Chapter 34
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the shepherds The shepherds of Israel, signify their kings and princes, priests and prophets; the flock, the whole of the people; the fat and wool, the tithes and offerings, taxes and imposts: these they exacted with great rigour, and even oppressed and destroyed the people to enrich themselves; but they bestowed no pains to provide for the welfare of the state, or for the souls of those entrusted to them. They knew nothing about their flock. It might be diseased, infirm, bruised, maimed, strayed, or lost, for they watched not over them. Ezek 33:24; Jer 2:8, Jer 3:15, Jer 10:21, Jer 12:10; John 10:1-2, John 10:12
Woe Ezek 34:8-10, Ezek 13:19; Jer 23:1; Mic 3:1-3, Mic 3:11-12; Zeph 3:3-4; Zech 11:17; Matt 24:48-51; Luke 12:42-46, Luke 20:46-47; Rom 16:18; 2Pet 2:3
feed 2Sam 5:2; Ps 78:71-72; Isa 40:11; John 21:15-17; Acts 20:26, Acts 20:29; 1Pet 5:2-4
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eat Isa 56:11-12; Zech 11:5, Zech 11:16
ye kill Ezek 19:3, Ezek 19:6, Ezek 22:25-28, Ezek 33:25-26; 1Kgs 21:13-16; 2Kgs 21:16; Isa 1:10, Isa 1:15; Jer 2:30, Jer 22:17; Lam 4:13; Mic 3:1-3; Zeph 3:3
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diseased Ezek 34:16; Isa 56:10; Jer 8:22; Zech 11:15-16; Matt 9:36; Heb 12:12
sought Matt 10:6, Matt 18:12-13; Luke 15:4-6
but with Exod 1:13-14; Jer 22:13; Matt 21:35, Matt 24:49; 2Cor 1:24; Jas 5:1-6; 1Pet 5:2-3; Rev 13:14-17, Rev 17:5-6
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they were Ezek 34:6, Ezek 33:21, Ezek 33:28; 1Kgs 22:17; 2Chr 18:16; Jer 23:2, Jer 50:6, Jer 50:17; Zech 13:7; Matt 9:36
because there is no shepherd or, without a shepherd, and so Ezek 34:8; Zech 10:2-3
and they became Ezek 34:8; Isa 56:9; Jer 12:9-12; John 10:2; Acts 20:29-31
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wandered Ezek 7:16; Jer 13:16, Jer 40:11-12; Heb 11:37-38; 1Pet 2:25
my flock John 10:16
and none Ps 142:4; Jer 5:1
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Ezek 34:9; Ps 82:1-7; Isa 1:10; Jer 13:13, Jer 13:18, Jer 22:2-3; Mic 3:8-9; Mal 2:1; Matt 23:13-36; Luke 11:39-54
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prey Ezek 34:5-6, Ezek 34:31
the shepherds Ezek 34:2-3, Ezek 34:10, Ezek 34:18; Acts 20:33; 1Cor 9:15; 2Pet 2:13; Jude 1:12
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I am Ezek 5:8, Ezek 13:8, Ezek 21:3, Ezek 35:3; Jer 21:13, Jer 50:31; Nah 2:13; Zech 10:3; 1Pet 3:12
and I will Ezek 3:18, Ezek 3:20, Ezek 33:6-8; Jer 13:18-20; Heb 13:17
and cause 1Sam 2:29-36; Jer 39:6, Jer 52:9-11, Jer 52:24-27
neither shall Ezek 34:2, Ezek 34:8
for I will Ezek 34:22; Ps 23:5, Ps 72:12-14, Ps 102:19-20
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I Ezek 5:8, Ezek 6:3; Gen 6:17; Lev 26:28; Deut 32:39; Isa 45:12, Isa 48:15, Isa 51:12; Hos 5:14
search Ps 23:1-3, Ps 80:1, Ps 119:176; Isa 40:10-11, Isa 56:8; Jer 23:3, Jer 31:8; Matt 13:11-12; Luke 19:10; John 10:16
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As a shepherd seeketh out Heb. According to the shepherd's seeking of, etc. 1Sam 17:34-35; Luke 15:4-6; John 10:11-12
in the cloudy Ezek 30:3; Isa 50:10; Jer 13:16; Joel 2:1-3; Amos 5:18-20; Zeph 1:15; Acts 2:19-21
