Ezekiel 34:25-28

34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely ¹  in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. ²  34:26 I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing. ³  34:27 The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them. 34:28 They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

Ezekiel 38:8

38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, ⁴  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people ⁵  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

Leviticus 25:18-19

25:18 You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them ⁶  so that you may live securely in the land. ⁷ 

25:19 “‘The land will give its fruit and you may eat until you are satisfied, ⁸  and you may live securely in the land.

Deuteronomy 12:10

12:10 When you do go across the Jordan River ⁹  and settle in the land he ¹⁰  is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety. ¹¹ 

Jeremiah 23:6-8

23:6 Under his rule ¹²  Judah will enjoy safety ¹³ 

and Israel will live in security. ¹⁴ 

This is the name he will go by:

‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’ ¹⁵ 

23:7 “So I, the Lord, say: ¹⁶  ‘A new time will certainly come. ¹⁷  People now affirm their oaths with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.” 23:8 But at that time they will affirm them with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the descendants of the former nation of Israel ¹⁸  from the land of the north and from all the other lands where he had banished ¹⁹  them.” ²⁰  At that time they will live in their own land.’”

Jeremiah 33:16

33:16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety ²¹  and Jerusalem ²²  will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.” ²³ 

Hosea 2:18

New Covenant Relationship with Repentant Israel

2:18 “At that time ²⁴  I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals,

the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground.

I will abolish ²⁵  the warrior’s bow and sword

– that is, every weapon of warfare ²⁶  – from the land,

and I will allow them to live securely.” ²⁷ 

Zechariah 2:4-5

2:4 and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man ²⁸  as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls ²⁹  because of the multitude of people and animals there. 2:5 But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem ³⁰  and the source of glory in her midst.’”

[34:25]  ¹ tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).

[34:25]  ² sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).

[34:26]  ³ tn Heb “showers of blessing.” Abundant rain, which in turn produces fruit and crops (v. 27), is a covenantal blessing for obedience (Lev 26:4).

[38:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the sword.”

[38:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “it.”

[25:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “And you shall keep and do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 20:8, etc.).

[25:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “and you shall dwell on the land to security.”

[25:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “eat to satisfaction”; KJV, ASV “ye shall eat your fill.”

[12:10]  ⁹ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[12:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

[12:10]  ¹¹ tn In the Hebrew text vv. 10-11 are one long, complex sentence. For stylistic reasons the translation divides this into two sentences.

[23:6]  ¹² tn Heb “In his days [= during the time he rules].”

[23:6]  ¹³ tn Parallelism and context (cf. v. 4) suggest this nuance for the word often translated “be saved.” For this nuance elsewhere see Ps 119:117; Prov 28:18 for the verb (יָשַׁע [yasha’] in the Niphal); and Ps 12:6; Job 5:4, 11 for the related noun (יֶשַׁע, yesha’).

[23:6]  ¹⁴ sn It should be noted that this brief oracle of deliverance implies the reunification of Israel and Judah under the future Davidic ruler. Jeremiah has already spoken about this reunification earlier in 3:18 and will have more to say about it in 30:3; 31:27, 31. This same ideal was espoused in the prophecies of Hosea (1:10-11 [2:1-2 HT]), Isaiah (11:1-4, 10-12), and Ezekiel (37:15-28) all of which have messianic and eschatological significance.

[23:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “his name will be called ‘The Lord our righteousness’.”

[23:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[23:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Behold the days are coming.”

[23:8]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “descendants of the house of Israel.”

[23:8]  ¹⁹ tc It is probably preferable to read the third masculine singular plus suffix (הִדִּיחָם, hiddikham) here with the Greek version and the parallel passage in 16:15 rather than the first singular plus suffix in the MT (הִדַּחְתִּים, hiddakhtim). If this is not a case of mere graphic confusion, the MT could have arisen under the influence of the first person in v. 3. Though sudden shifts in person have been common in the book of Jeremiah, that is unlikely in a context reporting an oath.

[23:8]  ²⁰ tn This passage is the same as 16:14-15 with a few minor variations in Hebrew wording. The notes on that passage should be consulted for the rendering here. This passage has the Niphal of the verb “to say” rather than the impersonal use of the Qal. It adds the idea of “bringing out” to the idea of “bringing up out” and (Heb “who brought up and who brought out,” probably a case of hendiadys) before “the people [here “seed” rather than “children”] of Israel [here “house of Israel”] from the land of the north.” These are minor variations and do not affect the sense in any way. So the passage is rendered in much the same way.

[33:16]  ²¹ tn For the translation of this term in this context see the parallel context in 23:6 and consult the translator’s note there.

[33:16]  ²² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:16]  ²³ tn Heb “And this is what will be called to it: ‘The Lord our righteousness.’”

[2:18]  ²⁴ tn Heb “And in that day” (so KJV, ASV).

[2:18]  ²⁵ tn Heb “I will break”; NAB “I will destroy”; NCV “I will smash”; NLT “I will remove.”

[2:18]  ²⁶ tn Heb “bow and sword and warfare.” The first two terms in the triad וְקֶשֶׁת וְחֶרֶב וּמִלְחָמָה (vÿqeshet vÿkherev umilkhamah, literally, “bow and sword and warfare”) are examples of synecdoche of specific (bow and sword) for general (weapons of war, so CEV). However, they might be examples of metonymy (bow and sword) of association (warfare).

[2:18]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and I will cause them to lie down in safety.” The causative nuance (“will make them”) is retained in several English versions (e.g., KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[2:4]  ²⁸ sn That is, to Zechariah.

[2:4]  ²⁹ tn Heb “Jerusalem will dwell as open regions (פְּרָזוֹת, pÿrazot)”; cf. NAB “in open country”; CEV “won’t have any boundaries.” The population will be so large as to spill beyond the ancient and normal enclosures. The people need not fear, however, for the Lord will be an invisible but strong wall (v. 5).

[2:5]  ³⁰ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.