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I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/34.htm">New Living Translation</a> I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes—feed them justice! <a href="/esv/ezekiel/34.htm">English Standard Version</a> I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’ <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/34.htm">King James Bible</a> I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/34.htm">New King James Version</a> “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.” <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will eliminate. I will feed them with judgment. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/34.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “I will search for the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with judgment. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bandage the crippled, and strengthen the weak and the sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hard-hearted and perverse]. I will feed them with judgment and punishment. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.&#8221 <a href="/asv/ezekiel/34.htm">American Standard Version</a> I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> to look for those that are lost and bring back the ones that wander off, to bandage those that are hurt and protect the ones that are weak. I will also slaughter those that are fat and strong, because I always do right. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/34.htm">English Revised Version</a> I will seek that which was lost, and will bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: and the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in judgment. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will look for those that are lost, bring back those that have strayed away, bandage those that are injured, and strengthen those that are sick. I will destroy those that are fat and strong. I will take care of my sheep fairly. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/34.htm">Good News Translation</a> "I will look for those that are lost, bring back those that wander off, bandage those that are hurt, and heal those that are sick; but those that are fat and strong I will destroy, because I am a shepherd who does what is right. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/34.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'm going to seek both the lost as well as the scattered, and bring them both back so their broken bones can be set and the sick can be healed. But in righteousness I'll exterminate the fat and the stiff-necked.'" <a href="/msb/ezekiel/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.? <a href="/net/ezekiel/34.htm">NET Bible</a> I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them--with judgment! <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice." <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. <a href="/web/ezekiel/34.htm">World English Bible</a> “I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.”’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> I seek the lost, and bring back the driven away, "" And I bind up the broken, and I strengthen the sick, "" And I destroy the fat and the strong, "" I feed it with judgment. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The lost I will seek out, and the thrust away I will turn back, and to the broken I will bind up, and the diseased I will strengthen: and the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them with judgment.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away, I will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I will strengthen that which was weak, and that which was fat and strong I will preserve: and I will feed them in judgment. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> I will seek what had been lost. And I will lead back again what had been cast aside. And I will bind up what had been broken. And I will strengthen what had been infirm. And I will preserve what was fat and strong. And I will feed them on judgment. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/34.htm">New American Bible</a> The lost I will search out, the strays I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, and the sick I will heal; but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them in judgment. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I will seek that which was lost and bring back that which was gone astray and bind up that which was injured and strengthen that which was sick; and I will protect the fat and the strong; and I will feed them with justice. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> I shall seek that which is lost and I shall return that which has strayed, and I shall bind up that which was broken, and I shall strengthen what is weak and that which is fat, and I shall preserve that which is strong, and I shall shepherd them with justice <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy, I will feed them in justice. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> I will seek that which is lost, and I will recover the stray one, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen the fainting, and will guard the strong, and will feed them with judgment. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10113" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/34.htm">The Good Shepherd</a> …15I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD. 16<a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: ’ă·ḇaq·qêš (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after.">I will seek</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: hā·’ō·ḇe·ḏeṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">the lost,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: ’ā·šîḇ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">bring back</a> <a href="/hebrew/5080.htm" title="5080: han·nid·da·ḥaṯ (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To impel, thrust, banish. A primitive root; to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively.">the strays,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2280.htm" title="2280: ’e·ḥĕ·ḇōš (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To bind, bind on, bind up. A primitive root; to wrap firmly; figuratively, to stop, to rule.">bind up</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: wə·lan·niš·be·reṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">the broken,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: ’ă·ḥaz·zêq (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">and strengthen</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2470.htm" title="2470: ha·ḥō·w·lāh (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence to be weak, sick, afflicted; or to grieve, make sick; also to stroke, entreat.">the weak;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8082.htm" title="8082: haš·šə·mê·nāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Greasy, gross, rich. From shaman; greasy, i.e. Gross; figuratively, rich.">but the sleek</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2389.htm" title="2389: ha·ḥă·zā·qāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Strong, stout, mighty. From chazaq; strong.">and strong</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: ’aš·mîḏ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">I will destroy.