Ezekiel 34:12

“As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered, &c.] That is, when they have been scattered, and are got together again; then he goes among them, to see if there are any missing, and in wheat condition they are, and what they want: so will I seek out my sheep, and deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day; such as, in a literal sense, the time of the captivity was, when the Jews were dispersed in the various provinces of Babylon, and other countries; and which was a time of darkness and affliction to them. The time of Adam’s fall was a dark and cloudy day; when all sinned in him, and were made…”

“in the day that he is among--in the midst of (Hebrew) His sheep that had been scattered. Referring to Messiah's second advent, when He shall be "the glory in the midst of Israel" (Zac 2:5). in the cloudy . . . day--the day of the nation's calamity (Joe 2:2).”

“The cloudy and dark day - Contrasted with the day in which the Lord will be among them like a shepherd to gather them together again. return to 'Top of Page'”

“In the cloudy and dark day - In the time of general distress. Ezekiel 34:16”

“34:12-16 The dark and cloudy day, the day of judgment (cp. 32:7-8), was completed. Now God would bring his people back to the mountains of Israel, the center of the land promised to the patriarchs, and tend his sheep (see Ps 23).”

“As a shepherd seeketh out: Heb. According to the shepherd's seeking of, etc. Sa1 17:34, Sa1 17:35; Luk 15:4-6; Joh 10:11, Joh 10:12 in the cloudy: Eze 30:3; Isa 50:10; Jer 13:16; Joe 2:1-3; Amo 5:18-20; Zep 1:15; Act 2:19-21 Ezekiel 34:13”