Ezekiel 34:7

Complete Jewish Bible

"‘Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai :

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, 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 . This is what the Lord God says:

Amplified Bible
Therefore, you [spiritual] shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore ye shepherds, heare the woorde of the Lord.

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
Now listen to what I, the living Lord God, am saying to you shepherds. My sheep have been attacked and eaten by wild animals, because you refused to watch them. You never went looking for the lost ones, and you fed yourselves without feeding my sheep.

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, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Good News Translation
"Now, you shepherds, listen to what I, the Lord , am telling you.

Lexham English Bible
Therefore, hear, O shepherds, the word of Yahweh:

Literal Translation
For this reason, shepherds, hear the Word of Jehovah:

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

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

Bible in Basic English
For this cause, O 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, yee shepheards, heare the word of the Lord.

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

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.

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)
Therfor, scheepherdis, here ye the word of the Lord;

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore, 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, you 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
Wherefore 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, shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

THE MESSAGE
"‘Therefore, shepherds, listen to the Message of God : As sure as I am the living God—Decree of God , the Master—because my sheep have been turned into mere prey, into easy meals for wolves because you shepherds ignored them and only fed yourselves, listen to what God has to say:

Contextual Overview

⁷ "‘Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai : ⁸ "As I live," Adonai Elohim swears, "because my sheep have become prey, my sheep have become food for every wild animal, since there was no shepherd, since my shepherds didn't look for my sheep, and instead my shepherds fed themselves but not my sheep," ⁹ therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai ! ¹⁰ Adonai Elohim says, "I am against the shepherds. I demand that they hand my sheep back to me. I will not allow them to feed the sheep, and they won't feed themselves either. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths; they will be food for them no longer." ¹¹ "‘For here is what Adonai Elohim says: "I am taking over! I will search for my sheep and look after them, myself. ¹² Just as a shepherd looks after his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so I will look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark. ¹³ I will bring them back from those peoples, gather them from those countries and return them to their own land. Then I will let them feed on the mountains of Isra'el, by the streams and in all the livable places of the land. ¹⁴ I will have them feed in good pastures; their grazing ground will be on the high mountains of Isra'el. They will rest in good grazing grounds and feed in rich pastures on Isra'el's mountains. ¹⁵ Yes, I will pasture my sheep; and I will let them rest" says Adonai Elohim . ¹⁶ "I will seek the lost, bring back the outcasts, bandage the broken, and strengthen the sick. But the fat and the strong I will destroy — I will feed them with judgment."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 34:9, Psalms 82:1-7, Isaiah 1:10, Jeremiah 13:13, Jeremiah 13:18, Jeremiah 22:2, Jeremiah 22:3, Micah 3:8, Micah 3:9, Malachi 2:1, Matthew 23:13-36, Luke 11:39-54

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 13:20 - where Ezekiel 13:2 - Hear Ezekiel 16:35 - hear Zechariah 10:3 - anger

Cross-References

Genesis 20:9
Then Avimelekh called Avraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you to cause you to bring on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done things to me that are just not done."

Genesis 34:5
When Ya‘akov heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Ya‘akov restrained himself until they came.

Genesis 34:6
Hamor the father of Sh'khem went out to Ya‘akov to speak with him

Genesis 34:12
Ask as large a bride-price as you like, I'll pay whatever you tell me. Just let me marry the girl."

Genesis 34:13
The sons of Ya‘akov answered Sh'khem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

Genesis 34:22
But the people will consent to live with us and become one people only on this condition: that every male among us gets circumcised, as they themselves are circumcised.

Genesis 34:25
On the third day after the circumcision, when they were in pain, two of Ya‘akov's sons, Shim‘on and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords, boldly descended on the city and slaughtered all the males.

Genesis 46:7
his sons, grandsons, daughters, granddaughters and all his descendants he brought with him into Egypt.

Leviticus 4:2
"Tell the people of Isra'el: ‘If anyone sins inadvertently against any of the mitzvot of Adonai concerning things which should not be done, if he does any one of them,

Leviticus 4:13
"‘If the entire community of Isra'el inadvertently makes a mistake, with the assembly being unaware of the matter, and they do something against any of the mitzvot of Adonai concerning things which should not be done, they are guilty.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. Or, "ye governors", as the Targum, both civil and ecclesiastical; ye kings, princes, and magistrates; ye prophets and teachers of the people, who ought to have attended to the word of grace, to the doctrines of the Scriptures, and fed the people with them; but, since you have not, hear the word of threatening from the Lord, and the just punishment that shall be inflicted on you.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 34:7. Therefore, ye shepherds, (ye bad and wicked shepherds,) hear the word of the Lord — In the preceding character of the good shepherd the reader will find, by reversing the particulars, the character of a bad shepherd; and therefore I may be excused from entering into farther detail.