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Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/34.htm">New Living Translation</a> Isn’t it enough for you to keep the best of the pastures for yourselves? Must you also trample down the rest? Isn’t it enough for you to drink clear water for yourselves? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? <a href="/esv/ezekiel/34.htm">English Standard Version</a> Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet? <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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? <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/34.htm">King James Bible</a> Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/34.htm">New King James Version</a> Is it too little for you to have eaten up the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture—and to have drunk of the clear waters, that you must foul the residue with your feet? <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Is it too little a thing for you to feed in the good pasture, that you must trample with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or too little for you to drink the clear waters, that you must muddy the rest with your feet? <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/34.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216Is it too slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet? <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Is it too slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet? <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Is it too slight a thing for you that you should be shepherded in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet? <a href="/amp/ezekiel/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Is it too little a thing for you that you [unrighteous ones who are well-fed] feed in the best pasture, yet you must trample down with your feet [of wickedness] the rest of your pastures? Or that you drink clear [still] water, yet you must muddy with your feet [of wickedness] the rest [of the water]? <a href="/csb/ezekiel/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Isn’t it enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Or isn’t it enough that you drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Isn&#8217t it enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Or isn&#8217t it enough that you drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? <a href="/asv/ezekiel/34.htm">American Standard Version</a> Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? <a href="/cev/ezekiel/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Some of you eat the greenest grass, then trample down what's left when you finish. Others drink clean water, then step in the water to make the rest of it muddy. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/34.htm">English Revised Version</a> Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Isn't it enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? You drink clean water. Must you muddy the rest of the water with your feet? <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/34.htm">Good News Translation</a> Some of you are not satisfied with eating the best grass; you even trample down what you don't eat! You drink the clear water and muddy what you don't drink! <a href="/isv/ezekiel/34.htm">International Standard Version</a> Is it such an insignificant thing to you that you're feeding in good pastures but trampling down the other pastures with your feet? Or that as you're drinking from the clear streams you're muddying the rest with your feet? <a href="/net/ezekiel/34.htm">NET Bible</a> Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? When you drink clean water, must you muddy the rest of the water by trampling it with your feet? <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet? <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Seemeth it a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drank of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/ezekiel/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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? <a href="/web/ezekiel/34.htm">World English Bible</a> Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but must you foul the residue with your feet? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Is it a little thing for you—[that] you enjoy the good pasture, "" And tread down the remnant of your pasture with your feet, "" And drink a depth of waters, "" And trample the remainder with your feet, <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Is it a little thing for you -- the good pasture ye enjoy, And the remnant of your pasture ye tread down with your feet, And a depth of waters ye do drink, And the remainder with your feet ye trample, <a href="/slt/ezekiel/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Is it small for you ye will feed the good pasture, and the remainder of your pastures ye will tread down with your feet? and ye will drink front the settled waters and that being left they will tread with your feet.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures? but you must also tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures: and when you drank the dearest water, you troubled the rest with your feet. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures? For you even trample with your feet upon the remainder of your pastures. And when you drank the purist water, you disturbed the remainder with your feet. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/34.htm">New American Bible</a> Was it not enough for you to graze on the best pasture, that you had to trample the rest of your pastures with your hooves? Or to drink the clearest water, that you had to pollute the rest with your hooves? <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture? When you drink of clear water, must you foul the rest with your feet?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Is it not enough for you, O shepherds, to feed on good pastures, but you must tread down under your feet the rest of your pasture? And to have drunk water, but you must foul with your feet that which is left? <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Is the good pasture not enough for you, Shepherds, which you graze, and the rest of your pasture you tread on with your feet, and you drink water, and the rest that are left you are troubling with your feet?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the settled waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? <a href="/sep/ezekiel/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And is it not enough for you that ye fed on the good pasture, that ye trampled with your feet the remnant of your pasture? and that ye drank the standing water, that ye disturbed the residue with your feet? <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/34-18.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=10138" 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> …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. 