Ezekiel 34:22
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
KJV
salvabo gregem meum, et non erit ultra in rapinam, et judicabo inter pecus et pecus.
Vulgate
καὶ σώσω τὰ πρόβατά μου, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὦσιν ἔτι εἰς προνομήν, καὶ κρινῶ ἀνὰ μέσον κριοῦ πρὸς κριόν.
LXX
therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
ASV
וְ/הוֹשַׁעְתִּ֣י לְ/צֹאנִ֔/י וְ/לֹֽא תִהְיֶ֥ינָה ע֖וֹד לָ/בַ֑ז וְ/שָׁ֣פַטְתִּ֔י בֵּ֥ין שֶׂ֖ה לָ/שֶֽׂה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בַֽז
bz
noun · 25×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×
שֶׂ֖ה
shh
noun · 45×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§754"The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which God himself foretold that he would be the shepherd, and whose sheep, even though governed by human shepherds, are unfailingly nourished and led by Christ himself, the Good Shepherd and Prince of Shepherds, who gave his life for his sheep.146
Cross-references
- Ezek 34:10 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any
- Jer 23:2 — Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil
- Mic 5:4 — And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
- Ps 72:12 — For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
- Rom 11:26 — And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
- Zech 9:16 — And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.