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xxiii, 16. I have not sent these pro- | but with force and with cruelty have phets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied, 21. Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith; and the LORD hath not sent them and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? Ezek. xiii. 2-7. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves, Matt. vii. 15.

ye ruled them, Ezek. xxxiv. 2—4. Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter: Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich and their own shepherds pity them not, Zech. xi. 4, 5. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not, 2 Pet. ii. 3.

b All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them, ver. 8. His watch men are blind; they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine: and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant, Isa, Ivi. 10-12. Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Gon unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. 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;

VER. 2.

Ὁ δὲ εἰσερχόμενος διὰ τῆς θύρας, αποι MY BOTI Tν πpoláтшν.

But he that entereth in by the door bis the shepherd of the sheep.

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a I am the door: by me any enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture, ver. 9.

bI am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine, ver. 11-14. Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young, Isa. xl. 10, 11. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LoRD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones, Zech. xiii. 7. Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Heb. xiii. 20. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls, 1 Pet. ii. 25. And when the chief Shepherd

a See on chap. viii. ver. 47. clause 1. b The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake, Psal. xxiii. 2, 3. But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies, lxxviii. 52, 53. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth, lxxx. 1. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young, Isa. xl. 11. That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves they shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them, xlix. 9, 10. For thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them in a good pasture, and

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upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie on a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my lock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Gob. I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind strengthen that which was sick : but up that which was broken, and will I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment, Ezek. xxxiv. 11-16.

a For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you, John xiii. 15. In house are many mansions: if it were my Father's not so, I would have told you. 1 go go and prepare a place for you, I will to prepare a place for you. And if I come again, and receive you unto my. self; that where I am, there ye may be also, xiv. 2, 3. The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, Deut. i. 30. I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them, Mic. ii. 12, 13. Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ, 1 Cor. xi. 1. Beye therefore followers of God, as dear children, Eph. v. 1. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, Phil. ii. 5. Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec, Heb. vi. 20. For even hereunto were

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ye called : because Christ also suf- | σέλθη, σωθήσεται· καὶ εἰσελεύσεται καὶ ἐξελεύσεται, καὶ νομὴν εὑρήσει.

Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ θύρα· δι ̓ ἐμοῦ ἐάν τις εἰ- I know them, and they follow me,

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ver. 27. Nevertheless the foundation | the Lord GoD, Behold, I will take of God standeth sure, having this seal, the children of Israel from among the The Lord knoweth them that are his. heathen, whither they be gone, and And, Let every one that nameth the will gather them on every side, and name of Christ depart from iniquity, bring them into their own land: And 2 Tim. ii. 19. I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all, Ezek. xxxvii. 21, 22. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby; And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh, Eph. ii. 14-17.

His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee by this we believe that thou camest forth from God, John xvi. 29, 30. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me, xvii. 8. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, 2 Cor. iv. 6. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, I may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, Eph. i. 17. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true: and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life, 1 John v. 20.

Καὶ ἄλλα πρόβατα ἔχω, ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς αὐλῆς ταύτης· κἀκεῖνά με δεῖ ἀγαγεῖν, καὶ τῆς φωνῆς μου ἀκούσουσι· καὶ γενήσεται μία ποίμνη, εἷς ποιμήν.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; band there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

VER. 17.

Διὰ τοῦτο ὁ πατήρ με ἀγαπᾷ, ὅτι ἐγὼ τίθημι τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἵνα πάλιν λάβω auriv.

because I lay down my life, that I might Therefore doth & my Father blove me, take it again,

a See on Matt. vii. ver. 21. clause 4. b See on Matt. iii. ver. 17. clause 2.

VER. 18.

Οὐδεὶς αἴρει αὐτὴν ἀπ ̓ ἐμοῦ· ἀλλ ̓ ἐγὼ τίθημι αὐτὴν ἀπ' ἐμαυτοῦ· ἐξουσίαν ἔχω θεῖναι αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχω πάλιν λαβεῖν αὐτήν. Ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου.

a No man taketh it from me, but I lay down, and I have power to take it again. it down of myself. I have power to lay it b This commandment have I received of Father. my

a See on chap. ii. ver. 19. clause 3. b For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to the living Father hath sent me, and I have life in himself, John v. 26. As live by the Father, etc. vi. 57.

VER. 19.

a See on Matt. viii. ver. 11. clause 1. Σχίσμα οὖν πάλιν ἐγένετο ἐν τοῖς Ἰου And say unto them, Thus saith | δαίοις διὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους.