Ezekiel 34:14
in Ezekiel 34I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
KJV
I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
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This verse in Ezekiel 34
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
20:40, the phrase is "the mountain of the height of Israel" in the singular number. The reason for the difference is: there Ezekiel spoke of the central seat of the kingdom, Mount Zion, where the people met for the worship of Jehovah; here he speaks of the kingdom of Israel at large, all the parts of which are regarded as possessing a moral elevation.
This site's exposition
I Myself will search for My flock
on Ezekiel 34:11-16
What the shepherds failed to do, God announces He will do Himself. He will seek the scattered, bind the broken, strengthen the weak. The unit ends on a harder note, “the sleek and strong I will destroy”, naming that some had grown strong by preying on the weak.
This site's exposition
the lofty mountains of Israel
The lofty mountains are the same heights where the flock had strayed in verse 6, now turned into grazing land. Lying down is the sign of sheep that are fed and unafraid, the picture of Psalm 23:2. Ezekiel 20:40 calls this height the LORD's holy mountain.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
This is feeding Christ, this is feeding for Christ, this is feeding in Christ, not feeding oneself apart from Christ. There is not really a dearth of shepherds.
(Verse 11 onwards) For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his dispersed sheep (or when there is darkness and clouds among his separated sheep), so will I seek out my sheep and will deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
); there shall their feeding be, and there shall be their fold; and it is a good fold. There God will not only feed them, but cause them to lie down (
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The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּמִרְעֶה־ | bemireh- | in pasture | H4829 → | 13 times |
| טּוֹב֙ | tov | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| אֶרְעֶ֣ה | ʾereh | I will shepherd | H7462 → | 177 times |
| אֹתָ֔ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וּבְהָרֵ֥י | uveharei | and on [the] mountains of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| מְרֽוֹם־ | merom- | [the] height of | H4791 → | 54 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| יִהְיֶ֣ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| נְוֵהֶ֑ם | nevehem | pastureland their | H5116 → | 35 times |
| שָׁ֤ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| תִּרְבַּ֙צְנָה֙ | tirbatznah | they will lie down | H7257 → | 30 times |
| בְּנָ֣וֶה | benaveh | in pastureland | H5116 → | 35 times |
| טּ֔וֹב | tov | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| וּמִרְעֶ֥ה | umireh | and pasture | H4829 → | 13 times |
| שָׁמֵ֛ן | shamen | rich | H8082 → | |
| תִּרְעֶ֖ינָה | tireinah | they will graze | H7462 → | 177 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָרֵ֥י | harei | [the] mountains of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
בְּמִרְעֶה־in pasture
bemireh-H4829 →13 times
טּוֹב֙good
tovH2896 →538 times
אֶרְעֶ֣הI will shepherd
ʾerehH7462 →177 times
אֹתָ֔ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וּבְהָרֵ֥יand on [the] mountains of
uvehareiH2022 →546 times
מְרֽוֹם־[the] height of
merom-H4791 →54 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
יִהְיֶ֣הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
נְוֵהֶ֑םpastureland their
nevehemH5116 →35 times
שָׁ֤םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
תִּרְבַּ֙צְנָה֙they will lie down
tirbatznahH7257 →30 times
בְּנָ֣וֶהin pastureland
benavehH5116 →35 times
טּ֔וֹבgood
tovH2896 →538 times
וּמִרְעֶ֥הand pasture
umirehH4829 →13 times
שָׁמֵ֛ןrich
shamenH8082 →
תִּרְעֶ֖ינָהthey will graze
tireinahH7462 →177 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָרֵ֥י[the] mountains of
hareiH2022 →546 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 31:25for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
it leads to
- Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Matthew 5:6
Through
John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
it leads to
- John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Ephesians 2:18
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- John 10:7
So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
- John 10:1
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
- Romans 5:1–2
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- John 14:6
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel

This page draws on Augustine of Hippo, SERMON 46:30; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.
