Ezekiel 34:6
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 34:5 directly precedes verse 6, stating the scattering was due to no shepherd — the same cause.
Ezekiel 34:8 expands on the shepherds' failure to search, reinforcing the lack of seeking in verse 6.
John 10:16 shows Jesus as the Good Shepherd who actively gathers the scattered sheep — answering the neglect in Ezekiel.
1 Peter 2:25 directly echoes the sheep straying image — contrasts former wandering with return to the Shepherd.
2 Chronicles 18:16 uses the identical metaphor of Israel scattered like sheep without a shepherd — directly parallels Ezekiel.
Psalm 119:176 confesses straying like a lost sheep and begs God to seek — directly mirrors Ezekiel's scattered sheep needing a seeker.
Jeremiah 10:21 blames shepherds for scattering the flock — directly parallels Ezekiel's indictment of negligent shepherds and scattered sheep.
In Jeremiah 50:6, the same lost sheep metaphor appears, with shepherds blamed for leading them astray on mountains.
Jeremiah 50:17 specifies that Israel was scattered by Assyria and Babylon, detailing the agents of scattering.
In Matthew 10:6, Jesus sends disciples to the 'lost sheep of Israel', directly applying the OT image to his mission.
Matthew 18:12 describes a shepherd seeking one lost sheep on mountains — the very action missing in Ezekiel 34:6.
Psalm 107:4 describes wandering in deserts — echoes the lost sheep wandering in mountains and hills without guidance.
Psalm 119:10 expresses a desire not to wander from God's commands — opposite of the aimless wandering of Ezekiel's scattered sheep.
Psalm 142:4 echoes the same lament of abandonment — no one cares or looks after, parallel to scattered sheep with no seeker.
Zechariah 11:5 depicts shepherds who sell and slaughter sheep without pity, echoing the neglect of the flock.