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I will bring Ezek 11:17, Ezek 20:41, Ezek 28:25-26, Ezek 36:24, Ezek 37:21-22, Ezek 38:8, Ezek 39:27; Ps 106:47; Isa 11:11-16, Isa 65:9-10, Isa 66:19-20; Jer 23:3-4, Jer 23:8, Jer 30:3, Jer 30:18, Jer 31:8, Jer 32:37; Amos 9:14; Zeph 3:19-20
and feed Ezek 34:18-25; Mic 7:14-15
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feed them Ezek 34:27; Ps 23:1-2, Ps 31:8-10; Isa 25:6, Isa 30:23-24, Isa 40:11; Jer 31:12-14, Jer 31:25; John 10:9; Rev 7:16
there shall Jer 33:12-13
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Ps 23:2; Song 1:7-8; Isa 11:6-7, Isa 27:10, Isa 65:9-10; Jer 3:15; Hos 2:18; Zeph 3:13; John 21:15
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seek that Ezek 34:4, Ezek 34:11; Isa 40:11, Isa 61:1-3; Mic 4:6-7; Matt 15:24, Matt 18:11-14; Mark 2:17; Luke 5:31-32, Luke 15:4-7, Luke 19:10
but I Ezek 39:18; Deut 32:15; Isa 5:17, Isa 10:16; Jer 50:11; Amos 4:1-3
I will feed Isa 49:26; Jer 9:15, Jer 10:24, Jer 23:15; Mic 7:14
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I judge Ezek 34:20-22, Ezek 20:37-38; Zech 10:3; Matt 25:32-33
cattle and cattle Heb. small cattle of lambs and kids
he goats Heb. great he goats
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a small Ezek 16:20, Ezek 16:47; Gen 30:15; Num 16:9, Num 16:13; 2Sam 7:19; Isa 7:13
to have Ezek 34:2-3; Mic 2:2, bread, Ezek 32:2; Matt 15:6-9, Matt 23:13; Luke 11:52
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Behold Ezek 34:10, Ezek 34:17; Ps 22:12-16; Matt 25:31-46
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ye have Ezek 34:3-5; Dan 8:3-10; Zech 11:5, Zech 11:16-17
pushed Luke 13:14-16
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will I Ezek 34:10; Ps 72:12-14; Jer 23:2-3; Zech 11:7-9
and I Ezek 34:17
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I will Eccl 12:11; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:4-6; Mic 5:2-5; Zech 13:7; John 10:11; Heb 13:20; 1Pet 2:25, 1Pet 5:4
my servant David king of Israel had been dead upwards of 400 years; and from that time till now there never has been a ruler of any kind in the Jewish nation of the name of David. By David, then, we must understand the Messiah, as the Jews themselves acknowledge, so called because descended from him, and also as being the well beloved, ο αγαπητος, Son of the Father, as the name imports, and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled. See the references. Ezek 37:24-25; Isa 11:1, Isa 55:3-4; Jer 30:9; Hos 3:5; Rev 22:16
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I the Lord will Ezek 34:30-31, Ezek 36:28, Ezek 37:23, Ezek 37:27, Ezek 39:22; Exod 29:45-46; Isa 43:2-3; Jer 31:1, Jer 31:33; Jer 32:38; Zech 13:9; Rev 21:3
a prince Josh 5:13-15; Ps 2:6; Isa 9:6-7; Jer 23:5-6, Jer 33:15-17; Mic 5:2; Matt 28:18; Luke 1:31-33; Acts 5:31; 1Cor 15:25; Eph 1:21-22; Phil 2:9-11; Heb 2:9-10; Rev 19:13-16
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I will make Ezek 37:26; Isa 55:3; Jer 31:31-33; Zech 6:13; Heb 13:20
and will Lev 26:6; Job 5:22; Isa 11:6-9, Isa 35:9; Hos 2:18-23
and they Ezek 34:28; Ps 4:8; Jer 23:6, Jer 33:16
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make them Gen 12:2; Isa 19:24; Zech 8:13, Zech 8:23
