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Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Ezekiel 34:19

'As for My flock (the righteous), they must feed on what you trample with your feet and drink what you muddy with your feet!'"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   The Topic Concordance - Following;   God;   Jesus Christ;   Shepherds/pastors;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hospitality;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Shepherd;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cattle;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Pastor;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yet my flock has to feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied.
Hebrew Names Version
As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
King James Version
And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
English Standard Version
And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
New American Standard Bible
'But as for My flock, they must eat what you trample with your feet, and drink what you muddy with your feet!'"
New Century Version
Must my flock eat what you crush, and must they drink what you make muddy with your feet?
Geneva Bible (1587)
And my sheepe eate that which yee haue troden with your feete, and drinke that which ye haue troubled with your feete.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!'"
Legacy Standard Bible
As for My flock, they must be shepherded on what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!'"
Berean Standard Bible
Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?'
Contemporary English Version
That means my other sheep have nothing fit to eat or drink.
Complete Jewish Bible
So now my sheep eat what you have trampled with your feet and drink water fouled by your feet.'
Darby Translation
And my sheep have to eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and to drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
Easy-to-Read Version
My flock must eat the grass you crushed with your feet, and they must drink the water you stir with your feet!"
George Lamsa Translation
And as for my flock, they feed on that which you have trodden; and they drink that which you have fouled.
Good News Translation
My other sheep have to eat the grass you trample down and drink the water you muddy.
Lexham English Bible
And my flock must graze the pasture treaded upon by your feet, and must drink the mud puddle stirred up by your feet."
Literal Translation
And My sheep, what your feet have trampled, they must feed on, and they drink what your feet have fouled.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus my shepe must be fayne to eate ye thinge, that ye haue troden downe with yor fete, and to drynke it, that ye with youre fete haue defyled.
American Standard Version
And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
Bible in Basic English
And as for my sheep, their food is the grass which has been stamped on by your feet, and their drink the water which has been made dirty by your feet.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And as for My sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
King James Version (1611)
And as for my flocke, they eate that which yee haue troden with your feete: and they drinke that which yee haue fouled with your feete.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus my sheepe must be faine to eate the thing that ye haue troden downe with your feete, and to drinke it that ye with your feete haue defiled.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So my sheep fed on that which ye had trampled with your feet; and they drank the water that had been disturbed by your feet.
English Revised Version
And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
World English Bible
As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And my scheep weren fed with tho thingis that weren defoulid with youre feet; and thei drunken these thingis, that youre feet hadden troblid.
Update Bible Version
And as for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
Webster's Bible Translation
And [as for] my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
New English Translation
As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!
New King James Version
And as for My flock, they eat what you have trampled with your feet, and they drink what you have fouled with your feet."
New Living Translation
Why must my flock eat what you have trampled down and drink water you have fouled?
New Life Bible
Must My flock eat what you have crushed with your feet, and drink what you have made dirty with your feet?'"
New Revised Standard
And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have fouled with your feet?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And my flock On what hath been trampled down by your feet, may feed, And of what hath been fouled by your feet, may drink? O
Douay-Rheims Bible
And my sheep were fed with that which you had trodden with your feet: and they drank what your feet had troubled.
Revised Standard Version
And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have fouled with your feet?
Young's Literal Translation
And My flock the trodden thing of your feet consumeth, And the trampled thing of your feet drinketh?

Contextual Overview

17"And as for you, My flock, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats [between the righteous and the unrighteous]. 18'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]? 19'As for My flock (the righteous), they must feed on what you trample with your feet and drink what you muddy with your feet!'"20Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them, "Behold, I Myself will judge between the [well-fed] fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21"Because you push with side and shoulder, and gore with your horns all those that have become weak and sick until you have scattered them away, 22therefore, I will rescue My flock, and they shall no longer be prey; and I will judge between one sheep [ungodly] and another [godly]. 23"Then I will appoint over them one shepherd and he will feed them, [a ruler like] My servant David; he will feed them and be their shepherd. 24"And I the LORD will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken. 25"I will make a covenant of peace with them and will eliminate the predatory animals from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep [safely] in the woods. 26"I will make them and the places around My hill (Jerusalem, Zion) a blessing. And I will make showers come down in their season; there will be [abundant] showers of blessing (divine favor).

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Ezekiel 20:41 - I bring Zechariah 11:5 - and their

Cross-References

Genesis 29:20
So Jacob served [Laban] for seven years for [the right to marry] Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
Genesis 34:3
But his soul longed for and clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke comfortingly to her young heart's wishes.
Genesis 34:5
Now Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled (violated) Dinah his daughter; but his sons were in the field with his livestock, so Jacob said nothing until they came in.
Genesis 34:8
But Hamor conferred with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem [deeply] longs for your daughter [and sister]. Please give her to him as his wife.
Genesis 34:9
"And [beyond that] intermarry with us; give your daughters to us [as wives] and take our daughters for yourselves.
Genesis 41:20
"And the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
Numbers 22:15
Then Balak again sent leaders, more numerous and [men who were] more distinguished than the first ones.
1 Samuel 22:14
Then Ahimelech answered the king, "And who among all your servants is as faithful and trustworthy as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and who is captain over your guard [and your confidant], and is honored in your house?
2 Kings 5:1
Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram (Syria), was considered a great man by his king, and was highly respected because through Naaman the LORD had given victory to Aram (Syria). He was also a man of courage, but he was a leper.
1 Chronicles 4:9
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez, saying, "Because I gave birth to him in pain."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet,.... They are forced to do it, not being able to come at any thing else; being as sheep without a shepherd, or worse:

and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet; which, as it cannot be agreeable and relishing, so neither wholesome; as the leaven of the Scribes and Pharisees; the traditions of the elders; the false doctrines of false teachers, whose words eat as do a canker. The Targum of the whole verse is,

"and my people eat the residue of the food of your ministers, and drink the residue of the drink of your ministers.''


 
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