Doubtless the most important OT passages for an understanding of Jesus’ teaching in John 10, where Davidic typology and shepherd imagery intersect, are Ezekiel 34 (esp. vv. 23–24) and 37 (esp. vv. 24–25).35 In Ezek 34:1–10, Ezekiel charges Israel’s “shepherds” (that is, its religious leaders) with complete irresponsibility in failing to care for God’s people, his “flock.” God promises to come himself to search for his “sheep” and to seek them out, to deliver them and to care for them,