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Ezekiel 34:16
And I will seek that which was lost
As all men are in Adam, and through his fall, and by their
own actual transgressions; and so the elect of God among the rest; who are lost
not with respect to God's knowledge of them, love to them, and care for them;
but with respect to their knowledge of him, affection for him, and regard to
his will, service, and glory; they are lost to themselves, they know not where
they are, what is their state and condition, and how to get out of it; they
cannot help themselves, nor can any other creature help them; and they see
themselves to be in this lost and undone condition, when they are enlightened
by the Spirit of God: but they are not irretrievably lost, for they are
preserved in Christ Jesus; and he has been sent to seek and to save them; which
he has done by redeeming them from sin, Satan, and the law; and, in the
effectual calling, he goes after them, he sends his Gospel to them, and his
Spirit unto them, and returns them to himself, the Shepherd and Bishop of
souls; and whereas after this they go astray like lost sheep, he seeks and
looks them up, and restores their souls, ( Psalms 119:176 ) ( 23:3 ) ( Luke
19:10 ) ( Luke 15:3 Luke 15:4 ) : and bring again that which was driven away;
through the power and prevalence of unbelief, from holding
fast to the head Christ, departing at least partially from the living God; from
dealing by faith with his precious person, blood, and righteousness; and from
the precious promises, as not belonging to them, and refusing to be comforted
by them; but the Lord brings back such again, and causes them to believe:
Thomas is a notorious instance of this, ( John 20:24-28 ) , such also who are
driven away through the force of Satan's temptations from the throne of grace;
from the word and ordinances; and from private conversation with the saints,
being hypocrites, as he suggests unto them; these the Lord brings back, by
rebuking the tempter, and delivering out of his temptations: likewise such as
are driven out of the right way of truth, and carried away with the error of
the wicked, through the influence of bad pastors or false teachers, ( Jeremiah
23:1 Jeremiah 23:2 ) ( 50:6 ) , these will he restore again; for it is
impossible the elect of God should be finally deceived: moreover, such as are
driven away by the force of persecution, and scattered abroad, in God's due
time have rest, and return to their folds again; see ( Jeremiah 50:17 ) ( Acts
8:1 Acts 8:2 ) ( 9:31 ) : and will bind up that which was broken;
such who have broken hearts, broken with a sense of sin;
made truly contrite by the Spirit and grace of God, through the word; which is
a hammer to them, that breaks the rocky heart in pieces; to these the Lord has
respect; their broken hearts are acceptable to him; he dwells with them, to
revive them; he speaks and restores comforts to them; pours in oil and wine
into their wounds, like the good Samaritan, and binds them up; see ( Psalms
147:3 ) ( 51:17 ) ( Isaiah 61:1 ) and such who have broken bones, who have
fallen into sin to the breaking of their bones, to the destroying of their
peace, joy, and comfort, as David, Peter, and others have done; he sets their
broken bones, and restores the joys of his salvation; and causes the bones
which were broken to rejoice; at the discoveries of his pardoning grace and
mercy, ( Psalms 51:8 Psalms 51:12 ) : and will strengthen that which was sick;
sick through sin, as all men are; sick of sin, as sensible
sinners be; sickly and weak, and ready to die, as fallen professors,
backsliders, are; sick of love, through want of the discoveries of it; long
after them; cannot be easy without them, as Christ's spouse sometimes is; and
sick for want of food, faint and languid for want of spiritual refreshment; as
the persons were Christ had compassion on, being as sheep without a shepherd, (
Matthew 9:36 ) ( 9:12 ) ( 1 Corinthians 11:30 ) ( Song of Solomon 2:5 ) ( 5:8 )
each of these the Lord strengthens with the discoveries and applications of
pardoning grace; with the flagons of his love, and apples of his promises; with
the food of the Gospel, which strengthens men's hearts; and with grace out of
his fulness, whereby they are strengthened against sin, snares, and temptations,
and to exercise grace, and do the will of God: but I will destroy the fat and
the strong;
that are full of themselves, lifted up with pride, conceited
with their riches or righteousness, and despise others, whom they thrust with
side and shoulder, and push with their horns, ( Ezekiel 34:21 ) . So the Targum
interprets it of wicked men,
``and I will consume
the ungodly and sinners;''
but the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic
versions, render it, "I will keep the fat and the strong"; in the
plight and condition in which they are, and make them still stronger, and more
fat and flourishing; so Jerom interprets it of saints and godly persons; and
this agrees with the preceding clauses; only the original Hebrew text is
against it, which does not admit of a various reading; and this rendering seems
to arise in the Septuagint, the others follow, from the mistake of a similar
letter: "I will feed them with judgment"; meaning either the whole
flock, consisting of fat and lean cattle, making a distinction between them, (
Ezekiel 34:17 Ezekiel 34:20 ), feeding them with discretion, and judging them
according to their deserts; or else the fat and the strong ones, by inflicting
righteous vengeance on them, feeding them with wormwood and gall; or his own
people and sheep only. So the Targum, "I will govern my people with
judgment"; in righteousness, goodness, truth, and faithfulness.
