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Ezekiel 34:11-24

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet I.9, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bullet I.23, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen. (c.228)
bullet Epistle LIII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
bullet Epistle LXVI -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 254)
bullet Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"By good pasture and deep waters is meant the pure word of God and the administration of justice which they did not distribute to the poor till they had corrupted it."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"The proud and self-sufficient, are enemies of the true gospel and of believers; against such we must guard. He has rest for disquieted saints, and terror for presumptuous sinners."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"One shepherd - Christ, the great good, chief, only shepherd, that laid down his life for his sheep."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"The rich and ungodly of the people are meant, who imitated the bad rulers in oppressing their poorer brethren, as if it enhanced their own joys to trample on others' rights."
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
bullet Commentary, Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24, Carolyn J. Sharp, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
bullet "Luminous promises radiate from this passage in Ezekiel."
bullet Commentary, Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 (Christ the King), Ralph W. Klein, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
bullet "The 'kingship' of Christ is problematic for some of us today because of its male and hierarchical overtones."
bullet Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24, Ordinary 34: Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
bullet The Old Testament Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24. Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
bullet"In celebrating Christ’s kingship in this context, then, the character of that kingship is marked by love and justice, not power merely."
bullet Ezekiel 34:11-24, Christ the King, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"The heavy focus the justice role of the leaders is very interesting. There is no indictment in regards to their religious leadership only the condemnation based on their unjust behaviour."
bullet "Sustainable Living," Resources for Prophetic Worship, Speaking to North Carolina Justice Issues, North Carolina Council of Churches, 2008.
bullet "Signs of Hope," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
bullet"What hope has God given you this day? How has his activity turned you away from dark emotions like anger or self-doubt?"
bulletEzekiel 34:11-16, Saint Peter & Saint Paul: Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet"The Best for Our Family," by Desmond M. Tutu at The Living Pulpit.
bullet"We are active participants with God in the struggle for justice."
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletAdams, Samuel L., "Ezekiel 34:11-19," Interpretation, 2008.
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bulletBaxter, Wayne, "Healing and the 'Son of David': Matthew's Warrant," Novum Testamentum, 2006.
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bulletMarrs, Rick, "Homiletical Helps on the LW Series C - Old Testament," Concordia Journal, 2007. (Section on this text begins on p. 311)
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bulletMein, Andrew, "Profitable and Unprofitable Shepherds: Economic and Theological Perspectives on Ezekiel 34," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2007.
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bulletNorris, Kathleen, "Imagining Christ," The Christian Century, 2005.
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