Ezekiel 34:6 (WEB)
My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth. There was no one who searched or sought.”
Fathers and councils · 5
Cyprian of Carthage
“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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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…the fold like a robber and a traitor; nor listening to a strange voice when such would take you away by stealth and scatter you from the truth on mountains, and in deserts, and pitfalls, and places which the Lord does not visit; and would lead you away from the sound Faith in the Father, the Son, and the Holy…” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiv. 6.
Read the whole comment“For in very deed we also were thrust out and cast off, and scattered upon every mountain and hill, from the need of a shepherd: and a dreadful storm fell upon the Church, and fearful beasts assailed her, who do not even now, after the calm, spare us, but without being ashamed of…” — editor's note: Ib. xxxiv. 6.
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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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Cross-references · 13
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Cited together in Epistles Letter 66.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 66.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 66.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
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Acts 17:26 takes up the words of Ezekiel 34:6 (7 words in common).