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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 34:26

And I will make them, and the places round about my hill, a blessing ,.... Alluding either to the city of Jerusalem, and the places adjacent; or to the temple, and the houses about it. So the Targum, "I will cause them to dwell round about the house of my sanctuary;' and so Kimchi interprets it of the temple. Some Christian interpreters, by the "hill" or mountain, understand Christ; and not amiss; who may be compared to one for height; he being higher than the kings of the earth, or than... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:27

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit ,.... Such as are trees of righteousness, rooted in Christ, and planted in his church, and watered with his grace; these bring forth, bear, and are filled with the fruits of righteousness by him: and the earth shall yield her increase ; the fallow ground of men's hearts being broke up, and the seed of the word and of divine grace being sown in them, they bring forth fruit, some thirty, some sixty, and some an hundred fold; see Psalm 67:1 ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 34:26

The shower to come down - The Holy Spirit's influence. There shall be showers of blessing - Light, life, joy, peace, and power shall be manifest in all the assemblies of Christ's people. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:26

Round about my hill . Ezekiel's thoughts, like those of Micah 4:1 and Isaiah 2:2 , cluster round the hill of Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, as the center of the restored Israel. In that land, as the prophet saw it here, and still more in the closing vision of his book ( Ezekiel 47:12 ), there were, outwardly as well as spiritually, to be showers of blessing (the phrase is peculiar to Ezekiel), and the land should yield its fruits. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:26

Showers of blessing. The grateful rain in a semi-tropical country, that brings fruitfulness to the earth and refreshment to man and beast, is suggestive of the Divine grace that comes on parched and weary souls. I. SHOWERS OF BLESSING ARE NEEDED . It is a sign of miserable deadness when any Church or soul can be satisfied to continue in the dull routine of formal service without receiving any refreshing Divine grace. The first awakening from such a condition of torpor must... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 34:26

The promise of blessing. By general consent this promise is referred to the time of the new covenant, to the coming of Christ for man's salvation, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Church. I. FERTILIZING SHOWERS OF BLESSING . As the rain waters the earth, and turns barrenness into fruitfulness, so the provision of Divine grace transforms this humanity from a wilderness of sin into a Paradise of God. 1. The need of such blessing is apparent from the spiritual... 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

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

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