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Ezekiel 34:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Ezekiel 34:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 I, myself, will pasture my sheep, and I, myself, will give them rest, says the Lord God. 16 I will search for those who are lost; I will bring back those who have strayed away. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong, I will destroy. I will shepherd my flock with justice.
17 Judgment of the Sheep.[a]As for you, my flock, the Lord God says this: I will judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.
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- Ezekiel 34:17 God’s visitation of his flock will be first and foremost for judgment, for separating the good and the bad. He will establish the social justice often proclaimed in Ezekiel’s preaching (see Ezek 18:5-9, 12-13; 33:14f; 45:9-12). When the only true shepherd comes, the leaders will take their place in the flock and will be judged according to their injustice. We may think here of the judgment scene that Jesus will one day describe (Mt 25:1-46).
