Ezekiel 34:18

Easy To Read Version

You can eat the grass growing on the good land. So why do you also crush the grass that other sheep want to eat? You can drink plenty of clear water. So why do you also stir the water that other sheep want to drink?

Cross References

Genesis 30:15

Leah answered, “You have already taken away my husband. Now you are trying to take away my son’s flowers.”

2 Samuel 7:19

I am nothing but a servant. {And you have been so kind to me.} But you have also said these kind things about my future family. Lord, my Master, you don’t always talk like this to people, do you?

Proverbs 25:26

If a good person becomes weak and follows an evil person, it is the same as good water that has become dirty.

Isaiah 32:6

A foolish person {\cf2\super [295]} says foolish things, and in his heart (mind), plans evil things to do. A foolish person wants to do things that are wrong. A foolish person says bad things about the Lord. A foolish person does not let hungry people eat food. A foolish person does not let thirsty people drink water.

Isaiah 7:13

Then Isaiah said, “Family of David, {\cf2\super [85]} listen very carefully! You test the people’s patience—and this is not important to you. So, now you test my God’s patience.

Ezekiel 16:20

\{God said,\} “You and I had children together. But you took our children. You killed them and gave them to those false gods! But that is only some of the bad things you did when you cheated on me and went to those false gods.

Ezekiel 16:47

You did all the terrible things they did. But you also did things that were even worse!

Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [259]} sing this sad song about Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Say to him:

Ezekiel 34:19

My flock must eat the grass you crushed with your feet, and they must drink the water you stir with your feet!”

Micah 2:2

They want fields,\par so they take them.\par They want houses,\par so they take them.\par They cheat a man\par and take his house.\par They cheat a man\par and take his land from him.\par

Numbers 16:13

You have brought us out of a land filled with many good things. [202] You brought us to the desert to kill us. And now you want to show that you have even more power over us.

Numbers 16:9

You should be happy that the God of Israel chose you and made you special. You are different from the rest of the Israelite people. The Lord brought you near to him to do the special work in the Lord’s Holy Tent [201] to help the people of Israel worship him. Isn’t that enough?

Matthew 23:13

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [333]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [334]} You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.

Luke 11:52

“It will be bad for you, you teachers of the law. You have taken away the key to learning about God. You yourselves would not learn, and you stopped others from learning, too.”