Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The diseased—rather, those weak from the effects of "disease," as "strengthened" (that is, with due nourishment) requires [GROTIUS].
broken—that is, fractures from wounds inflicted by the wolf.
brought again . . . driven away— (Exodus 23:4). Those "driven away" by the enemy into foreign lands through God's judgments are meant (Jeremiah 23:3). A spiritual reformation of the state by the rulers would have turned away God's wrath, and "brought again" the exiles. The rulers are censured as chiefly guilty (though the people, too, were guilty), because they, who ought to have been foremost in checking the evil, promoted it.
neither . . . sought . . . lost—Contrast the Good Shepherd's love (Luke 15:4).
with force . . . ruled— (Exodus 1:13-14). With an Egyptian bondage. The very thing forbidden by the law they did (Leviticus 25:43; compare I Peter 5:3).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 34:4:
Ezekiel 34:16
Amos 6:6
Zechariah 11:16
Matthew 2:6
Matthew 10:6
Luke 10:37
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