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For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
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God's Personal Intervention
Multiple commentators emphasize the repeated phrase "I, even I." This signifies a dramatic shift where God personally intervenes because the human shepherds (Israel's leaders) have failed. This is not a delegated task but a direct, loving, and personal commitment from God to care for His scattered people.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yahweh is the shepherd of His people. He will do all that the shepherds should have done and did not. These promises—partially fulfilled in the ret…
19th Century
Anglican
Behold, I, even I.— The rich promises of the following verses are all essentially contained in this, that Jehovah Himself will be …
Baptist
For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
The shepherds did not do this; they le…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For thus says the Lord God: Since the shepherds are so negligent, careless, and cruel: behold, I, even I, wil…
The Lord declared that He intended mercy towards the scattered flock. Doubtless this, in the first place, referred to the restoration of the Jews. …