We must look many translation from many version:
New International Version
I will search for the lost and
bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but
the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with
justice.
New Living Translation
I will search for my lost ones
who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the
injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and
powerful. I will feed them, yes--feed them justice!
English Standard Version
I will seek the lost, and I will
bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen
the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in
justice.
New American Standard Bible
"I will seek the lost, bring
back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and
the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.
King James Bible
I will seek that which was lost,
and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was
broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and
the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will seek the lost, bring back
the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy
the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice."
International Standard Version
I'm going to seek both the lost
as well as the scattered, and bring them both back so their broken bones can be
set and the sick can be healed. But in righteousness I'll exterminate the fat
and the stiff-necked.'"
NET Bible
I will seek the lost and bring
back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the
fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them--with judgment!
GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will look for those that are
lost, bring back those that have strayed away, bandage those that are injured,
and strengthen those that are sick. I will destroy those that are fat and
strong. I will take care of my sheep fairly.
JPS Tanakh 1917
I will seek that which was lost,
and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was
broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; and the fat and the strong I
will destroy, I will feed them in justice.
New American Standard 1977
“I will seek the lost, bring back
the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the
strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.
Jubilee Bible 2000
I will seek that which was lost
and bring again that which was driven away and will bind up that which was
broken and will strengthen that which was sick but I will destroy the fat and
the strong; I will feed them in judgment.
King James 2000 Bible
I will seek those who were lost,
and bring again those who were driven away, and will bind up those who were
broken, and will strengthen those who were sick: but I will destroy the fat and
the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
American King James Version
I will seek that which was lost,
and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was
broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and
the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
American Standard Version
I will seek that which was lost,
and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was
broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I
will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will seek that which was lost:
and that which was driven away, I will bring again: and I will bind up that
which was broken, and I will strengthen that which was weak, and that which was
fat and strong I will preserve: and I will feed them in judgment.
Darby Bible Translation
I will seek the lost, and bring
again that which was driven away, and will bind up the broken, and will
strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong: I
will feed them with judgment.
English Revised Version
I will seek that which was lost,
and will bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which
was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: and the fat and the strong
I will destroy; I will feed them in judgment.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will seek that which was lost,
and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was
broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and
the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
World English Bible
I will seek that which was lost,
and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was
broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I
will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
Young's Literal Translation
The lost I seek, and the driven
away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the
fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.
Parallel Commentaries
Matthew Henry's Concise
Commentary
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.
