Ezechiel 34:1
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς μὲ λέγων
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר
The Fathers on this verse
Tertullian On Modesty, Chapter VII
Finally, if you are mindful of the prophets, when they are chiding the shepherds, there is a word, I think it is Ezekiel’s: “Shepherds, behold, ye devour the milk, and clothe you with the fleeces: what is strong ye have slain; what is weak ye have not tended; what is shattered ye have not bound; what has been driven out ye have not brought back; what has perished ye have not re-sought.” Pray, does he withal upbraid them at all concerning that which is dead , that they have taken no care to restore that too to the flock? Plainly, he makes it an additional reproach that they have caused the sheep to perish, and to be eaten up by the beasts of the field; nor can they either “perish mortally,” or be “eaten up,” if they are left remaining. …