Ezekiel 34 · Verse 24

Ezekiel 34:24

And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
Ezekiel 34:24, King James Version

Ezekiel 34:24 in other translations

BSBI, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.
WEBI, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken it.
ASVAnd I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
YLTAnd I, Jehovah, I am their God, And My servant David prince in their midst, I, Jehovah, have spoken.
DARBYAnd I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David a prince in their midst: I Jehovah have spoken it.
BBEAnd I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.
WebsterAnd I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

What does Ezekiel 34:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. my servant--implying fitness for ruling in the name of God, not pursuing a self-chosen course, as other kings, but acting as the faithful administrator of the will of God; Messiah realized fully this character (Psa 40:7, 8; Is 42:1; 49:3, 6; 53:11; Php 2:7), which David typically and partially represented (Ac 13:36); so He is the fittest person to wield the world scepter, abused by all the world kings (Da 2:34, 35, 44, 45).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 I the Lord will be their God, and my Servant David a Prince - Here we find God and his Christ are all in all in his Church, and Jesus is still Prince among them; and to him the call and qualifications of all genuine pastors belong, and from him they must be derived. And he has blotted out what is called uninterrupted succession, that every Christian minister may seek and receive credentials from himself. Here is the grand reason why the uninterrupted succession cannot be made out. And here is the proof also that the Church that pretends to it, and builds upon it, must be a false Church; for it is founded on a falsity; an uninterrupted succession which does not exist either in history or in fact.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 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 and deep waters, are meant the pure word of God and the dispensing of justice. The latter verses, 23-31, prophesy of Christ, and of the most glorious times of his church on earth. Under Him, as the good Shepherd, the church would be a blessing to all around. Christ…

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Ezekiel 34:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַאֲנִ֣יva.'a.Niand IH589
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶהְיֶ֤ה'eh.YehI will becomeH1961
לָהֶם֙la.Hemfor them
לֵֽאלֹהִ֔יםle.lo.Him<into> GodH430
וְעַבְדִּ֥יve.'av.Diand servant myH5650
דָוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732
נָשִׂ֣יאna.Si'[will be] princeH5387
בְתוֹכָ֑םve.to.Khamin midst of themH8432
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
דִּבַּֽרְתִּי\׃di.Bar.tiI have spokenH1696

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 34:24

  • Ezekiel 36:28

    And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Jeremiah 31:33

    But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Jeremiah 23:5-6

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

  • Ezekiel 37:27

    My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Revelation 21:3

    And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

  • Ezekiel 37:23

    Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

  • Exodus 29:45-46

    And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.

  • Isaiah 43:2-3

    When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

  • Matthew 28:18

    And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

  • Zechariah 13:9

    And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

  • Philippians 2:9-11

    Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

  • Isaiah 9:6-7

    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I the Lord will.
30,31; 36:28; 37:23,27; 39:22; Ex 29:45,46; Isa 43:2,3; Jer 31:1,33
Jer 32:38; Zec 13:9; Re 21:3
a prince.
Jos 5:13-15; Ps 2:6; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 23:5,6; 33:15-17; Mic 5:2
Mt 28:18; Lu 1:31-33; Ac 5:31; 1Co 15:25; Eph 1:21,22; Php 2:9-11
Heb 2:9,10; Re 19:13-16

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Context

  • Ezekiel 34:23

    And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

  • Ezekiel 34:24

    And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.

  • Ezekiel 34:25

    And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

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Ezekiel 34:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Yo Jehová les seré por Dios, y mi siervo David príncipe en medio de ellos. Yo Jehová he hablado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et moi, l’ Éternel, je serai leur Dieu, et mon serviteur David sera prince au milieu d’eux. Moi, l’ Éternel, j’ai parlé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich, Jehova, werde ihr Gott sein, und mein Knecht David wird Fürst sein in ihrer Mitte. Ich, Jehova, habe geredet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ego autem Dominus ero eis in Deum, et servus meus David princeps in medio eorum: ego Dominus locutus sum.