Ezekiel 34:20-24
New English Translation
20 “‘Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad,[a] 22 I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
23 “‘I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them—namely, my servant David.[b] He will feed them and will be their shepherd. 24 I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince[c] among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!
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- Ezekiel 34:21 tn Heb “outside.”
- Ezekiel 34:23 sn The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5, as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Pss 2; 89).
- Ezekiel 34:24 sn The messianic king (“David”) is called both “king” and “prince” in 37:24-25. The use of the term “prince” for this king facilitates the contrast between this ideal ruler and the Davidic “princes” denounced in earlier prophecies (see 7:27; 12:10, 12; 19:1; 21:25; 22:6, 25).
Ezekiel 34:20-24
Lexham English Bible
20 “‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: “Look! I, even I will judge between fat sheep and between lean sheep, 21 because with your flank and with your shoulder you shoved, and with your horns you pushed all of the sick animals until[a] you scattered it[b] to the outside. 22 And so I will save my flock, and they will no longer be[c] for plunder, and I will judge between one sheep and another.[d] 23 And I will set up over them one shepherd, and he will feed them; that is, my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be for them as[e] a shepherd. 24 And I, Yahweh, I will be for them as God,[f] and my servant David will be a leader in the midst of them. I, Yahweh, I have spoken.
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- Ezekiel 34:21 Literally “until that”
- Ezekiel 34:21 Or “them”
- Ezekiel 34:22 Literally “not they will be longer for plunder”
- Ezekiel 34:22 Literally “sheep and sheep”
- Ezekiel 34:23 Or “like”
- Ezekiel 34:24 Literally “to a God”
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