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Behold, I, <i>even</i> I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/34.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘For thus says the Lord GOD: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the Lord GOD says this: “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and look after them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/34.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord GOD, &#8220Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I Myself will seek My sheep and care for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘For this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I myself will search for my flock and look for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I Myself will search for My flock and look for them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/34.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD God then said: I will look for my sheep and take care of them myself, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/34.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: I will search for my sheep myself, and I will look after them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/34.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"I, the Sovereign LORD, tell you that I myself will look for my sheep and take care of them <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/34.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is what the LORD says: 'Watch me! I'm going to search for my flock. I'll watch over them myself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: ?Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/34.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'For this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'For thus says the Lord GOD: "Look, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/34.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘For the Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I—even I, have required My flock, "" And I have sought it out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I -- even I, have required My flock, And I have sought it out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me. I also sought my sheep, and I searched them out.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will seek my sheep, and I myself will visit them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/34.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord GOD: Look! I myself will search for my sheep and examine them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD God: Behold, I, even I, will search for my sheep and seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: ‘Behold, I seek my sheep and I care for them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, here am I, and I will search for My sheep, and seek them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will seek out my sheep, and will visit them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/34-11.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=10053" 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">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nî- (Interjection:: 1cs) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">‘Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I Myself</a> <a href="/hebrew/1875.htm" title="1875: wə·ḏā·raš·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow; by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship.">will search for</a> <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/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣō·nî (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.">My flock</a> <a href="/hebrew/1239.htm" title="1239: ū·ḇiq·qar·tîm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To inquire, seek. A primitive root; properly, to plough, or break forth, i.e. to inspect, admire, care for, consider.">and seek them out.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.…<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="/john/10-14.htm">John 10:14-16</a></span><br />I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me, / just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. / I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one 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="/matthew/18-12.htm">Matthew 18:12-14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a></span><br />I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/23-1.htm">Psalm 23:1-4</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Jeremiah 23:3-4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a></span><br />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.<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="/john/10-27.htm">John 10:27-28</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Hebrews 13:20</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-25.htm">1 Peter 2:25</a></span><br />For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Revelation 7:17</a></span><br />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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-4.htm">Micah 5:4</a></span><br />He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2</a></span><br />For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Jeremiah 31:10</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.</p><p class="hdg">I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/5-8.htm">Ezekiel 5:8</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, <i>am</i> against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/6-3.htm">Ezekiel 6:3</a></b></br> And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, <i>even</i> I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Genesis 6:17</a></b></br> And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein <i>is</i> the breath of life, from under heaven; <i>and</i> every thing that <i>is</i> in the earth shall die.</p><p class="hdg">search</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/23-1.htm">Psalm 23:1-3</a></b></br> A Psalm of David. The LORD <i>is</i> my shepherd; I shall not want… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/80-1.htm">Psalm 80:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon ShoshannimEduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest <i>between</i> the cherubims, shine forth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-176.htm">Psalm 119:176</a></b></br> I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/34-10.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-12.htm">Required</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-8.htm">Search</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm">Searching</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-6.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-10.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-6.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-25.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-4.htm">Tend</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-37.htm">Required</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Search</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Searching</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/daniel/1-8.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-15.