Ezekiel 34:4
The 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 again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
KJV
Quod infirmum fuit non consolidastis, et quod ægrotum non sanastis : quod confractum est non alligastis, et quod abjectum est non reduxistis, et quod perierat non quæsistis : sed cum austeritate imperabatis eis, et cum potentia.
Vulgate
τὸ ἠσθενηκὸς οὐκ ἐνισχύσατε, καὶ τὸ κακῶς ἔχον οὐκ ἐσωματοποιήσατε, καὶ τὸ συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεδήσατε, καὶ τὸ πλανώμενον οὐκ ἀπεστρέψατε, καὶ τὸ ἀπολωλὸς οὐκ ἐζητήσατε, καὶ τὸ ἰσχυρὸν κατειργάσασθε μόχθῳ.
LXX
The 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.
ASV
אֶֽת הַ/נַּחְלוֹת֩ לֹ֨א חִזַּקְתֶּ֜ם וְ/אֶת הַ/חוֹלָ֣ה לֹֽא רִפֵּאתֶ֗ם וְ/לַ/נִּשְׁבֶּ֨רֶת֙ לֹ֣א חֲבַשְׁתֶּ֔ם וְ/אֶת הַ/נִּדַּ֨חַת֙ לֹ֣א הֲשֵׁבֹתֶ֔ם וְ/אֶת הָ/אֹבֶ֖דֶת לֹ֣א בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֑ם וּ/בְ/חָזְקָ֛ה רְדִיתֶ֥ם אֹתָ֖/ם וּ/בְ/פָֽרֶךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. A great matter, beloved, a great matter it is to preside over a Church: a matter needing wisdom and courage as great as that of which Christ speaks, that a man should lay down his life for the sheep, and never leave them deserted or naked; that he should stand against the wolf nobly. For in this the shepherd differs from the hireling; the one always looks to his own safety, …
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 22:17 — And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
- 1Pet 5:2 — Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
- 1Pet 5:3 — Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
- 2Cor 1:24 — Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
- Exod 1:13 — And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
- Ezek 34:16 — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong;
- Ezek 34:16 — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong;
- Heb 12:12 — Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
- Isa 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
- Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
- Jas 5:19 — Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
- Jer 8:22 — Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
- Jer 50:6 — My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace
- Job 13:4 — But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
- Lev 25:43 — Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
- Luke 15:24 — For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
- Matt 9:36 — But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
- Matt 10:6 — But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Matt 18:12 — How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
- Matt 24:49 — And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
- Matt 25:36 — Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
- Rev 13:14 — And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to
- Rev 17:5 — And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- Rom 14:1 — Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
- Zech 11:15 — And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.