Ezekiel 34:9

Easy-to-Read Version

So, you shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord !

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!

Hebrew Names Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

King James Version
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord ;

English Standard Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord :

New American Standard Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

New Century Version
So, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord .

Amplified Bible
therefore, you [spiritual] shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore, heare ye the word of the Lorde, O ye shepherds.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Legacy Standard Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

Berean Standard Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!'

Contemporary English Version
So I, the Lord , will punish you! I will rescue my sheep from you and never let you be their shepherd again or butcher them for food. I, the Lord , have spoken.

Complete Jewish Bible
therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Adonai !

Darby Translation
—therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah.

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Good News Translation
So listen to me, you shepherds.

Lexham English Bible
therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh,

Literal Translation
so, O shepherds, hear the Word of Jehovah:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore heare ye worde off the LORDE, o ye shepherdes:

American Standard Version
therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

Bible in Basic English
For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

King James Version (1611)
Therefore, O yee shepheards, heare the word of the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde O ye shepheardes,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For this cause, O shepherds,

English Revised Version
therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

World English Bible
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
scheepherdis, here ye the word of the Lord,

Update Bible Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

New English Translation
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord :

New King James Version
therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!

New Living Translation
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord .

New Life Bible
So, you shepherds, hear the Word of the Lord.

New Revised Standard
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord :

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore ye shepherds, hear ye the word of Yahweh:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

Revised Standard Version
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, O shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

Contextual Overview

⁷ So, you shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord . ⁸ The Lord God says, "I swear that wild animals will catch my sheep, and my people will become food for all those animals because they did not have any real shepherds. My shepherds did not look out for my flock. They did not feed my flock. No, they only killed the sheep and fed themselves!" ⁹ So, you shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord ! ¹⁰ The Lord God says, "I am against the shepherds. I will demand my sheep from them. I will fire them. They will not be my shepherds anymore. Then the shepherds will not be able to feed themselves, and I will save my flock from their mouths. Then my sheep will not be food for them." ¹¹ The Lord God says, "I myself will be their Shepherd. I will search for my sheep and take care of them. ¹² If a shepherd is with his sheep when they begin to wander away, he will go searching for them. In the same way I will search for my sheep. I will save them and bring them back from all the places where they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day. ¹³ I will bring them back from those nations. I will gather them from those countries and bring them back to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the places where people live. ¹⁴ I will lead them to grassy fields. They will go to the place high on the mountains of Israel and lie down on good ground and eat the grass. They will eat in rich grassland on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵ Yes, I will feed my flock, and I will lead them to a place of rest." This is what the Lord God said. ¹⁶ "I will search for the lost sheep. I will bring back the sheep that were scattered and put bandages on the sheep that were hurt. I will make the weak sheep strong, but I will destroy the fat and powerful shepherds. I will feed them the punishment they deserve."

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Ezekiel 13:2 - Hear Ezekiel 34:7 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 19:14
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, the men who had married his other daughters. He said, "Hurry and leave this city! The Lord will soon destroy it!" But they thought he was joking.

Genesis 24:3
Now I want you to make a promise to me. Promise to me before the Lord , the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry a girl from Canaan. We live among these people, but don't let him marry a Canaanite girl.

Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "Your son Esau married Hittite women. I am very upset about this, because they are not our people. I'll have nothing to live for if Jacob marries one of these women!"

Deuteronomy 7:3
Don't marry any of them, and don't let your sons or daughters marry any of the people from those other nations.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. This is repeated, that it might be observed, and for the confirmation of it; it might be depended upon that what follows would be accomplished, unless they changed their conduct and behaviour; and, to leave them inexcusable, they are again called upon to hear what the Lord should say unto them. The Targum is,

"therefore, O ye wicked governors, return to the law, and I will have mercy on you; hearken to the doctrine of the law, and receive the word of the Lord.''