Ezekiel 34:25-31
Amplified Bible
25 “I will make a covenant of peace with them and will eliminate the predatory animals from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep [safely] in the woods.(A) 26 I will make them and the places around My hill (Jerusalem, Zion) a blessing. And I will make showers come down in their season; there will be [abundant] showers of blessing (divine favor). 27 Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its produce; and My people will be secure on their land. Then they will know [with confidence] that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have rescued them from the hand of those who made them slaves. 28 They will no longer be prey to the nations, and the predators of the earth will not devour them; but they will live safely, and no one will make them afraid [in the [a]day of the Messiah’s reign].(B) 29 I will prepare for them a place renowned for planting [crops], and they will not again be victims of famine in the land, and they will not endure the insults of the nations any longer. 30 Then they will know [with assurance] that I the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,” says the Lord God. 31 “As for you, My flock, the flock of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 34:28 One day when Jesus visited the synagogue in Nazareth (Luke 4:16-21), He was handed the roll of the book of Isaiah to read aloud. He turned to Is 61, which tells what His coming to the world would mean. Jesus read only a few lines of the chapter, stopping in the middle of a sentence, and said, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” (Luke 4:21). He had just read of His coming to preach the Gospel, to proclaim release to the captives, to give sight to the blind, to set free the bruised, and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. He stopped there, for the rest of the chapter could not be fulfilled until His second coming, of which Isaiah’s prophecy tells. The following section in Ezekiel (vv 24-31) is telling about the same Messianic reign of which so many Scripture passages speak, the Messianic reign for which Jesus promised to return to earth (Matt 24:30; 25:31-34; Rev 1:7, 8; see also Luke 1:32, 33; Acts 1:10, 11).
Ezekiel 34:25-31
New American Standard Bible
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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- Ezekiel 34:29 Lit those gathered
- Ezekiel 34:31 As in MT; LXX you are sheep of My flock, and
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