Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 34:2

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2. Jeremiah 23:1 ; Zechariah 11:17 similarly make the removal of the false shepherds the preliminary to the interposition of Messiah the Good Shepherd in behalf of His people Israel. The "shepherds" are not prophets or priests, but rulers who sought in their government their own selfish ends, not the good of the people ruled. The term was appropriate, as David, the first king and the type of the true David ( Ezekiel 34:23 ; Ezekiel 34:24 ), was taken from being a shepherd ( 2 Samuel 5:2 ; Psalms 78:70 ; Psalms 78:71 ); and the office, like that of a shepherd for his flock, is to guard and provide for his people. The choice of a shepherd for the first king was therefore designed to suggest this thought, just as Jesus' selection of fishermen for apostles was designed to remind them of their spiritual office of catching men (compare Isaiah 44:28 ; Jeremiah 2:8 ; Jeremiah 3:15 ; Jeremiah 10:21 ; Jeremiah 23:1 ; Jeremiah 23:2 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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절 (explains)

bible-text/ezk-34-2

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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