
Text -- Ezekiel 34:26 (NET)




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My returned captives, The places - All the country.
JFB -> Eze 34:26
JFB: Eze 34:26 - -- The Jews, and Zion, God's hill (Psa 2:6), are to be sources of blessing, not merely to themselves, but to the surrounding heathen (Isa 19:24; Isa 56:6...
The Jews, and Zion, God's hill (Psa 2:6), are to be sources of blessing, not merely to themselves, but to the surrounding heathen (Isa 19:24; Isa 56:6-7; Isa 60:3; Mic 5:7; Zec 8:13). The literal fulfilment is, however, the primary one, though the spiritual also is designed. In correspondence with the settled reign of righteousness internally, all is to be prosperity externally, fertilizing showers (according to the promise of the ancient covenant, Lev 26:4; Psa 68:9; Mal 3:10), and productive trees and lands (Eze 34:27). Thus shall they realize the image of Eze 34:14; namely, a flock richly pastured by God Himself.
The shower to come down - The Holy Spirit’ s influence

Clarke: Eze 34:26 - -- There shall be showers of blessing - Light, life, joy, peace, and power shall be manifest in all the assemblies of Christ’ s people.
There shall be showers of blessing - Light, life, joy, peace, and power shall be manifest in all the assemblies of Christ’ s people.
Defender -> Eze 34:26
Defender: Eze 34:26 - -- During the long centuries of Israel's worldwide dispersion, the promised land had become largely a desert, and the former rainfall regimes had failed....
During the long centuries of Israel's worldwide dispersion, the promised land had become largely a desert, and the former rainfall regimes had failed. With the modern return of the exiles, however, the lands have been substantially reclaimed, and the rains have returned in measure."
TSK -> Eze 34:26
TSK: Eze 34:26 - -- make them : Gen 12:2; Isa 19:24; Zec 8:13, Zec 8:23
my hill : Eze 20:40; Psa 2:6, Psa 68:16, Psa 132:14-16, Psa 133:3; Isa 2:2-4, Isa 56:7; Mic 4:1, M...

