Ezekiel 34:21-31

21 Because you push with side and shoulder, and ¹thrust at all the ²weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,

22 I will rescue^[a] my flock; ³they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep.

23 And ⁴I will set up over them one shepherd, ⁵my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.

24 And ⁶I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. ⁷I am the Lord; I have spoken.

The Lord’s Covenant of Peace

25 ⁸“I will make with them a covenant of peace and ⁹banish wild beasts from the land, ¹⁰so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

26 And I will make them and the places all around my hill ¹¹a blessing, and ¹²I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be ¹³showers of blessing.

27 ¹⁴And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, ¹⁵and they shall be secure in their land. And ¹⁶they shall know that I am the Lord, when ¹⁷I break the bars of their yoke, and ¹⁸deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

28 ¹⁹They shall no more be a prey to the nations, ²⁰nor shall the beasts of the land devour them. ²¹They shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

29 And I will provide for them ²²renowned plantations so that ²³they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer ²⁴suffer the reproach of the nations.

30 And they shall know that ²⁵I am the Lord their God with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Lord God.

31 And you are my sheep, ²⁶human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord God. ”

Ezekiel 34:21-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 34

In the former chapter the prophet prophesies against the people of the Jews, both those of the captivity, and those who were not; and here against the shepherds of Israel. This he is bid to do, Eze 34:1,2, whose cruelty to the flock, negligence and unfaithfulness are exposed, Eze 34:3-6, for which reasons they are threatened to be deprived of their office, Eze 34:7-10, and the Lord promises to take the care of the flock upon himself, to seek out his sheep, and feed them, and do every kind office to them, Eze 34:11-16 and then the strong of the flock, that oppressed the weak, are threatened with punishment, Eze 34:17-22 and the promise of the Messiah, as the shepherd of the flock, is made, under whom all prosperity and happiness might be expected, Eze 34:23-31.

Cross References

• 1. 34:21 Deut. 33:17; Dan. 8:4
• 2. 34:21 [ver. 4]
• 3. 34:22 [ver. 8]
• 4. 34:23 ch. 37:22, 24; Jer. 23:4, 5; Mic. 5:4; 7:14; [ver. 15; John 10:11, 16]
• 5. 34:23 ch. 37:24, 25; [2 Sam. 5:2; Ps. 78:71, 72]
• 6. 34:24 See ch. 37:27; Ex. 29:45; Lev. 26:12
• 7. 34:24 See ch. 17:24
• 8. 34:25 ch. 37:26; See Isa. 54:10
• 9. 34:25 Lev. 26:6; Hos. 2:18; [Isa. 35:9]; See Isa. 11:6-9
• 10. 34:25 ch. 38:8, 14; 39:26
• 11. 34:26 Gen. 12:2; Isa. 19:24; Zech. 8:13
• 12. 34:26 Lev. 26:4; [ch. 22:24]
• 13. 34:26 Mal. 3:10
• 14. 34:27 ch. 36:30; Lev. 26:4
• 15. 34:27 [See ver. 25 above]
• 16. 34:27 See ch. 6:7
• 17. 34:27 Jer. 30:8
• 18. 34:27 Jer. 30:8
• 19. 34:28 [See ver. 22 above]
• 20. 34:28 [See ver. 25 above]
• 21. 34:28 [See ver. 25 above]
• 22. 34:29 Isa. 60:21; 61:3
• 23. 34:29 ch. 36:29
• 24. 34:29 See ch. 32:24
• 25. 34:30 [See ver. 24 above]
• 26. 34:31 Ps. 74:1; 100:3; John 10:16

Footnotes

• [a] 34:22 Or 'save'