Ezekiel 34:25-27

25 “ ‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.

26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.^[a] I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.

27 The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.

Ezekiel 34:25-27 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. S Ezekiel 16:62
• 2. S Numbers 25:12
• 3. Leviticus 26:6
• 4. S Leviticus 25:18; Isaiah 11:6-9; Hosea 2:18
• 5. S Genesis 12:2
• 6. Psalms 68:9; Joel 2:23
• 7. Deuteronomy 11:13-15; S Deuteronomy 28:12; Isaiah 44:3
• 8. S Psalms 72:16
• 9. S Job 14:9; S Psalms 67:6
• 10. S Numbers 24:21
• 11. S Leviticus 26:13
• 12. S Jeremiah 30:8; S Ezekiel 20:42; S Ezekiel 28:25

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings" (see Gen. 48:20); or "I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed"