Ezekiel 34:5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.

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New International Version (©1984)
So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So my sheep have been scattered without a shepherd, and they are easy prey for any wild animal.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So they were scattered because there was no shepherd. When they were scattered, they became food for every wild animal.

King James Bible
And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

American King James Version
And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

American Standard Version
And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

Bible in Basic English
And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd: and they became the prey of all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

Darby Bible Translation
And they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

English Revised Version
And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

World English Bible
They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.

Young's Literal Translation
And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.

Geneva Study Bible

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they {d} became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

(d) For lack of good government and doctrine they perished.

Wesley's Notes

34:5 No shepherd - No vigilant, faithful shepherd. Became meat - Were made a prey of, and devoured by all their neighbours.

King James Translators' Notes

because...: or, without a shepherd

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

5. scattered, because . no shepherd-that is, none worthy of the name, though there were some called shepherds (1Ki 22:17; Mt 9:36). Compare Mt 26:31, where the sheep were scattered when the true Shepherd was smitten. God calls them "My sheep"; for they were not, as the shepherds treated them, their patrimony whereby to "feed themselves."

meat to all . beasts-They became a prey to the Syrians, Ammon, Moab, and Assyria.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

34:1-6 The people became as sheep without a shepherd, were given up as a prey to their enemies, and the land was utterly desolated. No rank or office can exempt from the reproofs of God's word, men who neglect their duty, and abuse the trust reposed in them.

Numbers 27:17 who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep which have no shepherd."

2 Chronicles 18:16 So he said, "I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd; And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each of them return to his house in peace.'"

Jeremiah 10:21 For the shepherds have become stupid And have not sought the LORD; Therefore they have not prospered, And all their flock is scattered.

Jeremiah 23:2 Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: "You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds," declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:6 "My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains; They have gone along from mountain to hill And have forgotten their resting place.

Jeremiah 50:7 "All who came upon them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, 'We are not guilty, Inasmuch as they have sinned against the LORD who is the habitation of righteousness, Even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'

Ezekiel 34:8 "As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;

Ezekiel 34:28 "They will no longer be a prey to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will live securely, and no one will make them afraid.

Matthew 9:36 Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.

Animals Beast Beasts Direction Field Keeper Lack Meat Scattered Shepherd Wandering Wild Yea

Animals Beast Beasts Direction Field Food Keeper Lack Meat Scattered Shepherd Wandering Want Wild

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

they were Eze 34:6 33:21,28 1Ki 22:,17 2Ch 18:16 Jer 23:2 50:6,17 Zec 13:7 Mt 9:36

because there is no shepherd. or, without a shepherd, as so ver 8. Zec 10:2,3

and they became Eze 34:8 Isa 56:9 Jer 12:9-12 Joh 10:2 Ac 20:29-31

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