17And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: …
Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. …
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-31)The prophet has no more to say to the shepherds, but he has now a message to deliver to the flock. God had ordered him to speak tenderly to them, and to assure them of the mercy he had in store for them. But here he is ordered to make a difference between some and others of them, to separate between the precious and the vile and then to give them a promise of the Messiah, by whom this distinction…
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