Ezekiel 34:4 (WEB)
You haven’t strengthened the diseased. You haven’t healed that which was sick. You haven’t bound up that which was broken. You haven’t brought back that which was driven away. You haven’t sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor.
Fathers and councils · 11
Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Ezek. 34:4) He calls it a stray sheep, but yet a sheep all the while; though, if it strayed, it could not have heard the voice of the Shepherd, but the voice of a stranger.” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…was lost, and have not corrected the wanderer, and have not bound up that which was broken, but have eaten their milk, and been clothed with their wool;” and then also the Lord Himself, fulfilling what had been written in the law and the prophets, teaches, saying, “I am the good shepherd, who lay down my life…” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiv. 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“…hurried by the devil’s invitation into heresy or schism; and it will be attributed to us in the day of judgment, that we have not cared for the wounded sheep, and that on account of a single wounded one we have lost many sound ones.” — editor's note: [Ezek. xxxiv. 4.]
Read the whole comment“Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep of their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding my sheep; neither shall they feed them any more: and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, and I will feed them with judgment.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiv. 3–6, 10–16.
Read the whole comment“Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my flock at their hands, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall they feed them any more: for I will deliver them from their mouth, and I will feed them with judgment.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiv. 4–6, 10, 16.
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore It saith, “They have not turned back the strayed, nor sought the lost, nor bound up the broken, nor healed the sick, because they fed themselves and not the sheep.” ( Ezek. xxxiv. 4.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“…is weak ye have not tended; what is shattered ye have not bound; what has been driven out ye have not brought back; what has perished ye have not re-sought.”” — editor's note: See Ezek. xxxiv. 1–4.
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Aphrahat
“On this account the Prophet addresses them, saying to them:—O ye pastors who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, hear the word of the Lord.” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiv. 2–4, 9, 10–12, 18, 19.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence, too, He upbraids the shepherds through the prophet, saying, That which was broken ye have not bound up, and that which was cast away ye have not brought back (Ezek. xxxiv. 4).” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
““That which was enfeebled ye have not strengthened,” and so forth, down to, “and there was none to search out or turn away.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiv. 4–6.
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Augustine of Hippo
“He both declares it a wanderer, and calls it a sheep.” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiv. 4.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Epistles Letter 66.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Epistles Letter 66.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 2.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Epistles Letter 2.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 2.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 2.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Epistles Letter 66.