I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
God's heart is against the shepherds, and His face too. They had His commission to feed the flock, yet they took no care to shield them from idolaters or captors, as if no shepherd existed at all. Those who merely wear the name and authority of a shepherd, without faithfulness to the trust, will find that God does not stand with them but against them.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 34:7-16
I will feed my flock,.... This is repeated for the further confirmation of it, that it might be depended upon that the Lord would feed his people in the manner before promised; and it gives a reason why he would do it, because they were his flock; he had a right unto them, a property in them; they were separated and distinguished from others by...
good pasture-- (Psa 23:2). high mountains of Israel--In Eze 17:23; Eze 20:40, the phrase is "the mountain of the height of Israel" in the singular number. The reason for the difference is: there Ezekiel spoke of the central seat of the kingdom, Mount Zion, where the people met for the worship of Jehovah; here he speaks of the kingdom of Israel at large, all the...