16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
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For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. …
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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