Ezechiël 34:14

14 Op een goede weide zal Ik ze weiden, en op de hoge bergen Israels zal hun kooi zijn; aldaar zullen zij nederliggen in een goede kooi, en zullen weiden in een vette weide, op de bergen Israels.

Ezechiël 34:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 34:14

I will feed them in a good pasture
Or with good food, as the Targum: such as the fulness of grace in Christ, where believers go in and out, and find pasture; and where they may feed to the full, have bread enough, and to spare; and may draw water with joy out of the full wells of salvation: this is good food; food indeed, in opposition to that which was typical, or is imaginary; this is spiritual food, suitable to the spirits of men, brought by the Spirit of God, and relished by a spiritual man; this is savoury food, soul satisfying and soul strengthening food; this is nourishing food, and what will endure to everlasting life: and such is the Gospel, the promises and doctrines of it, in which there is a variety of food; milk for babes, and meat for strong men; sweet to the taste, and health to the bones; salutary and nourishing, and which makes glad the heart; and of the same kind are the ordinances of the Gospel, the breasts of consolation, the goodness and fatness of the Lord's house; which he makes his people partakers of, and satisfies them with. And upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be; there shall
they lie in a good fold;
of the same nature and use are the churches of Christ as a fold is to the sheep; as that they are separated, divided, and distinguished from others; as into a fold, the sheep of Christ are gathered into churches; where they lie together, are united and knit together in love, and where they have communion with one another, and keep each other warm, and stir up one another to love and good works; whereby the vitals of religion are preserved; here they are kept in the night season, and fed in the winter; these like a fold are a sort of fence unto them, and a preservation of them from wolves and bears; and here they lie down, and have spiritual rest, ease, and safety: and as in a fold there are lambs, and sheep, and goats, so in churches there are different sorts folded together, weaker and stronger Christians; and some only nominal ones, who will be separated at the last day. A fold may be taken down, and removed from place to place, and so may visible congregated churches; the candlestick may be removed out of its place, the word and ordinances; and so a Gospel church state may be carried from place to place; and there is but one fold for Jews and Gentiles, and this is a good one; see ( John 10:16 ) . And in a fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel;
on the feast of fat things there, and so become fat and flourishing; (See Gill on Ezekiel 34:13).

Ezechiël 34:14 In-Context

12 Gelijk een herder zijn kudde opzoekt, ten dage als hij in het midden zijner verspreide schapen is, alzo zal Ik Mijn schapen opzoeken; en Ik zal ze redden uit al de plaatsen, waarhenen zij verstrooid zijn, ten dage der wolke en der donkerheid.

13 En Ik zal ze uitvoeren van de volken, en zal ze vergaderen uit de landen, en brengen ze in hun land; en Ik zal ze weiden op de bergen Israels, bij de stromen en in alle bewoonbare plaatsen des lands.

14 Op een goede weide zal Ik ze weiden, en op de hoge bergen Israels zal hun kooi zijn; aldaar zullen zij nederliggen in een goede kooi, en zullen weiden in een vette weide, op de bergen Israels.

15 Ik zal Mijn schapen weiden, en Ik zal ze legeren, spreekt de Heere HEERE.

16 Het verlorene zal Ik zoeken, en het weggedrevene zal Ik wederbrengen, en het gebrokene zal Ik verbinden, en het kranke zal Ik sterken; maar het vette en het sterke zal Ik verdelgen, Ik zal ze weiden met oordeel.