my hill Ezek 20:40; Ps 2:6, Ps 68:16, Ps 132:14-16, Ps 133:3; Isa 2:2-4, Isa 56:7; Mic 4:1-2
I will cause Lev 26:4
shower Deut 28:12; Ps 68:9; Isa 32:15, Isa 32:20, Isa 44:3; Mal 3:10
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the tree Ezek 47:12; Lev 26:4; Ps 85:12, Ps 92:12-14; Isa 4:2, Isa 35:1-2, Isa 61:3; John 15:5-8
know that Ezek 33:29, Ezek 39:28
when I Ezek 34:10; Lev 26:13; Isa 9:4, Isa 10:27, Isa 14:2-3, Isa 52:2-3; Jer 2:20, Jer 30:8
served Jer 25:14, Jer 27:7
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they shall It is evident that this prophecy could at most have only a typical accomplishment in the return from captivity under Zerubbabel, and in their consequent prosperity; but the restoration of the Jews from their present captivity, and the consequent peace and prosperity of the church and world, fully answer to this energetic language. Ezek 34:8, Ezek 36:4, Ezek 36:15
neither Ezek 34:25, Ezek 34:29; Jer 30:10, Jer 46:27
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I will Isa 4:2, Isa 11:1-6, Isa 53:2; Jer 23:5, Jer 33:15; Zech 3:8, Zech 6:12
of renown or, for renown, Ps 72:17; Isa 9:6
consumed Heb. taken away, Ezek 34:26-27, Ezek 36:29; Isa 49:9-10; Rev 7:16
neither Ezek 36:3-6, Ezek 36:15
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Ezek 34:24, Ezek 16:62, Ezek 37:27; Ps 46:7, Ps 46:11; Isa 8:9-10; Matt 1:23, Matt 28:20
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ye my Ezek 36:38; Ps 78:52, Ps 80:1, Ps 95:7, Ps 100:3; Isa 40:11; Mic 7:14; Luke 12:32; John 10:11, John 10:16, John 10:26-30, John 20:15-17; Acts 20:28; 1Pet 5:2-3
I Ezek 34:24
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the shepherds The shepherds of Israel, signify their kings and princes, priests and prophets; the flock, the whole of the people; the fat and wool, the tithes and offerings, taxes and imposts: these they exacted with great rigour, and even oppressed and destroyed the people to enrich themselves; but they bestowed no pains to provide for the welfare of the state, or for the souls of those entrusted to them. They knew nothing about their flock. It might be diseased, infirm, bruised, maimed, strayed, or lost, for they watched not over them. Ezek 33:24; Jer 2:8, Jer 3:15, Jer 10:21, Jer 12:10; John 10:1-2, John 10:12
Woe Ezek 34:8-10, Ezek 13:19; Jer 23:1; Mic 3:1-3, Mic 3:11-12; Zeph 3:3-4; Zech 11:17; Matt 24:48-51; Luke 12:42-46, Luke 20:46-47; Rom 16:18; 2Pet 2:3
feed 2Sam 5:2; Ps 78:71-72; Isa 40:11; John 21:15-17; Acts 20:26, Acts 20:29; 1Pet 5:2-4
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eat Isa 56:11-12; Zech 11:5, Zech 11:16
ye kill Ezek 19:3, Ezek 19:6, Ezek 22:25-28, Ezek 33:25-26; 1Kgs 21:13-16; 2Kgs 21:16; Isa 1:10, Isa 1:15; Jer 2:30, Jer 22:17; Lam 4:13; Mic 3:1-3; Zeph 3:3
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diseased Ezek 34:16; Isa 56:10; Jer 8:22; Zech 11:15-16; Matt 9:36; Heb 12:12
sought Matt 10:6, Matt 18:12-13; Luke 15:4-6
but with Exod 1:13-14; Jer 22:13; Matt 21:35, Matt 24:49; 2Cor 1:24; Jas 5:1-6; 1Pet 5:2-3; Rev 13:14-17, Rev 17:5-6
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they were Ezek 34:6, Ezek 33:21, Ezek 33:28; 1Kgs 22:17; 2Chr 18:16; Jer 23:2, Jer 50:6, Jer 50:17; Zech 13:7; Matt 9:36
