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Ezekiel 34:3
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You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.
You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.
You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.
"You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock.
You eat the milk curds, and you clothe yourselves with the wool. You kill the fat sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
"You eat the fat [the choicest of meat], and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the best of the livestock, but you do not feed the flock.
Yee eate the fat, and yee clothe you with the wooll: yee kill them that are fed, but ye feede not the sheepe.
"You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock.
You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you sacrifice the fat sheep without shepherding the flock.
You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
You drink their milk and use their wool to make your clothes. Then you butcher the best ones for food. But you don't take care of the flock!
You eat the choice meat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, and you slaughter the best of the herd; but you don't feed the sheep!
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; ye kill them that are fattened: [but] ye feed not the flock.
You eat the fat sheep and use their wool to make clothes for yourselves. You kill the fat sheep, but you don't feed the flock.
You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool and sacrifice the fat ones; but you do not feed the flock.
You drink the milk, wear clothes made from the wool, and kill and eat the finest sheep. But you never tend the sheep.
The fat you eat, and you clothe yourself with the wool; the well-nourished animals you slaughter, but you do not feed the flock.
You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you sacrifice the fat ones, and you do not feed the flock.
Ye haue eaten vp the fatte, ye haue clothed you with the woll: the best fedde haue ye slayne, but ye flocke haue ye not norished:
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.
You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.
Ye did eat the fat, and ye clothed you with the wool, ye killed the fatlings; but ye fed not the sheep.
Yee eate the fat, and ye clothe you with the wooll, yee kill them that are fed: but ye feede not the flocke.
Ye eate vp the fat, ye clothe you with the wooll, the best fed do ye slay: but the flocke do ye not feede.
Behold, ye feed on the milk, and clothe yourselves with the wool, and slay the fat: but ye feed not my sheep.
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.
You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.
Ye eeten mylk, and weren hilid with wollis, and ye killiden that that was fat; but ye fedden not my floc.
You eat the milk, and you clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe yourselves with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: [but] ye feed not the flock.
You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!
You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock.
You drink the milk, wear the wool, and butcher the best animals, but you let your flocks starve.
You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool. You kill the fat sheep without feeding the flock.
You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep.
The milk, ye do eat And with the wool, ye do clothe your- selves, The well-fed, ye do sacrifice, The flock, ye do not tend
You ate the milk, and you clothed yourselves with the wool, and you killed that which was fat: but my flock you did not feed.
You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep.
The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
eat: Isaiah 56:11, Isaiah 56:12, Zechariah 11:5, Zechariah 11:16
ye kill: Ezekiel 19:3, Ezekiel 19:6, Ezekiel 22:25-28, Ezekiel 33:25, Ezekiel 33:26, 1 Kings 21:13-16, 2 Kings 21:16, Isaiah 1:10, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 2:30, Jeremiah 22:17, Lamentations 4:13, Micah 3:1-3, Zephaniah 3:3
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 34:8 - the shepherds Ezekiel 34:18 - to have Ezekiel 34:21 - ye have Ezekiel 46:18 - my people Micah 3:2 - pluck Matthew 9:36 - as Matthew 24:49 - and to Luke 12:42 - to give Luke 12:45 - to beat Acts 20:28 - to feed Acts 20:29 - not Philippians 3:19 - whose God 1 Peter 5:2 - Feed
Cross-References
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord , if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord : and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord 's hand double for all her sins.
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ye eat the fat,.... The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, render it, "the milk"; the words for fat and milk differ only in the points; and this was not unlawful, for
who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 1 Corinthians 9:7, provided it was done with moderation, that they ate some, but not all; but these rulers milked their subjects too much, oppressed them with heavy taxes, and got their substance into their own hands. The Targum is,
"ye eat the good;''
they got possessed of the best of their substance; as did also their ecclesiastical rulers, who were greedy shepherds, that could never have enough; they looked for their gain from their quarter, and even devoured widows' houses, Isaiah 56:11:
ye clothe you with the wool: the pure wool, as the Targum, the finest of it; they fleeced the flock, and stripped the people of their riches; and minded nothing but their own backs and bellies:
ye kill them that are fed; or, that "are fat" q; the richest of the people they brought accusations and charges against for capital crimes; and so put them to death under a colour of justice, that they, might get their estates into their hands:
but ye feed not the flock; did not govern the people well, by doing justice and judgment among men, as became civil magistrates; did not deliver out words of faith and sound doctrine, to feed the souls of men with, which is the duty of those that preside in the church of God.
q הבריאה "quod pingue est", Vatablus, Bochartus; "pinguem", Cocceius, Starckius. So Ben Melech.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 34:3. Ye eat the fat — I think החלב hacheleb should be translated the milk; and so most of the Versions understand it. Or they lived on the fat sheep, and took the wool of all.
"The priests," says Calmet, "ate the tithes, the first-fruits, and the offerings of the people; the princes received the tributes and imposts; and instead of instructing and protecting them, the latter took away their lives by the cruelties they practiced against them: the former destroyed their souls by the poison of their doctrine, and by their bad example. The fat sheep point out the rich, to whom these pastors often disguised the truth, by a cruel condescension and complaisance."
