Kniha proroka Ezechiela

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(CPDV - Anglický - Catholic PD)

Ez 34, 1-31

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 “Son of man, prophesy about the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and you shall say to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds? 3 You consumed the milk, and you covered yourselves with the wool, and you killed what was fattened. But my flock you did not feed. 4 What was weak, you have not strengthened, and what was sick, you have not healed. What was broken, you have not bound, and what was cast aside, you have not led back again, and what was lost, you have not sought. Instead, you ruled over them with severity and with power. 5 And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd. And they became devoured by all the wild beasts of the field, and they were dispersed. 6 My sheep have wandered to every mountain and to every exalted hill. And my flocks have been scattered across the face of the earth. And there was no one who sought them; there was no one, I say, who sought them. 7 Because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord: 8 As I live, says the Lord God, since my flocks have become a prey, and my sheep have been devoured by all the wild beasts of the field, since there was no shepherd, for my shepherds did not seek my flock, but instead the shepherds fed themselves, and they did not feed my flocks: 9 because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord: 10 Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will be over the shepherds. I will require my flock at their hand, and I will cause them to cease, so 487 that they no longer refrain from feeding the flock. Neither will the shepherds feed themselves any more. And I will deliver my flock from their mouth; and it will no longer be food for them. 11 For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will seek my sheep, and I myself will visit them. 12 Just as a shepherd visits his flock, in the day when he will be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep. And I will deliver them from all the places to which they had been scattered in the day of gloom and darkness. 13 And I will lead them away from the peoples, and I will gather them from the lands, and I will bring them into their own land. And I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the settlements of the land. 14 I will feed them in very fertile pastures, and their pastures will be on the lofty mountains of Israel. There they will rest on the green grass, and they will be fed in the fat pastures, on the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God. 16 I will seek what had been lost. And I will lead back again what had been cast aside. And I will bind up what had been broken. And I will strengthen what had been infirm. And I will preserve what was fat and strong. And I will feed them on judgment. 17 But as for you, O my flocks, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, among rams and among he-goats. 18 Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures? For you even trample with your feet upon the remainder of your pastures. And when you drank the purist water, you disturbed the remainder with your feet. 19 And my sheep were pastured from what you had trampled with your feet, and they drank from what your feet had disturbed. 20 Because of this, thus says the Lord God to you: Behold, I myself am judging between the fat cattle and the lean. 21 For you have pushed with your sides and shoulders, and you have threatened all the weak cattle with your horns, until they were scattered abroad. 22 I will save my flock, and it will be no longer be a prey, and I will judge between cattle and cattle. 23 And I will raise up over them ONE SHEPHERD, who will feed them, my servant David. He himself will feed them, and he will be their shepherd. 24 And I, the Lord, will be their God. And my servant David will be the leader in their midst. I, the Lord, have spoken. 25 And I will make a covenant of peace with them. And I will cause the very harmful beasts to cease from the land. And those who are living in the desert will sleep securely in the forests. 26 And I will make them a blessing all around my hill. And I will send the rain in due time; there will be showers of blessing. 27 And the tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the land will yield its crop. And they will be in their own land without fear. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have crushed the chains of their yoke, and when I will have rescued them from the hand of those who rule over them. 28 And they will no longer be a prey to the Gentiles, nor will the wild beasts of the earth devour them. Instead, they will live in confidence without any terror. 29 And I will raise up for them a renown branch. And they will be no longer be diminished by famine in the land, nor will they carry any longer the reproach of the Gentiles. 30 And they shall know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they are my people, the house of Israel, says the Lord God. 31 For you are my flocks; the flocks of my pasture are men. And I am the Lord your God, says the Lord God.”

Verš 2

“Son of man, prophesy about the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and you shall say to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds?

Jer 23:1 - “Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.

Verš 4

What was weak, you have not strengthened, and what was sick, you have not healed. What was broken, you have not bound, and what was cast aside, you have not led back again, and what was lost, you have not sought. Instead, you ruled over them with severity and with power.

1Pt 5:3 - not so as to dominate by means of the clerical state, but so as to be formed into a flock from the heart.

Verš 13

And I will lead them away from the peoples, and I will gather them from the lands, and I will bring them into their own land. And I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the settlements of the land.

Ez 28:25 - Thus says the Lord God: “When I will have gathered together the house of Israel, from the peoples among whom they have been dispersed, I shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the Gentiles. And they shall live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.

Verš 23

And I will raise up over them ONE SHEPHERD, who will feed them, my servant David. He himself will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.

Iz 40:11 - He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.

Jn 10:11 - I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.

Iz 42:1 - Behold my servant, I will uphold him, my elect, with him my soul is well-pleased. I have sent my Spirit upon him. He will offer judgment to the nations.

Iz 50:10 - Who is there among you who fears the Lord? Who hears the voice of his servant? Who has walked in darkness, and there is no light in him? Let him hope in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon his God.

Iz 52:13 - Behold, my servant will understand; he will be exalted and lifted up, and he will be very sublime.

Iz 53:11 - Because his soul has labored, he will see and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my just servant will himself justify many, and he himself will carry their iniquities.

Iz 30:9 - For they are a people who provoke to wrath, and they are lying sons, sons unwilling to listen to the law of God.

Verš 24

And I, the Lord, will be their God. And my servant David will be the leader in their midst. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Iz 55:4 - Behold, I have presented him as a witness to the people, as a commander and instructor to the nations.

Verš 29

And I will raise up for them a renown branch. And they will be no longer be diminished by famine in the land, nor will they carry any longer the reproach of the Gentiles.

Ez 36:6 - Therefore, prophesy over the soil of Israel, and you shall say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the ridges, and to the valleys: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I have spoken in my zeal and in my fury, because you have 488 endured the shame of the Gentiles.

Verš 31

For you are my flocks; the flocks of my pasture are men. And I am the Lord your God, says the Lord God.”

Jn 10:11 - I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.

Ez 34,2 - Doterajší vodcovia ľudu mali na mysli svoje záujmy, a nie záujmy ľudu, ktorý preto priviedli do záhuby. – Obraz o pastieroch je v Starom zákone častý, obraz o dobrom pastierovi prevzal aj sám Spasiteľ.

Ez 34,6 - Izraeliti boli rozhádzaní po celej zemi. Jedni boli v asýrskom, iní v babylonskom zajatí, mnohí ušli do Egypta alebo iných krajín. – Vrchy a kopce sú narážkou na modloslužbu na výšinách.

Ez 34,23 - Dobrý pastier bude Mesiáš, ktorého Pán volá Dávidom, lebo podľa proroctiev má byť Dávidovým potomkom (2 Sam 7,12 n.; Am 9,11; Iz 9,6; 11,1; Jer 23,5). Volá ho aj svojím sluhom. Aj trpiaceho Spasiteľa volá prorok Izaiáš Pánovým služobníkom; pozri pozn. pred Iz 42.

Ez 34,25 - Pokoj a mierumilovnosť je význačným ťahom mesiášskeho kráľovstva: porov. Mich 5,5; Ag 2,10; Iz 9,6–7; 11,6 n.; 2,2–4 atď.

Ez 34,26-29 - Hojná úroda a ostatné dobrá pozemské len zobrazujú duchovné požehnanie mesiášskych časov. Tento obraz bol u prorokov tiež častý: Iz 9,3.6; 11,6–9; 32,1–5.15–18; Oz 3,22 n.; Am 9,13. – O posvätnom Pánovom vrchu, ktorý bude východiskom nového náboženstva pozri pozn. k Iz 2,2.