John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 34:19

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, &c.] They are forced to do it, not being able to come at any thing else; being as sheep without a shepherd, or worse: and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet; which, as it cannot be agreeable and relishing, so neither wholesome; as the leaven of the Scribes and Pharisees; the traditions of the elders; the false doctrines of false teachers, whose words eat as do a canker. The Targum of the whole verse is, “and my people eat the residue of the food of your ministers, and drink the residue of the drink of your ministers.”

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