Ezekiel 34:4
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The weak you have not strengthened, and that which was sick you have not healed, that which was broken you have not bound up, and that which was driven away you have not brought again, neither have you sought that which was lost: but you ruled over them with rigour, and with a high hand.

diseased

Ezekiel 34:16 I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away, I will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I will strengthen that which was weak, and that which was fat and strong I will preserve, and I will feed them in judgment.

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.

Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Galaad? or is there no physician there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed?

Zechariah 11:15,16 And the Lord said to me: Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. . . .

Matthew 9:36 And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.

Hebrews 12:12 Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees:

sought

Matthew 10:6 But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 18:12,13 What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray: doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the mountains, and goeth to seek that which is gone astray? . . .

Luke 15:4-6 What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after that which was lost, until he find it? . . .

but with

Exodus 1:13,14 And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them: . . .

Jeremiah 22:13 Woe to him that buildeth up his house by injustice, and his chambers not in judgment: that will oppress his friend without cause, and will not pay him his wages.

Matthew 21:35 And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one and killed another and stoned another.

Matthew 24:49 And shall begin to strike his fellow servants and shall eat and drink with drunkards:

2 Corinthians 1:24 0

James 5:1-6 Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you. . . .

1 Peter 5:2,3 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily: . . .

Revelation 13:14-17 And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs which were given him to do in the sight of the beast: saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make the image of the beast which had the wound by the sword and lived. . . .

Revelation 17:5,6 And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery: Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications and the abominations of the earth. . . .

Context
A Prophecy Against Israel's Shepherds
3You ate the milk, and you clothed yourselves with the wool, and you killed that which was fat: but my flock you did not feed. 4The weak you have not strengthened, and that which was sick you have not healed, that which was broken you have not bound up, and that which was driven away you have not brought again, neither have you sought that which was lost: but you ruled over them with rigour, and with a high hand.5And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd and they became the prey of all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.…
Cross References
Matthew 9:36
And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.

Matthew 10:6
But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 18:12
What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray: doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the mountains, and goeth to seek that which is gone astray?

Matthew 18:13
And if it so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety-nine that went not astray.

Luke 15:4
What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after that which was lost, until he find it?

1 Peter 5:3
Neither as lording it over the clergy but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart.

Leviticus 25:43
Afflict him not by might: but fear thy God.

Isaiah 1:5
For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.

Isaiah 3:7
In that day he shall answer, saying: I am no healer, and in my house there is no bread, nor clothing: make me not ruler of the people.

Zechariah 11:16
For behold I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish that which standeth, and he shall eat the flesh of the fat ones, and break their hoofs.

Lexicon
You have not
לֹ֨א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

strengthened
חִזַּקְתֶּ֜ם (ḥiz·zaq·tem)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

the weak,
הַנַּחְלוֹת֩ (han·naḥ·lō·wṯ)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2470: To be weak or sick

healed
רִפֵּאתֶ֗ם (rip·pê·ṯem)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7495: To mend, to cure

the sick,
הַחוֹלָ֣ה (ha·ḥō·w·lāh)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2470: To be weak or sick

bound up
חֲבַשְׁתֶּ֔ם (ḥă·ḇaš·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2280: To wrap firmly, to stop, to rule

the injured,
וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֙רֶת֙ (wə·lan·niš·be·reṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7665: To break, break in pieces

brought back
הֲשֵׁבֹתֶ֔ם (hă·šê·ḇō·ṯem)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

the strays,
הַנִּדַּ֙חַת֙ (han·nid·da·ḥaṯ)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5080: To impel, thrust, banish

or searched for
בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֑ם (ḇiq·qaš·tem)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after

the lost.
הָאֹבֶ֖דֶת (hā·’ō·ḇe·ḏeṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

Instead,
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

you have ruled
רְדִיתֶ֥ם (rə·ḏî·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7287: To tread down, subjugate, to crumble off

them with violence
וּבְחָזְקָ֛ה (ū·ḇə·ḥā·zə·qāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2394: Strength, force, violence

and cruelty.
וּבְפָֽרֶךְ׃ (ū·ḇə·p̄ā·reḵ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6531: Harshness, severity


Additional Translations
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.The diseased have you not strengthened, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought again that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have you ruled them.

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 back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.

The weak one ye have not strengthened, and the sick ye have not cherished, and the bruised ye have not bound up, and the stray one ye have not turned back, and the lost ye have not sought; and the strong ye have wearied with labour.

The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up [what was] broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them.

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 rigour have ye ruled over them.

The diseased ye have 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.

You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.

The weak ye have not strengthened, And the sick one ye have not healed, And the broken ye have not bound up, And the driven away have not brought back, And the lost ye have not sought, And with might ye have ruled them and with rigour.
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