Cross references

Ezekiel 34:5

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

Ezekiel 34:5 BSB

Ezekiel 34:5 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Chronicles 18:16 (5 votes) and Matthew 9:36 (5 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Numbers 27 to Acts 20.

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Which verses does Ezekiel 34:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

  2. When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

  3. Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.

  4. ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

  5. So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

  6. Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.

  7. Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

  8. For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd. “My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.

  9. I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. …

  10. who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

  11. My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’

  12. They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.

  13. John 10:22 votes

Which verses point to Ezekiel 34:5?

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