Ezekiel 34:23-31

23-31. The Messianic hope of the coming of my servant David the ideal prince (compare Ezekiel 37:22; Ezekiel 37:24; Psalms 78:70-71; Isaiah 56:3-8; 1 Kings 9:9; 1 Kings 11:4) who shall shepherd the people and make them to dwell in safety in the wilderness (the uninhabited pasture country) and sleep even in the woods the native home of wild beasts (Ezekiel 34:25; compare Leviticus 26:6) closes each prophetic “vision” of the future. The second David of Ezekiel towers high above all the pictures of princes for whom former prophets had longed. This is Ezekiel’s “portrait of the Messiah” (compare Jeremiah 30:9, and Delitzsch, Old Testament History of Redemption): Jehovah will save his people (Ezekiel 34:22); be their God (Ezekiel 34:24; compare Ezekiel 37:27); make with them a new covenant of everlasting peace (compare Isaiah 11:0; Jeremiah 31:31; Hosea 2:20); and pour blessed showers upon the new Israel who resides upon his holy hill (compare Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 47:12). He will break their yoke (Ezekiel 34:27), deliver them from all enemies, at home and abroad (Ezekiel 34:28), “establish” for them a prosperous “plantation” (not plant) which shall be renowned for its fertility throughout all lands (Ezekiel 34:29; compare Ezekiel 39:13; Isaiah 55:13; Joel 2:21-27; Psalms 67:6; Psalms 71:16), and will be to them a good shepherd evermore (Ezekiel 34:31). LXX. omits are men in Ezekiel 34:31.

For apt remarks concerning duties of pastor to people compare Adam Clarke, in loco.