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And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.
Ezekiel 34:24 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
  • KJV And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
  • BSB I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.
  • NKJV And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.
  • NLT And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the Lord, have spoken!

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Quick answer

The LORD will be their God and His servant David their prince. God's reign and the Davidic Messiah's rule are joined together.

Overview

God affirms the covenant bond, 'I, Yahweh, will be their God,' while appointing 'David' as prince among them. The two are not rivals: the Messiah rules under and for God. This anticipates the mystery resolved in Christ, who is both the Davidic king and God Himself come to shepherd His people (cf. v.15). The solemn 'I, Yahweh, have spoken it' guarantees the promise.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 27

  • Jer 23:5–6“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
  • Jer 31:33“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
  • Ezek 36:28You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
  • Ezek 37:27My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • Rev 21:3I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
  • Exod 29:45–46I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
  • Isa 43:2–3When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
  • Ezek 37:23neither 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 dwelling places, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
  • Matt 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
  • Mic 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.
  • Zech 13:9I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”
  • Luke 1:31–33Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and give birth to a son, and will call his name ‘Jesus.’
  • Acts 5:31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
  • Eph 1:21–22far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
  • Phil 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
  • Heb 2:9–10But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
  • 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
  • Ps 2:6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
  • Rev 19:13–16He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”
  • Jer 33:15–17“In those days, and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
  • Jer 32:38and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
  • Jer 31:1“At that time,” says Yahweh, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
  • Jer 30:9but they will serve Yahweh their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
  • Josh 5:13–15When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our enemies?”
  • Isa 9:6–7For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Ezek 39:22So the house of Israel shall know that I am Yahweh their God, from that day and forward.
  • Ezek 34:30–31They shall know that I, Yahweh, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord Yahweh.

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Christ at the center

The promise of one Shepherd-King David, a new heart and new Spirit, and the river of life flowing from the temple all stream toward Christ, the good Shepherd who gives the Spirit.

How Ezekiel 34:24 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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