Ezekiel 34:5-6

Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel

5 m So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and n they became food for all the wild beasts. 6 My sheep were scattered; they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, o with none to search or seek for them.

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 22:17
    And he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, 'These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.'
    Matthew 9:36
    When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:7
    All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the Lord, their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
    Jeremiah 50:17
    Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:11
    For thus says the Lord God : Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.
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