34:7-10
When a flock is not shepherd well it becomes prey to many predators. The same applies with the church. It is the duty of leaders to care properly for the flock. This involves both being caring in a pastoral sense, and in giving sound teaching. We are also to be ready to seek out the lost. So God declares Himself against the bad shepherds, and that He will hold them accountable. God will remove the bad shepherds, for instead of providing for the flock, they were feeding off them. So God will rescue the flock.
34:11-16
“I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.” This is what God did in Christ, and again there are obvious parallels with the parable of the lost sheep. So God will rescue the scattered sheep from the nations, and bring them back to the land where they belong. So the sheep would lie down in good grazing land, and be well fed. Verse 15 stresses again that God Himself will do this, and there are echoes of Psalm 23 in this verse. “The sleek and the strong I will destroy”. This refers to those who were meant to be the shepherds of the flock. They would pay a price for their sins.
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