Yehezkiel 34:20-22

34:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 34:21 Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad, ¹  34:22 I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

Yehezkiel 20:37-38

20:37 I will make you pass under ²  the shepherd’s staff, ³  and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. 20:38 I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt ⁴  against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

[34:21]  ¹ tn Heb “outside.”

[20:37]  ² tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire.

[20:37]  ³ sn The metaphor may be based in Lev 27:32 (see also Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33). A shepherd would count his sheep as they passed beneath his staff.

[20:38]  ⁴ tn See the note at 2:3.