Ezekiel 34:3
What does Ezekiel 34:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 34:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You ate the milk, and you clothed yourselves with the wool, and you killed that which was fat: but my flock you did not feed.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; ye kill them that are fattened: [but] ye feed not the flock.
Context
v.2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?
v.3This passage
v.4The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.
- Isaiah 56:11
Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
- 1 Kings 21:13
And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
- Ezekiel 19:3
And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
- Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
- Zechariah 11:16
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
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