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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Legacy Standard Bible

Ezekiel 34:9

therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   Rulers;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Shepherds/pastors;  

Dictionaries:

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

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 .
Amplified Bible
therefore, you [spiritual] 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:
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 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

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 good in appearance; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up, get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting.
Genesis 24:3
and I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall 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; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?"
Deuteronomy 7:3
Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

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.''


 
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