KJV King James Version
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezekiel 34:22
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
WEB World English Bible
therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
ASV American Standard Version
therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I have given safety to My flock, And they are not any more for prey, And I have judged between sheep and sheep.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 34
19 And [as for] my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, [even] I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken [it].
25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Cross-references
Jeremiah 23:2-3Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.Psalm 72:12-14For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.Ezekiel 34:10Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.Zechariah 11:7-9And I will feed the flock of slaughter, [even] you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
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