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You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord Yahweh.
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You Are Men, He Is God
Commentators highlight the verse's powerful contrast. While God tenderly calls His people "my sheep," He reminds them they are "men"—finite and frail. As Charles Spurgeon notes, our ultimate hope and security rest not in our own human nature, but in the infinite power and faithfulness of the one who declares, "I am your God."
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yahweh, having promised to be a Ruler of His people, the administration of the divine kingdom is now described as carried on by One King, the repre…
19th Century
Anglican
The flock of my pasture.— The chapter closes with the strongest and tenderest assurance that the object of its figurative language…
Baptist
"However much I may have uplifted you, you are only men, after all; but I am not a man, I am your God," says the Lord. And we rest more upon what G…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men This is observed, to show that all that had been said in this cha…
The whole nation seemed to be the Lord's flock, yet they were very different characters; but He knew how to distinguish between them. Good pastures…
