Ezekiel 34:3
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.Ezekiel 34:3 in the real world
In what words
- בָּרִיאbârîyʼfatted or plump
- צֶמֶרtsemerwool
- חֶלֶבchelebfat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
- לָבַשׁlâbashproperly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or ano
- זָבַחzâbachto slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
- רָעָהrâʻâhto tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); ge
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Zec 11:16, Ezk 22:25–28, Ezk 19:3, Zec 11:5, Ezk 19:6, 1Ki 21:13–16, Jer 2:30, Isa 1:10