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and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/34.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And <i>as for</i> My flock, they eat what you have trampled with your feet, and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But as for My flock, they must eat what you trample with your feet, and drink what you muddy with your feet!’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/34.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And as for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet, and they must drink what you foul with your feet!’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As for My flock, they must <i>be</i> shepherded on what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As for My flock (the righteous), they must feed on what you trample with your feet and drink what you muddy with your feet!’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet my flock has to feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet My flock has to feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/34.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />That means my other sheep have nothing fit to eat or drink. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/34.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Must my sheep eat what your feet have trampled and drink what your feet have muddied?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/34.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />My other sheep have to eat the grass you trample down and drink the water you muddy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/34.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />My flock is grazing on what you've been treading down with your feet and they're drinking what you've been making muddy with your feet!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/34.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/34.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And My flock consumes the trodden thing of your feet, "" And drinks the trampled thing of your feet?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And My flock the trodden thing of your feet consumeth, And the trampled thing of your feet drinketh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And my sheep will feed of the trodden down of your feet; and they will drink of the treading of your feet.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And my sheep were fed with that which you had trodden with your feet: and they drank what your feet had troubled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And my sheep were pastured from what you had trampled with your feet, and they drank from what your feet had disturbed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/34.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus my flock had to graze on what your hooves had trampled and drink what your hooves had polluted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have fouled with your feet?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And as for my flock, they feed on that which you have trodden; and they drink that which you have fouled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And my sheep graze the treading of your feet and drink the waters that your feet stirred up<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And as for My sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So my sheep fed on that which ye had trampled with your feet; and they drank the water that had been disturbed by your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10153" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/34.htm">The Good Shepherd</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: wə·ṣō·nî (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">Why must My flock</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: tir·‘e·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">feed on</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lê·ḵem (N-fdc:: 2mp) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">what your feet</a> <a href="/hebrew/4823.htm" title="4823: mir·mas (N-msc) -- Trampling place, trampling. From ramac; abasement.">have trampled,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: tiš·te·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">and drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lê·ḵem (N-fdc:: 2mp) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">what your feet</a> <a href="/hebrew/4833.htm" title="4833: ū·mir·paś (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- (water) befouled. From raphas; muddled water.">have muddied?’</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-4</a></span><br />“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD. / Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD. / 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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13-15</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11-16</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm">Isaiah 56:9-12</a></span><br />Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest. / Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. / Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-15.htm">Zechariah 11:15-17</a></span><br />And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. / 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. / Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a></span><br />When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-4.htm">Luke 15:4-7</a></span><br />“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? / And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, / comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6-7</a></span><br />My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place. / All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">1 Peter 5:2-4</a></span><br />Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness; / not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. / And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-6.htm">Matthew 18:6-7</a></span><br />But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. / Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-1.htm">Micah 3:1-3</a></span><br />Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? / You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. / You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-28.htm">Acts 20:28-30</a></span><br />Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. / I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-3.htm">Zephaniah 3:3-4</a></span><br />Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. / Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-41.htm">Matthew 25:41-46</a></span><br />Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. / For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink, / I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after Me.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Jeremiah 10:21</a></span><br />For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And as for my flock, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.</p><p class="hdg">no reference listed for this verse </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/15-4.htm">Consumeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">Dirty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-26.htm">Drinketh</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-3.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-17.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Foul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Fouled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-13.htm">Muddied</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-17.