Monday, October 5, 2020

Ezekiel 34:9–11

He sent Jesus, His only begotten Son, that whomever believes in Him would not perish but have everlasting life in Him. It is all about our personal, individual, relationship with the Holy Trinity.


Christ within, and through the power of Holy Spirit, we will be delivered safely home!


Ezekiel 34:16 “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.”


Ezekiel 34:9–11

9 therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord! 10 Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them.”


11 ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.


Ezekiel uses the metaphor of a shepherd  leading his sheep to condemn Israel’s leaders for misleading God’s people. The shepherd metaphor draws on the ideal of Davidic kingship, alluding to David’s boyhood role as shepherd. The kings should have shepherded Yahweh’s sheep faithfully, but instead they neglected the sheep and provided for themselves. Faithlife Bible.


Compare the Lord’s persistent shepherding and guiding of His people with the faithlessness of Israel’s leaders. The cloudy and dark day was the day Jerusalem fell. It may also speak of the future day of deliverance when God will seek out His sheep. Israel, though guilty and misguided, would eventually be rescued by the divine Good Shepherd and restored to the Promised Land. NKJ Bible.


Psalm 72:12 For He will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper.


Psalm 72:13 He will spare the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy.


Psalm 72:14 He will redeem their life from oppression and violence; and precious shall be their blood in His sight.


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