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I Myself Will Search: Shepherds Who Fed Themselves and a Heart of Flesh | Ezekiel 34–36
Episode Overview
Today we read Ezekiel chapters 34 through 36, some of the most comforting chapters in the prophets. Chapter 34 opens with a charge against Israel's leaders under the image of shepherds: they ate the curds, wore the wool, and slaughtered the choice animals, but they did not strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind up the injured, or go looking for the lost. The flock scattered because no one went after it.
God's reply is personal and repeated—I myself will search for my sheep. I myself will tend them. I will bring back the strays and bind up the injured. Where human leadership…
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