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Ezequiel 34:20
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Por tanto, así les dice el Señor Dios : He aquí, yo mismo juzgaré entre la oveja engordada y la oveja flaca.
Por tanto, as les dice Jehov el Seor: He aqu, yo, yo juzgar entre la oveja engordada y la oveja flaca,
Por tanto, as les dijo el Seor DIOS: He aqu, yo, yo juzgar entre la oveja gruesa y la oveja flaca,
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Behold: Ezekiel 34:10, Ezekiel 34:17, Psalms 22:12-16, Matthew 25:31-46
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:17 - behold Exodus 14:17 - behold Numbers 18:6 - And I Deuteronomy 31:20 - waxen fat Judges 3:17 - a very fat Isaiah 17:4 - the fatness Jeremiah 23:39 - even I Jeremiah 25:34 - ye principal Ezekiel 7:3 - will judge Ezekiel 18:30 - I will Ezekiel 20:38 - I will purge Ezekiel 24:5 - the choice Zechariah 10:3 - and I Malachi 3:5 - I will come
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them,.... To the rams and he goats of the flock, that use the pastures and defile the waters after this manner, and make them unfit for the lesser cattle; or that use the poor people of God after this sort:
behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. The Targum is,
"between the rich man and the poor man;''
this is repeated, and in very strong terms, for the confirmation of it: this the Lord promised to do, and he has done it by his son, to whom he committed all judgment; and who, in the days of his flesh, made a difference between those who were full of themselves, self-righteous persons; who were self-sufficient, and needed not repentance, nor any other righteousness but their own; who trusted in themselves, and despised others: and may be meant by the "fat cattle": and between those who were low and mean in their own eyes, humble and meek, weary and heavy laden, hungering and thirsting after the righteousness of another: now for judgment did Christ come, that they which see not might see, and those who saw might be made blind; he called the one, and not the other, to repentance; made known the things of the Gospel to babes, and hid them from the wise and prudent; rejected the one, and had compassion on the other; see John 5:22, and when he comes a second time, he will judge between these, and separate them; and set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left, Matthew 25:31.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Yahweh having promised to be a Ruler of His people, the administration of the divine kingdom is now described, as carried on by One King, the representative of David, whose dominion should fulfill all the promises originally made to the man after God’s own heart. Ezekiel does not so much add to, as explain and develope, the original promise; and as the complete fulfillment of the spiritual blessings, which the prophets were guided to proclaim, was manifestly never realized in any temporal prosperity of the Jews, and never could and never can be realized in any earthly kingdom, we recognize throughout the Sacred Volume the one subject of all prophecy - the Righteous King, the Anointed Prince, the Son and the Lord of David.
Ezekiel 34:23
One shepherd - One, as ruling over an undivided people, the distinction between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah having been done away.
My servant David - David was a fit type of the True King because he was a true and faithful servant of Yahweh. That which David was partially and imperfectly, Christ is in full perfection (compare Matthew 12:18; John 5:30; Hebrews 10:7.)
Ezekiel 34:26
The blessings here foretold are especially those of the old covenant. The wilderness (or, pasture-country) and the woods, the places most exposed to beasts and birds of prey, become places of security. Under the new covenant Sion and the hills around are representative of God’s Church; and temporal blessings are typical of the blessings showered down upon Christ’s Church by Him who has vanquished the powers of evil.
Ezekiel 34:29
A plant - Equivalent to the “Branch,” under which name Isaiah and Jeremiah prophesy of the Messiah. The contrast in this verse to hunger seems to favor the idea that the “plant” was for food, i. e., spiritual food, and in this sense also, applicable to the Messiah (compare John 6:35.)
The shame of the pagan - The shameful reproaches with which the pagan assail them.
Ezekiel 34:31
Translate “Ye are my flock, the flock of my pasture (compare Jeremiah 23:1); ye are men, and I am your God.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 34:20. I will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. — Between the rich and the poor; those who fare sumptuously every day and those who have not the necessaries of life.
