Ezekiel 34:20-28

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 34:20

Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them ,.... To the rams and he goats of the flock, that use the pastures and defile the waters after this manner, and make them unfit for the lesser cattle; or that use the poor people of God after this sort: behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle . The Targum is, "between the rich man and the poor man;' this is repeated, and in very strong terms, for the confirmation of it: this the Lord promised to do,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:21

Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder ,.... As the stronger cattle do the lesser: and pushed all the diseased with your horns ; as horned cattle do those they dislike, and bear an antipathy to; which to do to the diseased is great cruelty: sheep, it is said, will take some care of those that are diseased among them, and bring them to places of sunshine and shelter; but here the horned part of the flock, and in health, are represented as acting a barbarous part to the weak... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:22

Therefore will I save my flock ,.... Or redeem my people, as the Targum; that is, by his son, after described, as his shepherd and servant: and they shall no more be a prey : to Satan the roaring lion; nor to such horned cattle, their persecutors; nor to false teachers, who lie in wait to deceive; nor shall they ever perish, being the sheep of Christ, hand, and under the care of him the shepherd, spoken of in the next verse: and I will judge between cattle and cattle ; between man... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:23

And I will set up one shepherd over them ,.... Or governor, as the Targum; an excellent one of a thousand, the only one; in comparison of whom others are not to be named; for though there are under shepherds, as magistrates and ministers of the word, he is the principal one; that is, Christ, called the good Shepherd, the great Shepherd, and the chief Shepherd, and the only one; and who became so by the constitution and appointment of Jehovah the Father; who chose him, called him, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:24

And I the Lord will be their God ,.... The God of them Christ is the shepherd of, and whom he feeds; the sheep and poor of the flock: this is the great blessing of the everlasting covenant, and than which there cannot be a greater, to have the Lord, the everlasting and unchangeable Jehovah, to be a covenant God and Father: and my servant David a Prince among them ; who should reside among them, dwell with them, by granting them his spiritual presence, and so rule over them, protect and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 34:25

And I will make with them a covenant of peace ,...., Such the covenant of grace is, made with Christ from everlasting; in which Jehovah proposed terms of peace, and which Christ undertook to answer, and became the peacemaker; and from this article concerning the peace and reconciliation of men the covenant is so called; see Isaiah 54:10 , this the Lord promises to make known to his people his flock, to show them their interest in it, and to make it good unto them; for otherwise it was made... 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

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

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