16

Luke 15:4-6 - “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nin... Click to read the verse Luke 15:4-6 Click to read the verse Luke 15:4-6

1 Peter 5:3 - not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. Click to read the verse 1 Peter 5:3 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 5:3

Matthew 21:35 - “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Click to read the verse Matthew 21:35 Click to read the verse Matthew 21:35

James 5:1-6 - Warning to Rich Oppressors Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery tha... Click to read the verse James 5:1-6 Click to read the verse James 5:1-6

Matthew 25:36 - I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and yo... Click to read the verse Matthew 25:36 Click to read the verse Matthew 25:36

Matthew 24:49 - and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. Click to read the verse Matthew 24:49 Click to read the verse Matthew 24:49

Revelation 17:5-6 - This title was written on her forehead: mystery babylon the great the mother of prostitutes and... Click to read the verse Revelation 17:5-6 Click to read the verse Revelation 17:5-6

Isaiah 3:7 - But in that day he will cry out, “I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 3:7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 3:7

Luke 15:24 - For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to c... Click to read the verse Luke 15:24 Click to read the verse Luke 15:24

Zechariah 11:15-16 - Then the Lord said to me, “Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. Click to read the verse Zechariah 11:15-16 Click to read the verse Zechariah 11:15-16

Revelation 13:14-17 - Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inh... Click to read the verse Revelation 13:14-17 Click to read the verse Revelation 13:14-17

James 5:19 - My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, Click to read the verse James 5:19 Click to read the verse James 5:19