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Stamped</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-16.htm">Trampled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/7-23.htm">Consumeth</a> <a href="/james/1-21.htm">Dirty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/mark/2-16.htm">Drinketh</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-23.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-22.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-23.htm">Food</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Foul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Fouled</a> <a href="/daniel/4-15.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-26.htm">Muddied</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-20.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/daniel/6-17.htm">Stamped</a> <a href="/daniel/8-7.htm">Trampled</a> <a href="/daniel/7-23.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/daniel/8-13.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 34</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/34-1.htm">A reproof of the shepherds</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/34-7.htm">God's judgment against them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/34-11.htm">His providence over his flock</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/34-20.htm">The kingdom of Christ</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/34.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/34.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled</b><br>This phrase highlights the injustice and neglect by the leaders of Israel, who are metaphorically described as shepherds. In biblical context, shepherds were responsible for the care and guidance of their flock, symbolizing the leaders' duty to care for the people. The imagery of trampling suggests a disregard for the well-being of the flock, as the leaders have selfishly consumed the best resources, leaving the people with what is damaged and unfit. This reflects a broader biblical theme of God’s concern for justice and care for the oppressed, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a> and <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>. The shepherd imagery is also a type of Christ, who is the Good Shepherd (<a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>), contrasting with the negligent leaders.<p><b>and drink what your feet have muddied?</b><br>The act of muddying the water symbolizes further corruption and pollution by the leaders, making what should be life-giving and pure into something harmful and undrinkable. Water is often a symbol of life and purity in the Bible, as seen in <a href="/psalms/23-2.htm">Psalm 23:2</a> and <a href="/revelation/22.htm">Revelation 22:1</a>. The leaders' actions have tainted what was meant to sustain the people, reflecting a failure to provide spiritual nourishment and guidance. This phrase underscores the need for righteous leadership and foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, who offers living water (<a href="/john/4-10.htm">John 4:10</a>) and restores what has been corrupted. The prophetic critique here aligns with other biblical calls for repentance and renewal, such as in <a href="/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Jeremiah 3:15</a>, where God promises to give shepherds after His own heart.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the author of the book and serves as God's mouthpiece to the Israelites, delivering messages of judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this passage, expressing His concern and anger over the mistreatment of His people by their leaders.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flock.htm">The Flock</a></b><br>Symbolic of the people of Israel, who are being neglected and mistreated by their leaders, represented as sheep in this metaphor.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/shepherds_of_israel.htm">Shepherds of Israel</a></b><br>The leaders and rulers of Israel, who are criticized for their failure to care for the people, allowing them to suffer and be exploited.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context in which Ezekiel prophesied, a time when the Israelites were in captivity and their leadership was in disarray.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_responsibility_of_leadership.htm">The Responsibility of Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders are accountable to God for how they treat those under their care. They must not exploit or neglect their responsibilities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_care_for_his_people.htm">God's Care for His People</a></b><br>God is deeply concerned about the well-being of His people and will intervene when they are mistreated.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_negligence.htm">The Consequences of Negligence</a></b><br>Neglecting one's duties, especially in leadership, leads to spiritual and physical harm to those who depend on them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_righteousness.htm">The Call to Righteousness</a></b><br>Believers are called to live righteously and ensure that their actions do not harm others, reflecting God's justice and care.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_divine_intervention.htm">Hope in Divine Intervention</a></b><br>Even when human leaders fail, God promises to step in and provide for His people, offering hope and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_34.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 34</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_role_of_the_good_shepherd.htm">What is the role of the Good Shepherd?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_external_records_of_ezekiel_34.htm">Ezekiel 34 - Why didn't contemporary historical records outside the Bible mention this supposed divine intervention in Israel's leadership crisis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_malachi_4_3's_fulfillment.htm">Has there been any historical or archaeological evidence to support the fulfillment of Malachi 4:3, where the righteous literally tread on the ashes of the wicked?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_jesus'_descent_mean.htm">What does 'ablution' mean in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Why must My flock</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצֹאנִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣō·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">feed on</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּרְעֶ֔ינָה</span> <span class="translit">(tir·‘e·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what your feet</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have trampled,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִרְמַ֤ס</span> <span class="translit">(mir·mas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4823.htm">Strong's 4823: </a> </span><span class="str2">Trampling place, trampling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and drink</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׁתֶּֽינָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·te·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> </span><span class="str2">To imbibe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what your feet</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלֵיכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have muddied?’</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִרְפַּ֥שׂ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mir·paś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4833.htm">Strong's 4833: </a> </span><span class="str2">(water) befouled</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 34:19 As for my sheep they eat that (Ezek. 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