18<a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592: ham·‘aṭ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- A little, fewness, a few. Or miat; from ma'at; a little or few.">Is it not enough</a> <a href="/hebrew/mik·kem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: tir·‘ū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">you to feed on</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: haṭ·ṭō·wḇ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">the good</a> <a href="/hebrew/4829.htm" title="4829: ham·mir·‘eh (Art:: N-ms) -- A pasturage, pasture. From ra'ah in the sense of feeding; pasture; also the haunt of wild animals.">pasture?</a> <a href="/hebrew/7429.htm" title="7429: tir·mə·sū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To trample. A primitive root; to tread upon.">Must you also trample</a> <a href="/hebrew/3499.htm" title="3499: wə·ye·ṯer (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- From yathar; properly, an overhanging, i.e. an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope.">the rest</a> <a href="/hebrew/4829.htm" title="4829: mir·‘ê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A pasturage, pasture. From ra'ah in the sense of feeding; pasture; also the haunt of wild animals.">of the pasture</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: bə·raḡ·lê·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 2mp) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">with your feet?</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: tiš·tū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">Is it not enough for you to drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4950.htm" title="4950: ū·miš·qa‘- (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- What is settled or clarified. From shaqa'; a settling place, i.e. A pond.">the clear</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">waters?</a> <a href="/hebrew/7515.htm" title="7515: tir·pō·śūn (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp:: Pn) -- To trample, roil water. A primitive root; to trample, i.e. Roil water.">Must you also muddy</a> <a href="/hebrew/3498.htm" title="3498: han·nō·w·ṯā·rîm (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve.">the rest</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: bə·raḡ·lê·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 2mp) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">with your feet?</a> 19Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’…<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="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-2</a> “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. <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11-12</a> 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: / “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!” <a href="/zechariah/11-15.htm">Zechariah 11:15-17</a> 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!” <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6-7</a> 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.’ <a href="/micah/3-1.htm">Micah 3:1-3</a> 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.” <a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13-15</a> 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. <a href="/john/10-12.htm">John 10:12-13</a> 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="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a> Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” <a href="/luke/11-52.htm">Luke 11:52</a> Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.” <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12</a> These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted. <a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a> Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. <a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Acts 20:29-30</a> 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. <a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">1 Peter 5:2-3</a> 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. <a href="/1_timothy/6-3.htm">1 Timothy 6:3-5</a> If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, / he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions, / and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Seems it a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?a small<a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Ezekiel 16:20,47</a> Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, … <a href="/genesis/30-15.htm">Genesis 30:15</a> And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.<a href="/numbers/16-9.htm">Numbers 16:9,13</a> Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? … to have<a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2,3</a> Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? … <a href="/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2</a> And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.bread<a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Ezekiel 32:2</a> Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.<a href="/matthew/15-6.htm">Matthew 15:6-9</a> And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition… <a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13</a> But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/33-33.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-14.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-4.htm">Drank</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-6.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-4.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-21.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-8.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Foul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Good</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-13.htm">Muddy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Pasture</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Pastures</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-25.htm">Residue</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-5.htm">Seemeth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-5.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-13.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Slight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-15.htm">Small</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-6.htm">Water</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-14.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/35-11.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/daniel/1-5.htm">Drank</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-19.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-19.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-6.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-23.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Foul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Good</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Muddy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-31.htm">Pasture</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-15.htm">Pastures</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-3.htm">Residue</a> <a href="/luke/8-18.htm">Seemeth</a> <a href="/daniel/1-13.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-22.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-11.htm">Slight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-14.htm">Small</a> <a href="/daniel/7-23.