Ezekiel

Ezekiel 34:4–6

⁴You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty. ⁵They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts. ⁶My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’

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Ezekiel 34:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have not	לֹ֨א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
strengthened	חִזַּקְתֶּ֜ם	ḥiz·zaq·tem	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
the weak	הַנַּחְלוֹת֩	han·naḥ·lō·wṯ	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural	H2470 be weak, sick
healed	רִפֵּאתֶ֗ם	rip·pê·ṯem	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H7495 heal
the sick	הַחוֹלָ֣ה	ha·ḥō·w·lāh	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H2470 be weak, sick
bound up	חֲבַשְׁתֶּ֔ם	ḥă·ḇaš·tem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H2280 bind, bind on, bind up
the injured	וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֙רֶת֙	wə·lan·niš·be·reṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
brought back	הֲשֵׁבֹתֶ֔ם	hă·šê·ḇō·ṯem	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
the strays	הַנִּדַּ֙חַת֙	han·nid·da·ḥaṯ	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular	H5080 impel, thrust, banish
or searched for	בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֑ם	ḇiq·qaš·tem	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H1245 seek
the lost	הָאֹבֶ֖דֶת	hā·’ō·ḇe·ḏeṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H6 perish
Instead	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
you have ruled	רְדִיתֶ֥ם	rə·ḏî·ṯem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H7287 have dominion, rule, dominate
them	אֹתָ֖ם	’ō·ṯām	Direct object marker; third person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
with violence	וּבְחָזְקָ֛ה	ū·ḇə·ḥā·zə·qāh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H2394 strength, force, violence
and cruelty	וּבְפָֽרֶךְ׃	ū·ḇə·p̄ā·reḵ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H6531 harshness, severity

Ezekiel 34:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They were scattered	וַתְּפוּצֶ֖ינָה	wat·tə·p̄ū·ṣe·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H6327 be dispersed, scattered
for lack of	מִבְּלִ֣י	mib·bə·lî	Preposition-m; Adverb	H1097 wearing out
a shepherd	רֹעֶ֑ה	rō·‘eh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7462 pasture, tend, graze
and when they were scattered	וַתְּפוּצֶֽינָה׃	wat·tə·p̄ū·ṣe·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H6327 be dispersed, scattered
they became	וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה	wat·tih·ye·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
food	לְאָכְלָ֛ה	lə·’āḵ·lāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H402 food, eating
for all	לְכָל־	lə·ḵāl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the wild	הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה	haś·śā·ḏeh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
beasts	חַיַּ֥ת	ḥay·yaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H2416 alive, living

Ezekiel 34:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My flock	צֹאנִי֙	ṣō·nî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
went astray	יִשְׁגּ֤וּ	yiš·gū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7686 go astray, err
on all	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the mountains	הֶ֣הָרִ֔ים	he·hā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
and	וְעַ֖ל	wə·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
high	רָמָ֑ה	rā·māh	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
hill	גִּבְעָ֣ה	giḇ·‘āh	Noun - feminine singular	H1389 hill
They were scattered	נָפֹ֣צוּ	nā·p̄ō·ṣū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6327 be dispersed, scattered
over the face	פְּנֵ֤י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the earth	הָאָ֙רֶץ֙	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
with no one	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
to search	דּוֹרֵ֖שׁ	dō·w·rêš	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1875 resort to, seek
or	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
seek them out	מְבַקֵּֽשׁ׃	mə·ḇaq·qêš	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H1245 seek

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Ezekiel 34:4 Matthew 18:12–13 · Matthew 9:36 · Ezekiel 34:16 · Matthew 10:6 · Zechariah 11:15–16 · 1 Peter 5:2–3 · Hebrews 12:12 · Exodus 1:13–14 · Jeremiah 8:22 · Revelation 17:5–6 · James 5:1–6 · Revelation 13:14–17

Ezekiel 34:5 2 Chronicles 18:16 · Matthew 9:36 · Jeremiah 23:2 · Ezekiel 34:8 · Jeremiah 50:17 · 1 Kings 22:17 · Isaiah 56:9 · Acts 20:29–31 · Zechariah 10:2–3

Ezekiel 34:6 1 Peter 2:25 · Psalm 142:4 · John 10:16 · Jeremiah 40:11–12 · Ezekiel 7:16 · Jeremiah 5:1 · Hebrews 11:37–38 · Jeremiah 13:16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.