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Barnes -> Eze 34:20-31
Barnes: Eze 34:20-31 - -- Yahweh having promised to be a Ruler of His people, the administration of the divine kingdom is now described, as carried on by One King, the repres...
Yahweh having promised to be a Ruler of His people, the administration of the divine kingdom is now described, as carried on by One King, the representative of David, whose dominion should fulfill all the promises originally made to the man after God’ s own heart. Ezekiel does not so much add to, as explain and develope, the original promise; and as the complete fulfillment of the spiritual blessings, which the prophets were guided to proclaim, was manifestly never realized in any temporal prosperity of the Jews, and never could and never can be realized in any earthly kingdom, we recognize throughout the Sacred Volume the one subject of all prophecy - the Righteous King, the Anointed Prince, the Son and the Lord of David.
One shepherd - One, as ruling over an undivided people, the distinction between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah having been done away.
My servant David - David was a fit type of the True King because he was a true and faithful servant of Yahweh. That which David was partially and imperfectly, Christ is in full perfection (compare Mat 12:18; Joh 5:30; Heb 10:7.)
The blessings here foretold are especially those of the old covenant. The wilderness (or, pasture-country) and the woods, the places most exposed to beasts and birds of prey, become places of security. Under the new covenant Sion and the hills around are representative of God’ s Church; and temporal blessings are typical of the blessings showered down upon Christ’ s Church by Him who has vanquished the powers of evil.
A plant - Equivalent to the "Branch,"under which name Isaiah and Jeremiah prophesy of the Messiah. The contrast in this verse to hunger seems to favor the idea that the "plant"was for food, i. e., spiritual food, and in this sense also, applicable to the Messiah (compare Joh 6:35.)
The shame of the pagan - The shameful reproaches with which the pagan assail them.
Translate "Ye are my flock, the flock of my pasture (compare Jer 23:1); ye are men, and I am your God."
Poole -> Eze 34:26
Poole: Eze 34:26 - -- I will make them my returned captives, who were looked upon as cursed, reproached, and hated.
The places round about all the country.
My hill Jer...
I will make them my returned captives, who were looked upon as cursed, reproached, and hated.
The places round about all the country.
My hill Jerusalem, or the temple, Zion, which is called holy hill, Psa 2:6 .
A blessing very prosperous, that men shall report them to be in a blessed condition, or a blessing to others among whom they dwell, or a pattern of blessing others, whom we shall wish like to them, whom we wish greatest good to.
I will cause the shower to come down in his season their land shall be most fruitful in the products of it, corn, wine, oil, &c., and all these blessed to them; whereas formerly their blessings were so cursed that they were no blessings, now they shall be blessed, and so be double blessings to them.
Haydock -> Eze 34:26
Haydock: Eze 34:26 - -- Make. Literally, "place." (Haydock) ---
Septuagint read not a blessing, which seems superfluous. (Calmet) ---
Yet Chaldean has it, and the ide...
Make. Literally, "place." (Haydock) ---
Septuagint read not a blessing, which seems superfluous. (Calmet) ---
Yet Chaldean has it, and the idea is more complete. (Haydock)
Gill -> Eze 34:26
Gill: Eze 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...
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 the heavens and angels there, as man and Mediator; as well as is God over all, blessed for ever; and for fruitfulness, from whom the saints have all theirs, either in grace or good works; and for shade, he being the shadow of a great rock in a weary land; which yields delight and refreshment, and is a protection from the heat of a fiery law, flaming justice, the wrath of God and man, and the fiery darts of Satan; and for shelter and security, there being salvation in him, when none in other hills and mountains; and for duration and immovableness, being the same today, yesterday, and for ever: and now the persons about him are such who are made nigh by his blood; brought to him by his powerful and efficacious grace; are worshippers about the throne where he sits; such as cleave to him, and follow him wherever he goes, and shall be with him to all eternity; these he makes a blessing, or most blessed. So the Targum renders it,
"and they shall be blessed;''
they are blessed in Christ their head; they are blessed through him as their Redeemer and Saviour, who was made a curse for them; they are blessed through being in him, and by the imputation of blessings to them from him, and through the application of them by his Spirit; their persons are blessed, and so are the places or habitations where they dwell: or rather this may be understood of the church of God, often compared to a hill for its height and eminence; for its fertility and fruitfulness; for its stability and firmness; and in allusion to the hill of Zion for its holiness, and being the place of the divine residence; see Psa 15:1 now, the persons about this hill are those who are come to Mount Zion the church of God; being brought there by the Lord himself, and who take up their abode there; who lie about this hill, as flocks of sheep, in their several folds or congregated churches; see Jer 23:3 and these the Lord makes a blessing to one another, by their spiritual conversation, prayers, and services of love; and to the world, to kingdoms and states, to cities, towns, and neighbourhoods, and to particular families, where they are placed; and even to the world in general; for they are the light, stay, and stability of it; and without which it would be in darkness, corrupt and putrefy, and not continue long:
and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; which, in the spiritual sense, may design the Gospel; which, like a shower of rain, comes from God; descends from heaven; is a gift of God; which falls according to divine direction; refreshes, revives, and makes fruitful; brings a plenty of divine blessings with it; and comes in season, at its proper time; and is a word in season to weary souls:
there shall be showers of blessings; which the Gospel brings with it; spiritual blessings, blessings of grace; such as peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life: these, like showers, come from God; are free grace gifts of his, of which there is a large abundance; and which descend on Mount Zion the church of God; which is another Gerizim, on which the blessings are pronounced, Psa 133:3.

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TSK Synopsis -> Eze 34:1-31
TSK Synopsis: Eze 34:1-31 - --1 A reproof of the shepherds.7 God's judgment against them.11 His providence over his flock.20 The kingdom of Christ.
MHCC -> Eze 34:17-31
MHCC: Eze 34:17-31 - --The whole nation seemed to be the Lord's flock, yet they were very different characters; but he knew how to distinguish between them. By good pastures...
Matthew Henry -> Eze 34:17-31
Matthew Henry: Eze 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, an...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Eze 34:23-31
Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 34:23-31 - --
Appointment of David as Shepherd, and Blessing of the People
Eze 34:23. And I will raise up one shepherd over them, who shall feed them, my servan...
Constable: Eze 33:1--48:35 - --IV. Future blessings for Israel chs. 33--48
"This last major division of the book focuses on the restoration of ...

Constable: Eze 33:21--40:1 - --B. Restoration to the Promised Land 33:21-39:29
"The concept of the land is particularly significant to ...

Constable: Eze 34:1-31 - --2. False and true shepherds ch. 34
Previously the Lord had said that the Israelites would not oc...
