Ezekiel 34 · Verse 7

Ezekiel 34:7

Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
Ezekiel 34:7, King James Version

Ezekiel 34:7 in other translations

BSBTherefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
WEB“‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the LORD’s word:
ASVTherefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:
YLTTherefore, shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:
DARBYTherefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:
BBEFor this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:
WebsterTherefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

What does Ezekiel 34:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Therefore, ye shepherds, (ye bad and wicked shepherds), hear the word of the Lord - In the preceding character of the good shepherd the reader will find, by reversing the particulars, the character of a bad shepherd; and therefore I may be excused from entering into farther detail.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 34:7-16
The Lord declared that he intended mercy towards the scattered flock. Doubtless this, in the first place, had reference to the restoration of the Jews. It also represented the good Shepherd's tender care of the souls of his people. He finds them in their days of darkness and ignorance, and brings them to his fold. He comes to their relief in times of persecution and temptation. He leads them in the ways of righteousness, and causes them to rest on his love and faithfulness. The proud and self-sufficient, are enemies of the true gospel and of believers; against such we must guard. He has rest for disquieted saints, and terror for presumptuous sinners.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezekiel 34:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֣ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
רֹעִ֔יםro.'ImO shepherdsH7462
שִׁמְע֖וּshim.'UhearH8085
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דְּבַ֥רde.Var[the] word ofH1697
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 34:7

  • Jeremiah 13:18

    Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

  • Isaiah 1:10

    Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

  • Matthew 23:13-36

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! …

  • Jeremiah 22:2-3

    And say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Jeremiah 13:13

    Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

  • Malachi 2:1

    And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

  • Psalms 82:1-7

    A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. …

  • Ezekiel 34:9

    Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;

  • Luke 11:39-54

    And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. …

  • Micah 3:8-9

    But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9; Ps 82:1-7; Isa 1:10; Jer 13:13,18; 22:2,3; Mic 3:8,9; Mal 2:1
Mt 23:13-36; Lu 11:39-54

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 34:6

    My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

  • Ezekiel 34:7

    Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;

  • Ezekiel 34:8

    As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

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Ezekiel 34:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto, pastores, oid palabra de Jehová:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi, pasteurs, écoutez la parole de l’ Éternel:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum, ihr Hirten, höret das Wort Jehovas!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propterea, pastores, audite verbum Domini.