25 “And I will make a (A)covenant of peace with them and (B)eliminate harmful animals from the land, so that they may (C)live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 I will make them and the places around My hill a (D)blessing. And I will make (E)showers fall in their season; they will be showers of (F)blessing. 27 Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its produce, and they will be (G)secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have (H)broken the bars of their yoke and have saved them from the hand of those who enslaved them. 28 They will no longer be plunder to the nations, and the animals of the earth will not devour them; but they will (I)live securely, and no one will make them afraid. 29 I will establish for them a (J)renowned planting place, and they will (K)not again be [a]victims of famine in the land, and they will not (L)endure the insults of the nations anymore. 30 Then they will know that (M)I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,” declares the Lord God. 31 “As for you, My (N)sheep, [b]the (O)sheep of My pasture, you are mankind, and I am your God,” declares the Lord God.

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  1. Ezekiel 34:29 Lit those gathered
  2. Ezekiel 34:31 As in MT; LXX you are sheep of My flock, and

25 And I will make them a covenant of peace, and I will put an end to wild animals[a] from the land, and they will dwell in the desert safely,[b] and they will sleep in the forest. 26 And I will make them and the area all around my hill a blessing, and I will let the rain go down at its appointed time;[c] they will be rains of blessing. 27 And the tree[d] of the field will give its fruit, and the land will give its produce, and they will be on their land safely,[e] and they will know that I am Yahweh when I break their yoke, and I will deliver them from the hand of the ones enslaving them. 28 And they will not be any longer plunder to the nations, and the animals of the land will not eat them, and they will dwell in safety,[f] and there will not be anyone frightening them. 29 And I will raise for them a garden plot[g] of renown, and they will no longer[h] be victims of famine in the land, and they will not bear any more the insult of the nations. 30 And they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am with them and they are my people, the house of Israel,” declares[i] the Lord Yahweh, 31 “and you are my flock, the flock of my pasture. You are my people;[j] I am your God,” declares[k] the Lord Yahweh.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:25 Hebrew “animal”
  2. Ezekiel 34:25 Literally “with confidence/trust”
  3. Ezekiel 34:26 Literally “in time his”
  4. Ezekiel 34:27 Or “trees”
  5. Ezekiel 34:27 Literally “with/in conficence”
  6. Ezekiel 34:28 Literally “with confidence”
  7. Ezekiel 34:29 Or “planting”
  8. Ezekiel 34:29 Literally “not any longer”
  9. Ezekiel 34:30 Literally “declaration of”
  10. Ezekiel 34:31 Literally “humanity, Mankind, human, mankind”
  11. Ezekiel 34:31 Literally “declaration of”