Ezekiel 37:24 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 37:24

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

BSB

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ASV

And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

KJV

And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

David - The son of David. One shepherd - This king shall be their one chief shepherd, others that feed and rule the flock, are so by commission from him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He shall be their shepherd, to guide them and provide for them. Christ is this David, Israel's King of old; and those whom he subdues to himself, and makes willing in the day of his power, he makes to walk in his judgments and to keep his statutes. It is here promised that they shall dwell comfortably,

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַבְדִּ֤י	ve.'av.Di	and servant my	H5650 →
דָוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[will be] king	H4428 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	'a.lei.Hem	over them	H5921 →
וְרוֹעֶ֥ה	ve.ro.'Eh	and a shepherd	H7462 →
אֶחָ֖ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
יִהְיֶ֣ה	yih.Yeh	he will belong	H1961 →
לְכֻלָּ֑ם	le.khu.Lam	to all of them	H3605 →
וּבְמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י	u.ve.mish.pa.Tai	and in judgments my	H4941 →
יֵלֵ֔כוּ	ye.Le.khu	they will walk	H1980 →
וְחֻקֹּתַ֥י	ve.chu.ko.Tai	and statutes my	H2708 →
יִשְׁמְר֖וּ	yish.me.Ru	they will keep	H8104 →
וְעָשׂ֥וּ	ve.'a.Su	and they will do	H6213 →
אוֹתָֽם׃	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
leads to
- Titus 3:3–6
  For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
  Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Ezekiel 39:29
  And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Jeremiah 31:33
  “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
Through
Hosea 3:5
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
leads to
- Jeremiah 30:9
  Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- Jeremiah 50:4–5
  “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
- Ezekiel 34:23–24
  I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

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