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: ’er·‘en·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs:: 3fse) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">I will shepherd them</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: ḇə·miš·pāṭ (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Judgment. ">with justice.’</a> 17This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/luke/19-10.htm">Luke 19:10</a> For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” <a href="/matthew/18-12.htm">Matthew 18:12-14</a> What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? / And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. / In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11-16</a> I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. / The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. / The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep. ... <a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a> He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes. <a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Jeremiah 23:3-4</a> Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply. / I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD. <a href="/psalms/23-1.htm">Psalm 23:1-3</a> A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. / He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. <a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a> When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. <a href="/john/10-27.htm">John 10:27-28</a> My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. / I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. <a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a> The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, <a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Jeremiah 31:10</a> Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock. <a href="/micah/4-6.htm">Micah 4:6-7</a> “On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted. / And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever. <a href="/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16</a> For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves. <a href="/1_peter/2-25.htm">1 Peter 2:25</a> For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. <a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Hebrews 13:20-21</a> Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, / equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. <a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Revelation 7:17</a> For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.seek that<a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Ezekiel 34:4,11</a> The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them… <a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a> He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.<a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1-3</a> The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; … but I<a href="/ezekiel/39-18.htm">Ezekiel 39:18</a> Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm">Deuteronomy 32:15</a> But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.<a href="/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17</a> Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.I will feed<a href="/isaiah/49-26.htm">Isaiah 49:26</a> And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.<a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Jeremiah 9:15</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.<a href="/jeremiah/10-24.htm">Jeremiah 10:24</a> O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-15.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-21.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Crippled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-13.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-12.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-15.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-15.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-15.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Injured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-19.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-19.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-27.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Search</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-15.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Sleek</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Strayed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Strays</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-25.htm">Strengthen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-21.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-53.htm">Theirs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-6.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-15.htm">Weak</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/34-27.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/daniel/3-20.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-27.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Crippled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-3.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-21.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-20.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-17.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Food</a> <a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Injured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-9.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-11.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-5.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-21.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-14.htm">Search</a> <a href="/daniel/2-18.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-23.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/daniel/8-27.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/genesis/41-2.htm">Sleek</a> <a href="/hosea/7-13.htm">Strayed</a> <a href="/hosea/11-12.htm">Strays</a> <a href="/daniel/7-18.htm">Strengthen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-15.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm">Theirs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/daniel/7-11.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-21.htm">Weak</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 34</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/34-1.htm">A reproof of the shepherds</a> 7. <a href="/ezekiel/34-7.htm">God's judgment against them</a> 11. <a href="/ezekiel/34-11.htm">His providence over his flock</a> 20. <a href="/ezekiel/34-20.htm">The kingdom of Christ</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It echoes the parable of the lost sheep in <a href="/luke/15-4.htm">Luke 15:4-7</a>, where the shepherd leaves the ninety-nine to find the one lost sheep. This demonstrates God's relentless love and desire for reconciliation with His people. Historically, Israel often strayed from God's commandments, and this promise reassures them of God's commitment to restore them.bring back the strays The imagery of bringing back strays highlights God's role as a shepherd who actively seeks to restore those who have wandered. In the context of Ezekiel, this refers to the Israelites who were exiled and scattered due to their disobedience. This action is a fulfillment of God's covenant promises, emphasizing His faithfulness despite Israel's unfaithfulness.bind up the broken Binding up the broken signifies healing and restoration. In ancient times, shepherds would tend to the wounds of their sheep, symbolizing care and compassion. This phrase can be connected to <a href="/psalms/147-3.htm">Psalm 147:3</a>, which speaks