Reading for March 9th

Read Ezekiel 34.17-31 Ezekiel portrays the leaders as stronger sheep who trample the pasture and dirty the water that others. must use. God's rule will be manifested in the establishment of Davidic prince. A covenant of peace: The idylic situation for those who assert that "the inhabitants of the waste places" will take over the land (33.23-29), Ezekiel maintains that God will protect the people of Israel. The refereences to trees and animals, together with the threat of enemies (see Lev 26) recall God's role as creator of the natural world and protector of the human world. You are my sheep ... and I am your God: A variation of the covenant formula (11.20; 14.11). Comments or Questions..