King James Version
Ezekiel 34:15 in the King James Version says “I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel 34:15 · KJV
And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
And 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. cattle: Heb. small cattle of lambs and kids he goats: Heb. great he goats
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I will feed”
H7462to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
“my flock”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
“and I will cause them to lie down”
H7257to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
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