of God healing the brokenhearted. It points to God's restorative power and His concern for the well-being of His people.and strengthen the weak Strengthening the weak indicates God's empowerment and support for those who are vulnerable. This can be seen in <a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm">Isaiah 40:29-31</a>, where God gives strength to the weary. It reflects God's provision and sustenance, ensuring that His people are equipped to face challenges.but the sleek and strong I will destroy This phrase contrasts God's treatment of the humble and the proud. The "sleek and strong" represent those who are self-reliant and oppressive, often at the expense of others. In the context of Ezekiel, this could refer to corrupt leaders or nations that exploit the weak. God's justice involves bringing down the proud and exalting the humble, as seen in <a href="/james/4-6.htm">James 4:6</a>.I will shepherd them with justice. God's role as a shepherd is central to this passage, emphasizing His leadership and care. Shepherding with justice means ruling with fairness and righteousness, ensuring that all are treated equitably. This is a messianic prophecy pointing to Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, who embodies perfect justice and care for His flock, as seen in <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11-14</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet in the Old Testament, Ezekiel was called by God to deliver messages to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. His prophecies often included visions and symbolic actions. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lost_and_strays.htm">The Lost and Strays</a> These refer to the people of Israel who have wandered away from God's commandments and are spiritually lost. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_broken_and_weak.htm">The Broken and Weak</a> This group represents those who are suffering, either physically or spiritually, and are in need of healing and support. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_sleek_and_strong.htm">The Sleek and Strong</a> These are the individuals who are self-reliant and prideful, often neglecting their dependence on God. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god_as_shepherd.htm">God as Shepherd</a> This imagery portrays God as a caring and just shepherd who tends to His flock, ensuring their well-being and correcting those who are wayward.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_pursuit_of_the_lost.htm">God's Pursuit of the Lost</a> God actively seeks those who have strayed from His path, demonstrating His love and desire for reconciliation. <a href="/topical/h/healing_and_restoration.htm">Healing and Restoration</a> God is committed to healing the broken and strengthening the weak, offering hope and restoration to those in need. <a href="/topical/j/justice_and_accountability.htm">Justice and Accountability</a> While God is compassionate, He also holds the proud and self-sufficient accountable, ensuring justice within His flock. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_shepherd.htm">The Role of a Shepherd</a> As believers, we are called to emulate God's shepherding heart by caring for others, seeking the lost, and supporting the weak. <a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a> Recognize the danger of self-reliance and pride, and instead, cultivate a humble dependence on God's guidance and provision.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_34.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 34</a> <a href="/q/what_did_the_magi_observe_in_the_east.htm">What does 'One Shepherd and One Flock' mean?</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_lost_sheep_of_israel.htm">Who are the lost sheep of Israel?</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_'other_sheep'_in_john_10_16.htm">Who exactly are the 'other sheep' in John 10:16, and why is there no clear historical record identifying them?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_verify_ezekiel_34_2's_leaders.htm">Ezekiel 34:2 - How can we verify historically or archaeologically that corrupt leaders were truly the 'shepherds' described here?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) The fat and the strong.--While fatness is in general an emblem of prosperity, it is frequently used in Scripture, as here, for that prosperity which begets hardness of heart and forgetfulness of God. (See <a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm" title="But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: you are waxen fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.">Deuteronomy 32:15</a>; <a href="/acts/28-27.htm" title="For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.">Acts 28:27</a>, &c.)With judgment.--This does not mean, as the ambiguous sense of the English word might make it possible to suppose, with wisdom, but with righteousness and authority, as is plainly seen from the connection with the following verses.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - I will destroy the fat and the strong. What follows introduces another feature into the parable, and is hardly less than an anticipation of the great scene of judgment in <a href="/matthew/25-32.htm">Matthew 25:32</a>. The "fat and the strong," as contrasted with the "broken" and the "sick," are, when we interpret the Darable, the noble and wealthy who, under the kings of Judah, had been allowed to work their evil will upon the people. Of these he says that he will feed them with (better, in) judgment, that for them there must be the discipline of punishment. They too are his sheep, but they require a different treatment from the others. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will seek אֲבַקֵּשׁ֙ (’ă·ḇaq·qêš) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1245.htm">Strong's 1245: </a> To search out, to strive after the lost, הָאֹבֶ֤דֶת (hā·’ō·ḇe·ḏeṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> To wander away, lose oneself, to perish bring back אָשִׁ֔יב (’ā·šîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again the strays, הַנִּדַּ֣חַת (han·nid·da·ḥaṯ) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5080.htm">Strong's 5080: </a> To impel, thrust, banish bind up אֶחֱבֹ֔שׁ (’e·ḥĕ·ḇōš) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2280.htm">Strong's 2280: </a> To wrap firmly, to stop, to rule the broken, וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֣רֶת (wə·lan·niš·be·reṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> To break, break in pieces and strengthen אֲחַזֵּ֑ק (’ă·ḥaz·zêq) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer the weak; הַחוֹלָ֖ה (ha·ḥō·w·lāh) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2470.htm">Strong's 2470: </a> To be weak or sick but the sleek הַשְּׁמֵנָ֧ה (haš·šə·mê·nāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8082.htm">Strong's 8082: </a> Greasy, gross, rich and strong הַחֲזָקָ֛ה (ha·ḥă·zā·qāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2389.htm">Strong's 2389: </a> Strong, stout, mighty I will destroy. אַשְׁמִ֖יד (’aš·mîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> To be exterminated or destroyed I will shepherd them אֶרְעֶ֥נָּה (’er·‘en·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with with justice.’ בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (ḇə·miš·pāṭ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-16.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 34:16 I will seek that which was lost (Ezek. 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