King James Version
Ezekiel 34:22 in the King James Version says “Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.”
Ezekiel 34:22 · KJV
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;
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
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.
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Therefore will I save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
“my flock”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“and I will judge”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
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