Ezekiel 34:26

I will bless them, and I will bless the places close to my sacred hill. I will bless them by sending them rain showers at the right season; they will be showers to bless them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

In Context

25I will make a peace agreement with the people of Israel. In this agreement I will promise to get rid of all the wild animals in Israel, in order that my people may live safely, even in the desert and in the forests.

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.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:2I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become ◄famous/highly esteemed►. What I do for you will be a blessing to others.

Deuteronomy 11:13Today I am commanding you to love Yahweh our God and to serve him with your entire inner beings. If you do that,

Psalms 2:6Yahweh says, “I have installed my king on Zion, my sacred hill in Jerusalem.”

Psalms 68:16But the people who live near that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near Zion, the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!

Psalms 132:14he said, “This is the city where I will live forever [DOU]; this is the place where I wanted to stay.

Isaiah 2:2I saw that in the future, the hill on which Yahweh’s temple is built will be the most important place on the earth; it will be as though it is the highest mountain, as though it has been raised up above all other hills; and people from all over the world will come there.

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 →

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