Ezekiel 34:23
And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.
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In Context
24And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.
Isaiah 40:11He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Jeremiah 3:15And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.
Jeremiah 30:9But they will be servants to the Lord their God and to David their king, whom I will give back to them.
Hosea 3:5And after that, the children of Israel will come back and go in search of the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come in fear to the Lord and to his mercies in the days to come.
Zechariah 13:7Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 34:18-31
God's Care of His Flock; Prediction of Messiah's Kingdom. ( b. c. 587.) 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they… Read the whole commentary →