Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ezekiel 34:12

"As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day." — Ezekiel 34:12 (ASV)

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

He has a chosen people redeemed to himself by blood, and though they have wandered in the cloudy and dark day of their depravity and ruin, yet will he seek for them with ceaseless care, and bring them back with mighty power, until he has put them into his fold again.

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

It does not matter where the place is; the Lord will find out His sheep. If it is the castle of Giant Despair, He will find them there. If it is the worst dungeon in Doubting Castle, He will discover them there. They may have wandered upon the mountains of Despondency and Dejection; they may have been lost in the gorges of some dark valley of Desperation; but the Lord says, I will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

And, be assured, He does not seek without finding. He discovers them, for He knows where they are.

Oh, is not that a "cloudy and dark day" in which we wander from God and do not know how to return to Him? But clouds and darkness are banished when we see the light of His face.