because there is no shepherd or, without a shepherd, and so Ezek 34:8; Zech 10:2-3
and they became Ezek 34:8; Isa 56:9; Jer 12:9-12; John 10:2; Acts 20:29-31
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wandered Ezek 7:16; Jer 13:16, Jer 40:11-12; Heb 11:37-38; 1Pet 2:25
my flock John 10:16
and none Ps 142:4; Jer 5:1
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Ezek 34:9; Ps 82:1-7; Isa 1:10; Jer 13:13, Jer 13:18, Jer 22:2-3; Mic 3:8-9; Mal 2:1; Matt 23:13-36; Luke 11:39-54
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prey Ezek 34:5-6, Ezek 34:31
the shepherds Ezek 34:2-3, Ezek 34:10, Ezek 34:18; Acts 20:33; 1Cor 9:15; 2Pet 2:13; Jude 1:12
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I am Ezek 5:8, Ezek 13:8, Ezek 21:3, Ezek 35:3; Jer 21:13, Jer 50:31; Nah 2:13; Zech 10:3; 1Pet 3:12
and I will Ezek 3:18, Ezek 3:20, Ezek 33:6-8; Jer 13:18-20; Heb 13:17
and cause 1Sam 2:29-36; Jer 39:6, Jer 52:9-11, Jer 52:24-27
neither shall Ezek 34:2, Ezek 34:8
for I will Ezek 34:22; Ps 23:5, Ps 72:12-14, Ps 102:19-20
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I Ezek 5:8, Ezek 6:3; Gen 6:17; Lev 26:28; Deut 32:39; Isa 45:12, Isa 48:15, Isa 51:12; Hos 5:14
search Ps 23:1-3, Ps 80:1, Ps 119:176; Isa 40:10-11, Isa 56:8; Jer 23:3, Jer 31:8; Matt 13:11-12; Luke 19:10; John 10:16
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As a shepherd seeketh out Heb. According to the shepherd's seeking of, etc. 1Sam 17:34-35; Luke 15:4-6; John 10:11-12
in the cloudy Ezek 30:3; Isa 50:10; Jer 13:16; Joel 2:1-3; Amos 5:18-20; Zeph 1:15; Acts 2:19-21
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I will bring Ezek 11:17, Ezek 20:41, Ezek 28:25-26, Ezek 36:24, Ezek 37:21-22, Ezek 38:8, Ezek 39:27; Ps 106:47; Isa 11:11-16, Isa 65:9-10, Isa 66:19-20; Jer 23:3-4, Jer 23:8, Jer 30:3, Jer 30:18, Jer 31:8, Jer 32:37; Amos 9:14; Zeph 3:19-20
and feed Ezek 34:18-25; Mic 7:14-15
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feed them Ezek 34:27; Ps 23:1-2, Ps 31:8-10; Isa 25:6, Isa 30:23-24, Isa 40:11; Jer 31:12-14, Jer 31:25; John 10:9; Rev 7:16
there shall Jer 33:12-13
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Ps 23:2; Song 1:7-8; Isa 11:6-7, Isa 27:10, Isa 65:9-10; Jer 3:15; Hos 2:18; Zeph 3:13; John 21:15
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seek that Ezek 34:4, Ezek 34:11; Isa 40:11, Isa 61:1-3; Mic 4:6-7; Matt 15:24, Matt 18:11-14; Mark 2:17; Luke 5:31-32, Luke 15:4-7, Luke 19:10
but I Ezek 39:18; Deut 32:15; Isa 5:17, Isa 10:16; Jer 50:11; Amos 4:1-3
I will feed Isa 49:26; Jer 9:15, Jer 10:24, Jer 23:15; Mic 7:14
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I judge Ezek 34:20-22, Ezek 20:37-38; Zech 10:3; Matt 25:32-33
cattle and cattle Heb. small cattle of lambs and kids
he goats Heb. great he goats
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a small Ezek 16:20, Ezek 16:47; Gen 30:15; Num 16:9, Num 16:13; 2Sam 7:19; Isa 7:13
to have Ezek 34:2-3; Mic 2:2, bread, Ezek 32:2; Matt 15:6-9, Matt 23:13; Luke 11:52
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Behold Ezek 34:10, Ezek 34:17; Ps 22:12-16; Matt 25:31-46
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ye have Ezek 34:3-5; Dan 8:3-10; Zech 11:5, Zech 11:16-17
