17 who (A)will go out [a]and come in before them, and who will lead them out and [b]bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be (B)like sheep which have no shepherd.”

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  1. Numbers 27:17 Lit before them and who will
  2. Numbers 27:17 Lit who will bring

17 So he said,

“I saw all Israel
Scattered on the mountains,
(A)Like sheep which have no shepherd.
And the Lord said, ‘These have no master.
Let each of them return to his house in peace.’”

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They were (A)scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became (B)food for every beast of the field and were scattered.

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“I will (A)lay waste your cities
And you will become a desolation.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Because you have had everlasting (B)enmity and have [a]delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the [b](C)punishment of the end, therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will [c]give you over to (D)bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you. I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and returns. I will (E)fill its mountains with its slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain by the sword will [d]fall.

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  1. Ezekiel 35:5 Lit poured
  2. Ezekiel 35:5 Or iniquity
  3. Ezekiel 35:6 Lit prepare you for
  4. Ezekiel 35:8 Lit fall in them

36 (A)Seeing the [a]people, He felt compassion for them, (B)because they were [b]distressed and [c]dispirited like sheep [d]without a shepherd.

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  1. Matthew 9:36 Lit crowds
  2. Matthew 9:36 Or harassed
  3. Matthew 9:36 Lit thrown down
  4. Matthew 9:36 Lit not having

34 When Jesus went [a]ashore, He (A)saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because (B)they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

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  1. Mark 6:34 Lit out