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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 34:17-31

The prophet has no more to say to the shepherds, but he has now a message to deliver to the flock. God had ordered him to speak tenderly to them, and to assure them of the mercy he had in store for them. But here he is ordered to make a difference between some and others of them, to separate between the precious and the vile and then to give them a promise of the Messiah, by whom this distinction should be effectually made, partly at his first coming (for for judgment he came into this world,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:28

And they shall no more be a prey to the Heathen ,.... To the Papists, who shall now be perished out of the land, Psalm 10:16 , neither shall, the beasts of the land devour them ; neither that beast which rose up out of the sea, nor that which came up out of the earth, Revelation 13:1 , the pope, both in his secular and ecclesiastic power, being destroyed. So the Targum, "and the kingdoms of the earth shall not consume them;' the antichristian kingdoms: but they, shall dwell... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:29

And I will raise up for them a plant of renown ,.... Or, "for a name"; or, "of a name" F20 מטע לשם "plantato in nemen", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Starckius; "plantam celebri nomine", Tigurine version; "plantam in nomen", Vatablus. ; a famous one: this is to be understood, not of the Jewish nation itself, as the Targum, "and I will raise up for them a plantation for standing;' or which shall continue; but of the Messiah, and not of his incarnation, when he sprung up as a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:29

I will raise up - a plant of renown - לשם מטע matta leshem , "a plantation to the name;" to the name of Christ. A Christian Church composed of men who are Christians, who have the spirit of Christ in them, and do not bear his name in vain. I believe the words might be applied to the Christian Church; but that Christ may be called a plant or plantation here, - as he is elsewhere called a branch and a rod, Isaiah 4:2 ; Isaiah 11:1 ; so Jeremiah 23:5 ; Jeremiah 35:15 , - is most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:27-28

When I have broken the bands of their yoke . The underlying meaning of the figurative language of Ezekiel 34:25 is now utterly explained. Israel is to be delivered from its Chaldean and other oppressors. The "yoke shall be broken." They shall no more be a prey to the heathen. None shall make them afraid. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:27-28

The peace and welfare of the Church. So much of this book of prophecy is occupied with denunciation and with pictures of destruction and desolation, that a passage like this is grateful and welcome, as a relief and contrast to much of what has gore before. The-prophet was evidently inspired to look into the far future, and to see visions of happiness and of glory which exalted and delighted his spirit. He was taught that the God of infinite compassion has counsels of salvation for sinful... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:29

A plant of renown . The words at first suggest the thought that Ezekiel was reproducing the ideal picture of the "branch," the "root," the "stem," the "plant." of Isaiah 11:1 ; Jeremiah 23:5 ; Zechariah 6:12 . Here, however, the word is collective, and is translated "plantation" in Ezekiel 17:7 , "planting" in Micah 1:6 ; Isaiah 60:21 ; Isaiah 61:3 . It can hardly be taken as speaking of more than the general fertility of the land. The rendering of the LXX ; "a plant of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:29

A plantation of renown. Restored Israel is to be a plantation of renown. The Israel of God, the Church of Christ, may be considered as of the same character. I. THE CHURCH IS A DIVINE PLANTATION . 1. It is planted by God. A plantation is not a wild, primeval forest. It is a wood the trees of which have been carefully selected and set in the soil by the hands of men. God plants his people. 2. It is a community . A plantation is not a single tree, nor is it the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 34:20-31

Yahweh having promised to be a Ruler of His people, the administration of the divine kingdom is now described, as carried on by One King, the representative of David, whose dominion should fulfill all the promises originally made to the man after God’s own heart. Ezekiel does not so much add to, as explain and develope, the original promise; and as the complete fulfillment of the spiritual blessings, which the prophets were guided to proclaim, was manifestly never realized in any temporal... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 34:26-28

Ezekiel 34:26-28. I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing I will there give remarkable instances of my favour, and of the happiness which flows from it. God’s hill is the same with his holy mountain, mentioned Ezekiel 20:40, where see the note. There shall be showers of blessings Blessings in great abundance, and of all sorts, temporal and spiritual, earthly and heavenly. The tree of the field shall yield her fruit There shall be great fertility and plenty in... read more

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