Ezekiel 34:19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

◄ Ezekiel 34:19 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

English Standard Version
And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

New American Standard Bible
'As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!'"

King James Bible
And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet My flock has to feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied."

International Standard Version
My flock is grazing on what you've been treading down with your feet and they're drinking what you've been making muddy with your feet!'

American Standard Version
And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And my sheep were fed with that which you had trodden with your feet: and they drank what your feet had troubled.

Darby Bible Translation
And my sheep have to eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and to drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

Young's Literal Translation
And My flock the trodden thing of your feet consumeth, And the trampled thing of your feet drinketh?

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

34:17-31 The whole nation seemed to be the Lord's flock, yet they were very different characters; but he knew how to distinguish between them. By good pastures and deep waters, are meant the pure word of God and the dispensing of justice. The latter verses, 23-31, prophesy of Christ, and of the most glorious times of his church on earth. Under Him, as the good Shepherd, the church would be a blessing to all around. Christ, though excellent in himself, was as a tender plant out of a dry ground. Being the Tree of life, bearing all the fruits of salvation, he yields spiritual food to the souls of his people. Our constant desire and prayer should be, that there may be showers of blessings in every place where the truth of Christ is preached; and that all who profess the gospel may be filled with fruits of righteousness.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

19. they eat—scantily.

they drink—sorrowfully.