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Legacy Standard Bible

Ezekiel 34:15

I will shepherd My flock, and I will make them lie down," declares Lord Yahweh.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Minister, Christian;   Righteous;   The Topic Concordance - Destruction;   Following;   God;   Jesus Christ;   Losing and Things Lost;   Seeking;   Shepherds/pastors;   Strength;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Shepherds;   Titles and Names of the Church;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Destroy, Destruction;   Hospitality;   Lamb, Lamb of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Pastor;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ezekiel;   Messiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Sheep, Shepherd;   Shepherd;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Pastor;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Sheep;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 19;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for August 25;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will tend my flock and let them lie down. This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Hebrew Names Version
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.
King James Version
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God .
English Standard Version
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God .
New American Standard Bible
"I Myself will feed My flock and I Myself will lead them to rest," declares the Lord GOD.
New Century Version
I will feed my flock and lead them to rest, says the Lord God .
Amplified Bible
"I will feed My flock and I will let them lie down [to rest]," says the Lord GOD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I will feede my sheepe, and bring them to their rest, sayth the Lord God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest," declares the Lord GOD.
Berean Standard Bible
I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
Contemporary English Version
I promise to take care of them and keep them safe,
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, I will pasture my sheep; and I will let them rest" says Adonai Elohim .
Darby Translation
I will myself feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Yes, I will feed my flock, and I will lead them to a place of rest." This is what the Lord God said.
George Lamsa Translation
I myself will feed my sheep and I will cause them to lie down, says the LORD God.
Good News Translation
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will find them a place to rest. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken.
Lexham English Bible
I myself will feed my flock and I myself will allow them to lie down," declares the Lord Yahweh.
Literal Translation
I will feed My sheep, and I will make them lie down, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I will fede my shepe myselff, and bringe them to their rest, sayeth the LORDE God.
American Standard Version
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
I myself will give food to my flock, and I will give them rest, says the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will feed My sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
King James Version (1611)
I will feed my flocke, and I will cause them to lie downe, saith the Lord God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll feede my sheepe and bring them to their rest, saith the Lorde God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to rest; and they shall know that I am the Lord: thus saith the Lord God.
English Revised Version
I myself will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
World English Bible
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal fede my scheep, and Y schal make hem to ligge, seith the Lord God.
Update Bible Version
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
New English Translation
I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord .
New King James Version
I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down," says the Lord GOD.
New Living Translation
I myself will tend my sheep and give them a place to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign Lord .
New Life Bible
I will feed My sheep, and give them rest," says the Lord God.
New Revised Standard
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
myself will tend my flock. And, I, myself will cause them to lie down, Declareth My Lord Yahweh:
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will feed my sheep: and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
Revised Standard Version
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord GOD.
Young's Literal Translation
I feed My flock, and cause them to lie down, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Contextual Overview

7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh: 8"As I live," declares Lord Yahweh, "surely because My flock has become plunder, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not seek for My flock, but rather the shepherds shepherded themselves and did not shepherd My flock; 9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh: 10‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will seek My flock from their hand and make them cease from shepherding the flock. So the shepherds will not shepherd themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth so that they will not be food for them."'" 11For thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I Myself will seek My sheep and care for them. 12As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his sheep which are spread out, so I will care for My sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day. 13I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. 14I will shepherd 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 be shepherded in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15I will shepherd My flock, and I will make them lie down," declares Lord Yahweh. 16"I will search for the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with judgment.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 23:2, Song of Solomon 1:7, Song of Solomon 1:8, Isaiah 11:6, Isaiah 11:7, Isaiah 27:10, Isaiah 65:9, Isaiah 65:10, Jeremiah 3:15, Hosea 2:18, Zephaniah 3:13, John 21:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 33:13 - the children 2 Samuel 7:7 - feed Psalms 72:4 - He shall judge Proverbs 3:24 - liest Ephesians 5:29 - nourisheth

Cross-References

Galatians 4:12
I beg of you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will feed my flock,.... This is repeated for the further confirmation of it, that it might be depended upon that the Lord would feed his people in the manner before promised; and it gives a reason why he would do it, because they were his flock; he had a right unto them, a property in them; they were separated and distinguished from others by him, as the church of God is; and which is also purchased by Christ, and gathered out of the world by his Spirit and grace; and therefore he will feed them, or take care that they shall be fed,

Acts 20:28:

and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord; in the good fold provided for them; where they have both rest and safety, and also plenty of suitable food; Acts 20:28- :. The Targum is,

"I will govern my people, and will cause them to dwell safely, saith the Lord God;''

The Septuagint and Arabic versions add, "and they shall know that I am the Lord".


 
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