Ezekiel 34:14

It is as though I will allow them to graze in good pastures on the mountaintops. They will lie down in good ◄grazing areas/grassy fields► there [DOU].

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

In Context

13I will bring them back from many countries and gather them together again in their own land. Because my people are like sheep [MET], it is as though I will enable them to find good pastureland on the hills of Israel, and in the ravines, and in the villages of Israel.

15I myself will take care of my people and enable them to lie down and rest.

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Cross References

Psalms 23:1Yahweh, you care for me like a shepherd cares for his sheep. So I have everything that I need.

Psalms 31:8You have not allowed my enemies to capture me; instead, you have rescued me from danger.

Isaiah 30:23If you do that, Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat.

Jeremiah 31:12My people will return to Jerusalem and shout joyfully on the slopes of Zion Hill. They will rejoice about the things that I have abundantly given to them— grain and new wine and olive oil and young sheep and cattle. They themselves will be like a well-watered garden, and they will no longer be sad.

Jeremiah 31:25I will enable weary people to rest, and enable people who are very exhausted to become strong again.”

Ezekiel 34:27The fruit trees will produce fruit and the ground will produce crops. And my people will live safely in their land. When I rescue them from people who caused them to be slaves [MET, DOU], they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 34:8-17

The Shepherds Reproved. ( b. c. 587.) 7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord ; 8 As I live, saith the Lord God , surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord ; 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand,… Read the whole commentary →

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