Ezekiel 34:31

Translations

Modern

‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Traditional

And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.

Literal

‘And you are My flock, the flock of My pasture. You are men, I am your God,’ a declaration of the Lord YHWH.”

Latin

Vos autem, greges mei, greges pascuæ meæ, homines estis: et ego Dominus Deus vester, dicit Dominus Deus.

Original

Hebrew

English

‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Notes

Ezekiel 34:27–31

In this covenant of peace (a promise of restored relationship with God), God’s people receive the blessings that come from being whole in their relationship with him. This covenant was not completely new. It was like the covenant God made at Mount Sinai.

The Sinai covenant promised true and lasting peace. However, the people did not experience that peace because of their sin. They broke their relationship with God again and again.

In the past, Israel’s kings failed to lead the people well. In this new covenant, God would give them a new and perfect king. The broken relationship with God would be restored.

God’s people would again belong to him. They would be like sheep who belong to their shepherd. The covenant would reach its goal when the Sovereign Lord was their God and lived among them once more.

Ezekiel 34:1–37:28

These chapters describe the blessings that would come when the Lord returned to his people.

He would be their shepherd. He would give them good and faithful leadership (Ezekiel 34).

He would make the land fruitful again. In this way, he would show that his name is honored and holy (Ezekiel 35–36).

He would bring his people back to life and make them one nation again (Ezekiel 37).

Theme notes and profiles

Famine The Shepherd

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Psalm 100:3
Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Ezekiel 36:38
Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Psalm 78:52
He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Psalm 80:1
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Acts 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
John 20:15–17
“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
John 10:26–30
But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
Isaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
Psalm 95:7
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
1 Peter 5:2–3
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Book of Zephaniah Ezekiel (Person) Ezekiel, Book of Foreknowledge God, Names of King New New Covenant Peace Shepherd

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Ezekiel 34:31

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