Ezekiel 34:2 Cross References - Bishops

² Thou sonne of man, prophecie against the shepheardes of Israel, prophecie and speake vnto them: thus saith the Lorde God vnto the shepheardes, Wo be vnto the shepheardes of Israel that feede them selues: should not the shepheards feede the flockes

² And in time past whe Saul was our king, thou leddest Israel in and out: and the Lord hath sayd to thee, thou shalt feede my people Israel, & thou shalt be a captayne ouer Israel

⁷¹ As he was folowing the ewes great with young he toke hym: that he might feede Iacob his people, and Israel his inheritaunce ⁷² So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart: and guided them by the discretion of his handes

¹¹ He shall feede his flocke like an heardman, he shall gather the lambes together with his arme, and cary them in his bosome, and shall kyndly intreate those that beare young

⁸ The priestes them selues sayde not, Where is the Lord? They that had the lawe in their handes knewe me not, the sheepheardes offended agaynst me, the prophetes did prophecie in Baal, and folowed such thinges as shal bryng them no profite

¹⁵ And wyll geue you heardmen after myne owne mynde, which shall feede you with learnyng and wisdome

²¹ For the heardmen are become foolishe, and they haue not sought the Lorde: therefore haue they dealt vnwisely with their cattell, and all are scattered abrode

¹⁰ Diuers heardmen haue broke downe my vineyarde, and troden vpon my portion: of my pleasaunt portion they haue made a wildernesse and desert

¹ Wo vnto the shepheardes that destroy and scatter my flocke, saith the Lorde

¹⁹ And wyll ye pollute me to my people for handfuls of barly, and for peeces of bread, to kyll the soules of them that dye not, and promise life to them that liue not, in lying to my people that heareth your lyes

²⁴ Thou sonne of man, these that dwell in the wasted lande of Israel talke and say: Abraham was but one man, and he had the lande in possession: nowe are we many, and the lande is geuen vs to possesse also

⁸ As truely as I lyue saith the Lorde God, forsomuch as my sheepe are robbed, & deuoured of all the wylde beastes of the fielde, hauing no shepheard, and seeing that my shepheardes seke not my sheepe, but the shepheardes feede them selues, and feede not my sheepe ⁹ Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde O ye shepheardes ¹⁰ Thus saith the Lorde God: beholde, I wyll vpon the shepheardes, and require my sheepe from their handes, and make them ceasse from feeding of the sheepe, yea the shepheardes shall feede them selues no more: for I wyll deliuer my sheepe out of their mouthes, so that they shall not deuour them after this

¹ And I saide, heare I pray you O heads of Iacob, & ye princes of the house of Israel, shoulde not ye know iudgement ² [But] they hate the good, and loue the euill, they plucke of their skinnes from them, and their fleshe from their bones ³ And they eate also the fleshe of my people, & flay of their skinne from them: and they breake their bones, and chop them in peeces as for the pot, and as fleshe within the cauldron

¹¹ (The heades therof iudge for rewards, and the priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophetes thereof prophecie for money: yet wyll they leane vpon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among vs? no euill can come vpon vs. ¹² Therefore shall Sion for your sake be plowed [as] a fielde, & Hierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the house as the hie places of the forest

³ Her rulers within her are as roaring lions, her iudges are as wolues in the euening, whiche leaue nothing behinde them till the morowe ⁴ Her prophetes are light persons & vnfaythful men, her priestes haue polluted the sanctuarie, & haue wrested the law

¹⁷ O idol shepheard that leaueth the flocke, the sworde shall come vpon his arme, and vpon his right eye: his arme shalbe cleane dryed vp, and his right eye shalbe sore blynded

⁴⁸ But and yf that euyll seruaunt say in his heart, my Lorde wyll be long a commyng ⁴⁹ And so begyn to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and drynke with the dronken ⁵⁰ The same seruauntes Lorde shall come in a day, when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of ⁵¹ And shall hewe hym in peeces, & geue hym his portion with hypocrites: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth

⁴² And the Lorde saide: Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their portion of meate in due season ⁴³ Happye is that seruaunt, whom his lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng ⁴⁴ Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath ⁴⁵ But & yf that seruaut say in his heart, my lorde wyll deferre his commyng, and shall begyn to smyte the seruauntes and maydens, and to eate and drynke, and to be dronken ⁴⁶ The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers

⁴⁶ Beware of the scribes, whiche wyll go in long robes, and loue greetinges in the markets, and the hyest seates in the synagogues, and the chiefe rowmes at feastes ⁴⁷ Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation

¹ Veryly, veryly, I say vnto you: He that entreth not in by ye doore into the sheepfolde, but clymeth vp some other way, the same is a thiefe, and a robber ² But he that entreth in by the doore, is the sheephearde of the sheepe

¹¹ I am the good sheephearde. A good sheephearde, geueth his lyfe for the sheepe ¹² An hyrelyng, and he which is not the sheephearde, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe commyng, and leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth, & scattereth the sheepe

¹⁵ So when they had dyned, Iesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me more then these? He sayd vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayth vnto hym: feede my lambes ¹⁶ He sayth to hym agayne the seconde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? He sayth vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayde vnto hym: feede my sheepe ¹⁷ He sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme, louest thou me: And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou knowest all thynges, thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus sayth vnto hym: feede my sheepe

²⁶ Wherefore, I take you to recorde this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men

²⁹ For I knowe this, that after my departyng, shall greeuous wolfes enter in among you, not sparyng the flocke

¹⁸ For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes

² Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde ³ Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke ⁴ And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory

³ And through couetousnesse, shall they with fayned wordes make marchaudize of you, whose iudgement is nowe not farre of, and their damnation sleepeth not