987 B
987 B
Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the leaders of Israel.
have diseases
Possible meanings are 1) "are sick" or 2) "are weak"
bind up
wrap a cloth around a broken bone or wound
the ones who are broken
AT: "the sheep that have broken bones" or "the sheep that are injured"
you do not restore
"you do not bring back"
the outcast
"the sheep that have been chased away" or "the weak sheep that stronger sheep have chased away"
the lost
AT: "the sheep or goat that has gotten lost" or "the ones that have wandered away"
through strength and violence
"forcefully and cruelly"
without a shepherd
"because they did not have a shepherd." AT: "because you did not do what the shepherd should do."
they became food for all the living beasts in the fields
AT: "all of the wild animals could attack and eat them"
it is dispersed over the entire surface of the earth
"my flock is spread out all over the earth"