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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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:30

Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them ,.... Granting them his gracious and powerful presence, by all the above instances of his goodness and favour to them: and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God : and not utterly cast off, as they seemed to be; the divine Shechinah now being returned to them, which had departed from them; the "loammi" that was written on them being now wiped off from them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:31

And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men ,.... This is observed, to show that all that had been said in this chapter concerning sheep, and a flock of sheep, was to be understood, not in a literal sense, but in a figurative one, of such as were rational and spiritual persons; a set of men whom the Lord had chosen, and separated from others, as his peculiar flock; and whom he took a special care of, and led them to, and fed them in, green pastures of his own providing; they are the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:12

Cloudy and dark day - Times of general distress and persecution; in such times the shepherd should be especially watchful. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:13

I will - feed them upon the mountains - When I bring back the people from their captivity, I will raise up to them a holy and diligent priesthood, who shall in all places give them sound instruction. But this, and some of the following promises, belong to the Christian Church, as we shall find below. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:16

I will destroy the fat and the strong - I will destroy those cruel and imperious shepherds who abuse their authority, and tyrannize over the flock. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:17

And as for you, O my flock - After having spoken to the shepherds, he now addresses the flock. I judge between cattle and cattle - Between false and true professors; between them that have only the form and them that have the power of godliness; between the backslider in heart and the upright man. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:18

Have eaten up the good pasture - Arrogate to yourselves all the promises of God, and will hardly permit the simple believer to claim or possess any token of God's favor. Ye must foul the residue with your feet? - Ye abuse God's mercies; you consume much upon yourselves, and ye spoil more, on which the poor would have been glad to feed. There are some who would rather give food to their sporting dogs than to the poor around them, who are ready to starve, and who would be glad of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:20

I will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle - Between the rich and the poor; those who fare sumptuously every day and those who have not the necessaries of life. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:23

I will set up one Shepherd - my servant David - David, king of Israel, had been dead upwards of four hundred years; and from that time till now there never was a ruler of any kind, either in the Jewish church or state, of the name of David. This, then, must be some typical person; and from the texts marked in the margin we understand that Jesus Christ alone is meant, as both Old and New Testaments agree in this. And from this one Shepherd all Christian ministers must derive their authority... read more

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