Ezekiel 34:29

29 I'll give them rich gardens, lavish in vegetables - no more living half-starved, no longer taunted by outsiders.

Ezekiel 34:29 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 34:29

And I will raise up for them a plant of renown
Or, "for a name"; or, "of a name" F20; a famous one: this is to be understood, not of the Jewish nation itself, as the Targum,

``and I will raise up for them a plantation for standing;''
or which shall continue; but of the Messiah, and not of his incarnation, when he sprung up as a tender plant out of the dry ground, and as a branch out of the roots of Jesse, being on that account often spoken of as a branch; see ( Isaiah 11:1 ) ( 53:2 ) ( Zechariah 3:8 ) ( 6:12 ) , but of him in a more raised and exalted state, as grown up to a stately tree, a goodly cedar, as in ( Ezekiel 17:23 ) when his interest and kingdom should be great and glorious in the world, as it will be at the time of the conversion of the Jews; and it is spoken of his manifestation to them as a plant of renown, or as a renowned plant, the true vine and tree of life; or as a famous renowned person, one of name; whose glorious names and titles are Shiloh, the Messiah, Immanuel, Jehovah our righteousness, Jesus the Saviour, the Word of God, the King of kings, and Lord of lords: and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land;
the Targum is,
``they shall no more move from place to place through famine in the land;''
and which is to be understood, not of hunger through a famine of bread and water, but of hearing the word of the Lord; which they shall now have, and hear, and believe, and so have food for their souls, and hunger no more; as those do not who believe in Christ, ( John 6:35 ) , for this plant raised up for them, and pointed out to them, the tree of life, Christ Jesus, bears all manner of precious fruit, sweet to the taste, and nourishing to the souls of his people; under his shadow they sit, and his fruit is sweet to them; and with him is bread enough, and to spare; so that there is no want, nor fear of consumption with hunger, where he is: neither bear the shame of the Heathen any more;
being called by them Jews, in away of taunt, a proverb, and a curse; and outcasts, whom none seek after; but now they shall no more be termed forsaken, or called desolate, but instead thereof Hephzibah and Beulah; see ( Jeremiah 30:17 ) ( Isaiah 62:4 Isaiah 62:12 ) .
FOOTNOTES:

F20 (Mvl ejm) "plantato in nemen", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Starckius; "plantam celebri nomine", Tigurine version; "plantam in nomen", Vatablus.

Ezekiel 34:29 In-Context

27 The trees in the orchards will bear fruit, the ground will produce, they'll feel content and safe on their land, and they'll realize that I am God when I break them out of their slavery and rescue them from their slave masters.
28 "'No longer will they be exploited by outsiders and ravaged by fierce beasts. They'll live safe and sound, fearless and free.
29 I'll give them rich gardens, lavish in vegetables - no more living half-starved, no longer taunted by outsiders.
30 "'They'll know, beyond doubting, that I, God, am their God, that I'm with them and that they, the people Israel, are my people. Decree of God, the Master:
31 You are my dear flock, the flock of my pasture, my human flock, And I am your God. Decree of God, the Master.'"
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