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Tend</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>For this is what the Lord GOD says:</b><br>This phrase introduces a direct declaration from God, emphasizing the authority and certainty of the message. In the context of Ezekiel, God often speaks directly to His people through the prophet, underscoring the importance of the message. The use of "Lord GOD" (Adonai Yahweh) highlights both His sovereignty and covenant relationship with Israel.<p><b>Behold, I Myself will search for My flock:</b><br>The imagery of God as a shepherd is prevalent throughout the Bible, notably in <a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23</a> and <a href="/john/10.htm">John 10</a>. Here, God promises personal involvement in seeking His people, contrasting with the negligent shepherds (leaders) criticized earlier in the chapter. This reflects God's intimate care and commitment to His covenant people, Israel, who are often depicted as sheep in need of guidance and protection.<p><b>and seek them out:</b><br>This phrase indicates a proactive and intentional effort by God to find His scattered people. Historically, this refers to the Israelites who were exiled and dispersed due to their disobedience and the failure of their leaders. Theologically, it foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, who seeks and saves the lost (<a href="/luke/19-10.htm">Luke 19:10</a>). This also connects to the prophetic promise of restoration and regathering of Israel, as seen in passages like <a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Jeremiah 31:10</a> and <a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The sovereign and covenant-keeping God of Israel, who speaks directly through the prophet Ezekiel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flock.htm">The Flock (Israel)</a></b><br>Represents the people of Israel, often depicted as sheep in need of guidance and care.<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 failed in their duty to care for the people, prompting God to intervene.<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 of judgment and hope for restoration for Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_personal_involvement.htm">God's Personal Involvement</a></b><br>God Himself takes the initiative to seek and care for His people, demonstrating His deep love and commitment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_shepherding.htm">Divine Shepherding</a></b><br>Unlike human leaders who may fail, God is the perfect Shepherd who knows and meets the needs of His flock.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>In times of spiritual exile or wandering, God promises to restore and gather His people back to Himself.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responsibility_of_leaders.htm">Responsibility of Leaders</a></b><br>Spiritual leaders are called to reflect God's shepherding heart, caring for and guiding those entrusted to them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Even when human leaders fail, God's faithfulness remains, and He will fulfill His promises to His people.<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/ezekiel_34_11-12__metaphor_or_science.htm">Ezekiel 34:11–12 – Is there any scientific or natural explanation for God personally gathering scattered people, or is this purely metaphorical? </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/what_defines_a_good_shepherd_in_scripture.htm">What qualities define a good shepherd in scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_the_magi_observe_in_the_east.htm">What does 'One Shepherd and One Flock' mean?</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>(11) <span class= "bld">Behold, I, even I.--</span>The rich promises of the following verses are all essentially contained in this, that Jehovah Himself will be the Shepherd of His flock. It is the same assurance as that given by the Saviour in John 10, and here, as there, must necessarily be understood spiritually. In the following verses many promises are given of an earthly and temporary character, and these were fulfilled partly in the. restoration from exile, partly in the glorious deliverance of the Church from its foes under the Maccabees. But these deliverances themselves were but types of the more glorious Messianic deliverance of the future, and necessary means whereby it was secured. The promise of that deliverance could only be brought at all within the comprehension of the people by setting it forth in earthly language, just as even now it is impossible for us to understand the glories of the Church triumphant, except by the aid of the sensible images in which Scripture has portrayed them. Far less was it possible to this people, so much behind us in spiritual education and enlightenment.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Behold, I, even I</span>, etc. The words, as the last reference shows, and as we find in vers. 23-31, do not exclude, rather they imply, human instrumentality, just us our Lord's do in <a href="/matthew/18-12.htm">Matthew 18:12</a> and <a href="/luke/15-4.htm">Luke 15:4-7</a>; but they reveal the truth that Jehovah is the true Shepherd of his people. Not the sweet psalmist of Israel only, but the lowest outcast, might use the language of <a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23</a>, and say, "The Lord is my Shepherd." He will gather the sheep that have been scattered in the "cloudy and dark day," the day of the Lord's judgment (<a href="/ezekiel/30-3.htm">Ezekiel 30:3</a>). For the prophet the words pointed to that vision of a restored Israel, which was dominant in the expectations both of Isaiah (or the Deutero-Isaiah) in <a href="/ezekiel/40.htm">Ezekiel 40-48</a>, and in Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/33-12.htm">Jeremiah 33:12-18</a>), which floated before the minds of the apostles (<a href="/acts/1-6.htm">Acts 1:6</a>), and to which even St. Paul looked forward as the solution of the great problems of the world's history (<a href="/romans/9.htm">Romans 9-11</a>.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/34-11.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">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנְנִי־</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I Myself</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֕נִי</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will search for</span><br /><span class="heb">וְדָרַשְׁתִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḏā·raš·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1875.htm">Strong's 1875: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My flock</span><br /><span class="heb">צֹאנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ṣō·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">and seek them out.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבִקַּרְתִּֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇiq·qar·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1239.htm">Strong's 1239: </a> </span><span class="str2">To plough, break forth, to inspect, admire, care for, consider</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/34-11.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 34:11 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold (Ezek. 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