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 16. - I will destroy the
fat and the strong. What follows introduces another feature into the parable,
and is hardly less than an anticipation of the great scene of judgment in
Matthew 25:32. The "fat and the strong," as contrasted with the
"broken" and the "sick," are, when we interpret the
Darable, the noble and wealthy who, under the kings of Judah, had been allowed
to work their evil will upon the people. Of these he says that he will feed
them with (better, in) judgment, that for them there must be the discipline of
punishment. They too are his sheep, but they require a different treatment from
the others.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire
Bible
And I will seek that which was
lost,.... As all men are in Adam, and through his fall, and by their own actual
transgressions; and so the elect of God among the rest; who are lost not with
respect to God's knowledge of them, love to them, and care for them; but with
respect to their knowledge of him, affection for him, and regard to his will,
service, and glory; they are lost to themselves, they know not where they are,
what is their state and condition, and how to get out of it; they cannot help
themselves, nor can any other creature help them; and they see themselves to be
in this lost and undone condition, when they are enlightened by the Spirit of
God: but they are not irretrievably lost, for they are preserved in Christ
Jesus; and he has been sent to seek and to save them; which he has done by
redeeming them from sin, Satan, and the law; and, in the effectual calling, he
goes after them, he sends his Gospel to them, and his Spirit unto them, and
returns them to himself, the Shepherd and Bishop of souls; and whereas after
this they go astray like lost sheep, he seeks and looks them up, and restores
their souls, Psalm 119:176,
and bring again that which was
driven away; through the power and prevalence of unbelief, from holding fast to
the head Christ, departing at least partially from the living God; from dealing
by faith with his precious person, blood, and righteousness; and from the
precious promises, as not belonging to them, and refusing to be comforted by them;
but the Lord brings back such again, and causes them to believe: Thomas is a
notorious instance of this, John 20:24, such also who are driven away through
the force of Satan's temptations from the throne of grace; from the word and
ordinances; and from private conversation with the saints, being hypocrites, as
he suggests unto them; these the Lord brings back, by rebuking the tempter, and
delivering out of his temptations: likewise such as are driven out of the right
way of truth, and carried away with the error of the wicked, through the
influence of bad pastors or false teachers, Jeremiah 23:1, these will he
restore again; for it is impossible the elect of God should be finally
deceived: moreover, such as are driven away by the force of persecution, and scattered
abroad, in God's due time have rest, and return to their folds again; see
Jeremiah 50:17,
and will bind up that which was
broken; such who have broken hearts, broken with a sense of sin; made truly
contrite by the Spirit and grace of God, through the word; which is a hammer to
them, that breaks the rocky heart in pieces; to these the Lord has respect;
their broken hearts are acceptable to him; he dwells with them, to revive them;
he speaks and restores comforts to them; pours in oil and wine into their
wounds, like the good Samaritan, and binds them up; see Psalm 147:3 and such
who have broken bones, who have fallen into sin to the breaking of their bones,
to the destroying of their peace, joy, and comfort, as David, Peter, and others
have done; he sets their broken bones, and restores the joys of his salvation;
and causes the bones which were broken to rejoice; at the discoveries of his
pardoning grace and mercy, Psalm 51:8,
and will strengthen that which
was sick; sick through sin, as all men are; sick of sin, as sensible sinners
be; sickly and weak, and ready to die, as fallen professors, backsliders, are;
sick of love, through want of the discoveries of it; long after them; cannot be
easy without them, as Christ's spouse sometimes is; and sick for want of food,
faint and languid for want of spiritual refreshment; as the persons were Christ
had compassion on, being as sheep without a shepherd, Matthew 9:36 each of
these the Lord strengthens with the discoveries and applications of pardoning grace;
with the flagons of his love, and apples of his promises; with the food of the
Gospel, which strengthens men's hearts; and with grace out of his fulness,
whereby they are strengthened against sin, snares, and temptations, and to
exercise grace, and do the will of God:
but I will destroy the fat and
the strong; that are full of themselves, lifted up with pride, conceited with
their riches or righteousness, and despise others, whom they thrust with side
and shoulder, and push with their horns, Ezekiel 34:21. So the Targum
interprets it of wicked men,
"and I will consume the
ungodly and sinners;''
but the Septuagint, Vulgate
Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it, "I will keep the fat and
the strong"; in the plight and condition in which they are, and make them
still stronger, and more fat and flourishing; so Jerom interprets it of saints
and godly persons; and this agrees with the preceding clauses; only the
original Hebrew text is against it, which does not admit of a various reading;
and this rendering seems to arise in the Septuagint, the others follow, from
the mistake of a similar letter: "I will feed them with judgment";
meaning either the whole flock, consisting of fat and lean cattle, making a
distinction between them, Ezekiel 34:17, feeding them with discretion, and
judging them according to their deserts; or else the fat and the strong ones,
by inflicting righteous vengeance on them, feeding them with wormwood and gall;
or his own people and sheep only. So the Targum, "I will govern my people
with judgment"; in righteousness, goodness, truth, and faithfulness.
Conclusion:
God as a shepherd to keep the fat and strong, not destroy them. In application, God will destroy a shepherd as preacher, shepherd in church if they only take the advantage from the fat and strong people in our church.
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