Ezekiel 34:5
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New International Version (©2011)
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.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd; they became food for all the wild animals when they were scattered.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Since they have no shepherd, they have been scattered around and have become prey for all sorts of wild animals. How scattered they are!

NET Bible (©2006)
They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.

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 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food 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.

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.

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.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 5. - And they were scattered. The words are an echo of 1 Kings 22:17, and are, in their turn, echoed by Matthew 9:36. The words that follow paint the sufferings of the exiles who left their homes and were scattered among the heathen in the days of Jehoiachin and Zedekiah. Of these the kings took no heed, and shut themselves up in the luxurious seclusion of their palace.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they were scattered because there is no shepherd,.... No good one; there were shepherds, but they were idol shepherds, good for nothing, and it was all one as if there were none: so, in Christ's time, there were the Scribes and Pharisees; yet, since these did not feed the people with wholesome doctrine, they are said to be as sheep without a shepherd, and scattered abroad, as here from the fold, and from one another; dispersed here and there, seeking food, and none, which moved his compassion, Matthew 9:36, in the political sense it may refer to their captivity, and their dispersion among the nations, having no king: So the Targum,

"and they were scattered without a governor.''

And they became meat to all beasts of the field when they were scattered; the Targum is,

"and they were delivered to all the kingdoms of the people to be consumed;''

such as the Assyrians, Babylonians, Ammonites, Moabites, and others; and may be applied to false teachers, those grievous wolves, which spare not the flock, into whose hands members of churches, professors of religion, fall, when neglected by their shepherds.

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.

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Prophecy against Israel's Shepherds
…4The diseased have you not strengthened, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought again that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have you ruled them. 5And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. 6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered on all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. …

Matthew 9:36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Mark 6:34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
Numbers 27:17 to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the LORD's people will not be like sheep without a shepherd."
2 Chronicles 18:16 Then Micaiah answered, "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the LORD said, 'These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.'"
Jeremiah 10:21 The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.
Jeremiah 23:2 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: "Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:6 "My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam on the mountains. They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place.
Jeremiah 50:7 Whoever found them devoured them; their enemies said, 'We are not guilty, for they sinned against the LORD, their verdant pasture, the LORD, the hope of their ancestors.'
Ezekiel 34:8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,
Ezekiel 34:28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid.
Zechariah 10:2 The idols speak deceitfully, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd.