11 " 'For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.
11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
11 "For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.
11 "'God, the Master, says: From now on, I myself am the shepherd. I'm going looking for them.
11 'For thus says the Lord God: "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.
11 "For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search and find my sheep.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 34:11
Commentary on Ezekiel 34:7-16
(Read Ezekiel 34:7-16)
The Lord declared that he intended mercy towards the scattered flock. Doubtless this, in the first place, had reference to the restoration of the Jews. It also represented the good Shepherd's tender care of the souls of his people. He finds them in their days of darkness and ignorance, and brings them to his fold. He comes to their relief in times of persecution and temptation. He leads them in the ways of righteousness, and causes them to rest on his love and faithfulness. The proud and self-sufficient, are enemies of the true gospel and of believers; against such we must guard. He has rest for disquieted saints, and terror for presumptuous sinners.