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Ezekiel 34:28

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They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beasts of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

KJV

And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

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This verse in Ezekiel 34

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And they shall no more be a prey to the Heathen,.... To the Papists, who shall now be perished out of the land, Psa 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, Rev 13:1, the pope, both in his secular and ecclesiastic power, being destroyed.

This site's exposition

They will no longer be prey for the nations

on Ezekiel 34:28-31

The chapter's final promise removes both threats named across it, the beasts and the nations, so that “They will dwell securely”. The closing line steps outside the shepherd figure, “You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God”.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 25 onwards) And I will make a covenant (or testament) of peace with them, and I will cause the most harmful beasts to cease from the earth, and those who dwell in the wilderness will sleep safely in the woods. And I will place them around my hill as a blessing, and I will bring rain in its season, and the rains will be a blessing.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The prophecy of this chapter is not dated, nor any of those that follow it, till ch. xl. It is most probable that it was delivered after the completing of Jerusalem's destruction, when it would be very seasonable to enquire into the causes of it.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְלֹא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יִהְי֨וּthey will be

    yihyuH1961 →3559 times

  • ע֥וֹדagain

    odH5750 →490 times

  • בַּז֙spoil

    bazH957 →25 times

  • לַגּוֹיִ֔םfor the nations

    lagoyimH1471 →561 times

  • וְחַיַּ֥תand [the] animal[s] of

    vechaiyatH2416 →498 times

  • הָאָ֖רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תֹאכְלֵ֑םit will devour them

    tokhlemH398 →810 times

  • וְיָשְׁב֥וּand they will dwell

    veyashevuH3427 →1079 times

  • לָבֶ֖טַחto security

    lavetachH983 →42 times

  • וְאֵ֥יןand there not

    veeinH369 →789 times

  • מַחֲרִֽיד׃[will be one who] terrifies

    macharidH2729 →39 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Matthew 18:12What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?15 worksIsaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.12 worksAmos 9:15I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.8 worksJeremiah 46:27But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.5 worksJeremiah 30:10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.5 worksLuke 1:71salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,5 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.5 worksDeuteronomy 12:10When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,5 worksEzekiel 39:26They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.4 worksMicah 4:4And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.4 worksEzekiel 36:4therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.4 worksEzekiel 34:29And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.3 worksEzekiel 34:8‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,3 worksEzekiel 36:15I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”3 worksEzekiel 34:5They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 46:27

    But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 43:5

      Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 29:14

      I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD.…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 30:10–11

      As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants…

    • Isaiah 43:1

      Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your…

    • Isaiah 41:13–14

      For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 30:10

    As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 46:27–28

      But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of…

  • Through

    Ezekiel 34:29

    And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 36:29

      I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.

    • Ezekiel 36:15

      I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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