12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
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I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. …
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? …
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-16)Upon reading the foregoing articles of impeachment drawn up, in God’s name, against the shepherds of Israel, we cannot but look upon the shepherds with a just indignation, and upon the flock with a tender compassion. God, by the prophet, here expresses both in a high degree; and the shepherds are called upon ( Ezek. 34:7 , 9 ) to hear the word of the Lord , to hear this word. Let them hear how lit…
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