Ezekiel 34:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.”
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“I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And have raised up over them one shepherd, And he hath fed them--my servant David, He doth feed them, and he is their shepherd,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 34:23 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 78:71from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
- Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
- Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- Isaiah 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
- Jeremiah 3:15Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
- Jeremiah 23:4I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 30:9Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- Ezekiel 37:24My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
- Hosea 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
- Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,against the man who is My Companion,declares the LORD of Hosts.Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
- John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
- Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- 1 Peter 2:25For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- 1 Peter 5:4And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
- Revelation 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
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