{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/wesley/eze034.htm","path":"bib/cmt/wesley/eze034.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/wesley/eze034.htm","text":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]\n \nEzekiel 34:2\n \neze 34:2\nThe shepherds - The rulers of the people kings, magistrates, and princes; as also priests, and prophets. Of Israel - The two tribes, and the few out of the ten that adhere to the house of David. That feed - Contrive their own ease, advantage, and honour. \nEzekiel 34:3\n \neze 34:3\nYe kill - You contrive methods, to take first the life, and next the estate of the well - fed, the rich and wealthy. But - You take care to lead, protect, provide for, and watch over them. \nEzekiel 34:4\n \neze 34:4\nThe diseased - The weak and languishing. Bound up - Oppressors in the state, or church, broke many then, but these shepherds bound them not up. \nEzekiel 34:5\n \neze 34:5\nNo shepherd - No vigilant, faithful shepherd. Became meat - Were made a prey of, and devoured by all their neighbours. \nEzekiel 34:12\n \neze 34:12\nIn the cloudy and dark day - In the time of general distress. \nEzekiel 34:16\n \neze 34:16\nThe fat - The powerful and rich. I will feed - I will judge and punish them. \nEzekiel 34:17\n \neze 34:17\nI judge - Between men and men, between the smaller and weaker, and the greater and stronger, as their different state requires I will do. The rams - Rulers, who also shalt be dealt with according to their behaviour. \nEzekiel 34:18\n \neze 34:18\nBut ye must tread down - You great ones, eat the fat, and sweet; and what you cannot eat, you waste and spoil. The deep waters - Which are sufficient for all. \nEzekiel 34:20\n \neze 34:20\nI will judge - I will vindicate the poor. The fat cattle - The rich. The lean - The poor. \nEzekiel 34:23\n \neze 34:23\nOne shepherd - Christ, the great good, chief, only shepherd, that laid down his life for his sheep. My servant David - The seed of David, the beloved one, who was typified by David, and is in other places called by his name, as Jer 30:9; Eze 37:24; Isa 37:35; Hos 3:5. He shall feed - Do all the office of a good and faithful shepherd, and that for ever. \nEzekiel 34:24\n \neze 34:24\nMy servant - Christ was in this great work his fathers servant, Isa 42:1. \nEzekiel 34:25\n \neze 34:25\nA covenant - A covenant of promises, which contain, and shall bring peace, that is all good. \nEzekiel 34:26\n \neze 34:26\nThem - My returned captives, The places - All the country. My hill - Jerusalem. \nEzekiel 34:29\n \neze 34:29\nA plant - The Messiah. The shame - The reproach. \nEzekiel 34:30\n \neze 34:30\nTheir God - By covenant, from their forefathers. Am with them - Present with them, and reconciled to them.","title":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Ezekiel: Ezekiel Chapter 34","type":"page"}