Ezekiel 34:9

Amplified Bible

therefore, you [spiritual] shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!

Hebrew Names Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

King James Version
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord ;

English Standard Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord :

New American Standard Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

New Century Version
So, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord .

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore, heare ye the word of the Lorde, O ye shepherds.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Legacy Standard Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

Berean Standard Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!'

Contemporary English Version
So I, the Lord , will punish you! I will rescue my sheep from you and never let you be their shepherd again or butcher them for food. I, the Lord , have spoken.

Complete Jewish Bible
therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai !

Darby Translation
—therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
So, you shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord !

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Good News Translation
So listen to me, you shepherds.

Lexham English Bible
therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh,

Literal Translation
so, O shepherds, hear the Word of Jehovah:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore heare ye worde off the LORDE, o ye shepherdes:

American Standard Version
therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

Bible in Basic English
For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

King James Version (1611)
Therefore, O yee shepheards, heare the word of the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde O ye shepheardes,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For this cause, O shepherds,

English Revised Version
therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

World English Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
scheepherdis, here ye the word of the Lord,

Update Bible Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

New English Translation
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord :

New King James Version
therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!

New Living Translation
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord .

New Life Bible
So, you shepherds, hear the Word of the Lord.

New Revised Standard
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord :

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore ye shepherds, hear ye the word of Yahweh:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

Revised Standard Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, O shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

Contextual Overview

⁷Therefore, you [spiritual] shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: ⁸"As I live," says the Lord GOD, "certainly because My flock has become prey, My flock has even become food for every predator of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock; ⁹therefore, you [spiritual] shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:¹⁰'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My flock from them and make them stop tending the flock, so that the shepherds cannot feed themselves anymore. I will rescue My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them."'" ¹¹For thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. ¹²"As a shepherd cares for his sheep on the day that he is among his scattered flock, so I will care for My sheep; and I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day. ¹³"I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. ¹⁴"I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵"I will feed My flock and I will let them lie down [to rest]," says the Lord GOD. ¹⁶"I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bandage the crippled, and strengthen the weak and the sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hard-hearted and perverse]. I will feed them with judgment and punishment.

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Reciprocal: Ezekiel 13:2 - Hear Ezekiel 34:7 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful and desirable; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose and desired.

Genesis 19:14
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were [betrothed, and legally promised] to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up, get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy this city!" But to his sons-in-law he appeared to be joking.

Genesis 24:3
and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,

Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth [these insolent wives of Esau]. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?"

Deuteronomy 7:3
"You shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. This is repeated, that it might be observed, and for the confirmation of it; it might be depended upon that what follows would be accomplished, unless they changed their conduct and behaviour; and, to leave them inexcusable, they are again called upon to hear what the Lord should say unto them. The Targum is,

"therefore, O ye wicked governors, return to the law, and I will have mercy on you; hearken to the doctrine of the law, and receive the word of the Lord.''