King James Version
Ezekiel 34:19 in the King James Version says “And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with y...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.”
Ezekiel 34:19 · KJV
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
Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And as for my flock”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
“with your feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“they eat”
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
“with your feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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