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Water</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-2.htm">Waters</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'; </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? This phrase addresses the leaders of Israel, often symbolized as shepherds, who have been given abundant resources and blessings. The "good pasture" represents the spiritual and material blessings provided by God. In biblical context, pastures are often used as metaphors for God's provision (<a href="/psalms/23-2.htm">Psalm 23:2</a>). The rhetorical question implies that the leaders' greed and selfishness are excessive, as they exploit these blessings without regard for others. This reflects a broader biblical theme of stewardship and responsibility (<a href="/luke/12-48.htm">Luke 12:48</a>).Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Here, the imagery shifts to the destructive actions of the leaders. By trampling the pasture, they ruin what could have been beneficial for others. This act symbolizes the corruption and oppression that result from their leadership. The trampling suggests a lack of care for the community, echoing the prophetic calls for justice and righteousness (<a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8</a>). The leaders' actions not only deprive others but also spoil the potential for future growth and sustenance.Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? The "clear waters" symbolize purity and the life-giving sustenance provided by God. Water is a recurring biblical symbol for life and spiritual refreshment (<a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a>). The leaders have access to these pure resources, yet their actions suggest a disregard for the sanctity and value of what they have been given. This phrase challenges the leaders to recognize the sufficiency of God's provision and to act with gratitude and responsibility.Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? Muddying the waters represents the leaders' corruption and the resulting confusion and disorder they cause. This imagery highlights the impact of their actions on the community, as they make it difficult for others to access the same purity and clarity. The act of muddying reflects a broader biblical theme of sin and its consequences, as seen in the disruption of God's intended order (Genesis 3). This phrase calls for repentance and a return to righteous leadership, aligning with prophetic calls for renewal and restoration (<a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/s/shepherds_of_israel.htm">Shepherds of Israel</a> Symbolic of the leaders of Israel, who were responsible for the spiritual and physical well-being of the people but failed in their duties. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_flock.htm">The Flock</a> Represents the people of Israel, who suffered due to the negligence and selfishness of their leaders. 4. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a> The historical context in which Ezekiel prophesied, a time of judgment and reflection for the Israelites. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a> The divine response to the failure of the leaders, emphasizing accountability and justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/responsibility_of_leadership.htm">Responsibility of Leadership</a> Leaders are accountable to God for how they care for those under their charge. They must not exploit or neglect their responsibilities. <a href="/topical/i/impact_of_selfishness.htm">Impact of Selfishness</a> Selfish actions can harm others, as seen in the metaphor of trampling the pasture and muddying the water. Consider how personal actions affect the community. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_righteousness.htm">Call to Righteousness</a> God desires leaders who act justly and care for the well-being of others, reflecting His character. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Nourishment</a> Just as physical nourishment is essential, spiritual nourishment is vital for the health of the community. Leaders should ensure that they provide clear and untainted spiritual guidance. <a href="/topical/a/accountability_and_judgment.htm">Accountability and Judgment</a> God holds leaders accountable for their actions, and there will be consequences for neglect and abuse of power.<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/who_was_og,_king_of_bashan.htm">Who was Og, King of Bashan?</a> <a href="/q/does_matthew_18_12-14_defy_shepherd_norms.htm">Matthew 18:12-14 - Does the parable of leaving ninety-nine sheep for one contradict practical shepherding and ancient Near Eastern practices?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_95_7-11_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">If Psalm 95:7-11 portrays God's long-term wrath on an entire generation, how does that reconcile with passages emphasizing God's mercy (e.g., Exodus 34:6)?</a> <a href="/q/what's_anointing's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What qualities define a good shepherd in scripture?</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>(18) Tread down . . . foul the residue.--The charge against them is that they not only first supplied and took care of themselves, but with careless insolence destroyed what should have been for others. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Is it not enough הַמְעַ֣ט (ham·‘aṭ) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4592.htm">Strong's 4592: </a> A little, fewness, a few for מִכֶּ֗ם (mik·kem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of you to feed on תִּרְע֔וּ (tir·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with the good הַטּוֹב֙ (haṭ·ṭō·wḇ) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> Pleasant, agreeable, good pasture? הַמִּרְעֶ֤ה (ham·mir·‘eh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4829.htm">Strong's 4829: </a> Pasture, the haunt of wild animals Must you also trample תִּרְמְס֖וּ (tir·mə·sū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7429.htm">Strong's 7429: </a> To tread upon the rest וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ (wə·ye·ṯer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3499.htm">Strong's 3499: </a> An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope of the pasture מִרְעֵיכֶ֔ם (mir·‘ê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4829.htm">Strong's 4829: </a> Pasture, the haunt of wild animals with your feet? בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם (bə·raḡ·lê·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> A foot, a step, the pudenda Is not it enough for you to drink תִּשְׁתּ֔וּ (tiš·tū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe the clear וּמִשְׁקַע־ (ū·miš·qa‘-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4950.htm">Strong's 4950: </a> What is settled or clarified water? מַ֣יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen Must you also muddy תִּרְפֹּשֽׂוּן׃ (tir·pō·śūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7515.htm">Strong's 7515: </a> To trample, roil water the rest הַנּ֣וֹתָרִ֔ים (han·nō·w·ṯā·rîm) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve with your feet? בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֖ם (bə·raḡ·lê·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> A foot, a step, the pudenda <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-18.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 34:18 Seems it a small thing to you (Ezek. 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