pushed Luke 13:14-16
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will I Ezek 34:10; Ps 72:12-14; Jer 23:2-3; Zech 11:7-9
and I Ezek 34:17
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I will Eccl 12:11; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:4-6; Mic 5:2-5; Zech 13:7; John 10:11; Heb 13:20; 1Pet 2:25, 1Pet 5:4
my servant David king of Israel had been dead upwards of 400 years; and from that time till now there never has been a ruler of any kind in the Jewish nation of the name of David. By David, then, we must understand the Messiah, as the Jews themselves acknowledge, so called because descended from him, and also as being the well beloved, ο αγαπητος, Son of the Father, as the name imports, and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled. See the references. Ezek 37:24-25; Isa 11:1, Isa 55:3-4; Jer 30:9; Hos 3:5; Rev 22:16
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I the Lord will Ezek 34:30-31, Ezek 36:28, Ezek 37:23, Ezek 37:27, Ezek 39:22; Exod 29:45-46; Isa 43:2-3; Jer 31:1, Jer 31:33; Jer 32:38; Zech 13:9; Rev 21:3
a prince Josh 5:13-15; Ps 2:6; Isa 9:6-7; Jer 23:5-6, Jer 33:15-17; Mic 5:2; Matt 28:18; Luke 1:31-33; Acts 5:31; 1Cor 15:25; Eph 1:21-22; Phil 2:9-11; Heb 2:9-10; Rev 19:13-16
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I will make Ezek 37:26; Isa 55:3; Jer 31:31-33; Zech 6:13; Heb 13:20
and will Lev 26:6; Job 5:22; Isa 11:6-9, Isa 35:9; Hos 2:18-23
and they Ezek 34:28; Ps 4:8; Jer 23:6, Jer 33:16
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make them Gen 12:2; Isa 19:24; Zech 8:13, Zech 8:23
my hill Ezek 20:40; Ps 2:6, Ps 68:16, Ps 132:14-16, Ps 133:3; Isa 2:2-4, Isa 56:7; Mic 4:1-2
I will cause Lev 26:4
shower Deut 28:12; Ps 68:9; Isa 32:15, Isa 32:20, Isa 44:3; Mal 3:10
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the tree Ezek 47:12; Lev 26:4; Ps 85:12, Ps 92:12-14; Isa 4:2, Isa 35:1-2, Isa 61:3; John 15:5-8
know that Ezek 33:29, Ezek 39:28
when I Ezek 34:10; Lev 26:13; Isa 9:4, Isa 10:27, Isa 14:2-3, Isa 52:2-3; Jer 2:20, Jer 30:8
served Jer 25:14, Jer 27:7
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they shall It is evident that this prophecy could at most have only a typical accomplishment in the return from captivity under Zerubbabel, and in their consequent prosperity; but the restoration of the Jews from their present captivity, and the consequent peace and prosperity of the church and world, fully answer to this energetic language. Ezek 34:8, Ezek 36:4, Ezek 36:15
neither Ezek 34:25, Ezek 34:29; Jer 30:10, Jer 46:27
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I will Isa 4:2, Isa 11:1-6, Isa 53:2; Jer 23:5, Jer 33:15; Zech 3:8, Zech 6:12
of renown or, for renown, Ps 72:17; Isa 9:6
consumed Heb. taken away, Ezek 34:26-27, Ezek 36:29; Isa 49:9-10; Rev 7:16
neither Ezek 36:3-6, Ezek 36:15
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Ezek 34:24, Ezek 16:62, Ezek 37:27; Ps 46:7, Ps 46:11; Isa 8:9-10; Matt 1:23, Matt 28:20
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ye my Ezek 36:38; Ps 78:52, Ps 80:1, Ps 95:7, Ps 100:3; Isa 40:11; Mic 7:14; Luke 12:32; John 10:11, John 10:16, John 10:26-30, John 20:15-17; Acts 20:28; 1Pet 5:2-3
I Ezek 34:24