Ezequiel 34:3

Filipino Cebuano Bible

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Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

eat: Isaiah 56:11, Isaiah 56:12, Zechariah 11:5, Zechariah 11:16

ye kill: Ezekiel 19:3, Ezekiel 19:6, Ezekiel 22:25-28, Ezekiel 33:25, Ezekiel 33:26, 1 Kings 21:13-16, 2 Kings 21:16, Isaiah 1:10, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 2:30, Jeremiah 22:17, Lamentations 4:13, Micah 3:1-3, Zephaniah 3:3

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 34:8 - the shepherds Ezekiel 34:18 - to have Ezekiel 34:21 - ye have Ezekiel 46:18 - my people Micah 3:2 - pluck Matthew 9:36 - as Matthew 24:49 - and to Luke 12:42 - to give Luke 12:45 - to beat Acts 20:28 - to feed Acts 20:29 - not Philippians 3:19 - whose God 1 Peter 5:2 - Feed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye eat the fat,.... The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, render it, "the milk"; the words for fat and milk differ only in the points; and this was not unlawful, for

who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 1 Corinthians 9:7, provided it was done with moderation, that they ate some, but not all; but these rulers milked their subjects too much, oppressed them with heavy taxes, and got their substance into their own hands. The Targum is,

"ye eat the good;''

they got possessed of the best of their substance; as did also their ecclesiastical rulers, who were greedy shepherds, that could never have enough; they looked for their gain from their quarter, and even devoured widows' houses, Isaiah 56:11:

ye clothe you with the wool: the pure wool, as the Targum, the finest of it; they fleeced the flock, and stripped the people of their riches; and minded nothing but their own backs and bellies:

ye kill them that are fed; or, that "are fat" q; the richest of the people they brought accusations and charges against for capital crimes; and so put them to death under a colour of justice, that they, might get their estates into their hands:

but ye feed not the flock; did not govern the people well, by doing justice and judgment among men, as became civil magistrates; did not deliver out words of faith and sound doctrine, to feed the souls of men with, which is the duty of those that preside in the church of God.

q הבריאה "quod pingue est", Vatablus, Bochartus; "pinguem", Cocceius, Starckius. So Ben Melech.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 34:3. Ye eat the fat — I think החלב hacheleb should be translated the milk; and so most of the Versions understand it. Or they lived on the fat sheep, and took the wool of all.

"The priests," says Calmet, "ate the tithes, the first-fruits, and the offerings of the people; the princes received the tributes and imposts; and instead of instructing and protecting them, the latter took away their lives by the cruelties they practiced against them: the former destroyed their souls by the poison of their doctrine, and by their bad example. The fat sheep point out the rich, to whom these pastors often disguised the truth, by a cruel condescension and complaisance."