God Is Like A Shepherd Watching Over His Flock, His People :
(Ezekiel 34:31 KJV)
"And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men,
and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD."
God's People, His Flock, Has Been Scattered.
Is This "The Dispersion Of The Jews" ?
(Numbers 27:16 KJV)
"Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,"
(Numbers 27:17 KJV)
"Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them,
and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in;
that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd."
(1 Kings 22:17 KJV)
"And he said,
I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd:
and the LORD said, These have no master:
let them return every man to his house in peace."
(2 Chronicles 18:16 KJV)
"Then he said,
I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd:
and the LORD said, These have no master;
let them return therefore every man to his house in peace."
(Jeremiah 50:6 KJV)
"My people hath been lost sheep:
their shepherds have caused them to go astray,
they have turned them away on the mountains:
they have gone from mountain to hill,
they have forgotten their restingplace."
(Ezekiel 34:2 KJV)
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,
prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds;
Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves!
should not the shepherds feed the flocks?"
(Ezekiel 34:3 KJV)
"Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock."
(Ezekiel 34:4 KJV)
"The diseased have ye not strengthened,
neither have ye healed that which was sick,
neither have ye bound up that which was broken,
neither have ye brought again that which was driven away,
neither have ye sought that which was lost;
but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them."
(Ezekiel 34:5 KJV)
"And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd:
and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered."
(Ezekiel 34:6 KJV)
"My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:
yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth,
and none did search or seek after them."
(Ezekiel 34:21 KJV)
"Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder,
and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;"
(Zechariah 13:7 KJV)
"Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts:
smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered:
and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones."
(Matthew 9:35 KJV)
"And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues,
and preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
and healing every sickness and every disease among the people."
(Matthew 9:36 KJV)
"But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them,
because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd."
Other Biblical Passages That Speak Of The Suffering Of God's People,
Due To Isolation Or Being Separated From The Flock, Are These :
(Job 19:13 KJV)
"He hath put my brethren far from me,
and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me."
(Job 19:14 KJV)
"My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me."
(Job 19:15 KJV)
"They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight."
(Job 19:16 KJV)
"I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth."
(Job 19:17 KJV)
"My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body."
(Job 19:18 KJV)
"Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me."
(Job 19:19 KJV)
"All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me."
(Psalms 41:9 KJV)
"Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,
which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me."
(Psalms 88:8 KJV)
"Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me;
thou hast made me an abomination unto them:
I am shut up, and I cannot come forth."
(Psalms 88:18 KJV)
"Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness."
(Isaiah 66:5 KJV)
"Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word;
Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake,
said, Let the LORD be glorified:
but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed."
(Daniel 12:7 KJV)
"And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river,
when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven,
and sware by him that liveth for ever
that it shall be for a time, times, and an half;
and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people,
all these things shall be finished."
(Matthew 15:24 KJV)
"But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
(Matthew 18:11 KJV)
"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost."
(Matthew 18:12 KJV)
"How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray,
doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains,
and seeketh that which is gone astray?"
(Matthew 18:13 KJV)
"And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you,
he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray."
(Luke 15:4 KJV)
"What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them,
doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness,
and go after that which is lost, until he find it?"
(Luke 15:5 KJV)
"And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing."
(Luke 15:6 KJV)
"And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours,
saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost."
(Luke 15:7 KJV)
"I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth,
more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance."
(Luke 19:10 KJV)
"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost."
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