Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 34:6

"My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek [after them]." — Ezekiel 34:6 (ASV)

My sheep wandered.— In the pronouns, my sheep and my flock, God again claims the people for His own. Without proper guides, they have indeed strayed far away from Him, and there has been no one to inquire about or search for them in their lost condition. The two words search and seek refer, the former to asking or inquiring, the latter to searching for.

In such a state of things, plainly the first act of mercy to the flock must be the removal of the unfaithful shepherds. This is promised (Ezekiel 34:7–10), but, after Ezekiel’s manner, with a repeated declaration of the unfaithfulness of the shepherds.