Ezekiel 34:3

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Ye

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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the

חֶלֶב

cheleb

H2459

fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

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and ye

לָבַשׁ

lâbash

H3847

properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

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you with the

צֶמֶר

tsemer

H6785

wool

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ye

שָׁחַט

shâchaṭ

H7819

to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)

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them that are

רָעָה

râʻâh

H7462

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...

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but ye

רָעָה

râʻâh

H7462

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...

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not the

צֹאן

tsôʼn

H6629

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

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Key Terms in This Verse

wool H6785

צֶמֶר tsemer

wool

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clothe H3847

לָבַשׁ lâbash

properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

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fed H7462

רָעָה râʻâh

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)

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feed H7462

רָעָה râʻâh

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)

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flock H6629

צֹאן tsôʼn

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

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kill H7819

שָׁחַט shâchaṭ

to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)

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fat H2459

חֶלֶב cheleb

fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

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eat H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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Cross References

Zechariah 11:16 cross-reference

For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he ...

Jeremiah 2:30 cross-reference

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Zechariah 11:5 cross-reference

Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

Isaiah 1:10 cross-reference

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 22:17 cross-reference

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Ezekiel 19:3 cross-reference

And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

Ezekiel 19:6 cross-reference

And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

Lamentations 4:13 cross-reference

For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

Isaiah 1:15 cross-reference

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

2 Kings 21:16 cross-reference

Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the L...

Zephaniah 3:3 cross-reference

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

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