Ezekiel 34:24
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New International Version (©2011)
I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the LORD have spoken.

New Living Translation (©2007)
And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the LORD, have spoken!

English Standard Version (©2001)
And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the LORD; I have spoken.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the LORD have spoken.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I, Yahweh, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken."

International Standard Version (©2012)
I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will rule among them as Prince.' I, the LORD, have spoken this.

NET Bible (©2006)
I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be their prince. I, the LORD, have spoken.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

American King James Version
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

American Standard Version
And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I the Lord will be their God: and my servant David the prince in the midst of them: I the Lord have spoken it.

Darby Bible Translation
And I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David a prince in their midst: I Jehovah have spoken it.

English Revised Version
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

World English Bible
I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

Young's Literal Translation
And I, Jehovah, I am their God, And My servant David prince in their midst, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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, though excellent in himself, was as a tender plant out of a dry ground. Being the Tree of life, bearing all the fruits of salvation, he yields spiritual food to the souls of his people. Our constant desire and prayer should be, that there may be showers of blessings in every place where the truth of Christ is preached; and that all who profess the gospel may be filled with fruits of righteousness.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I the Lord will be their God,.... The God of them Christ is the shepherd of, and whom he feeds; the sheep and poor of the flock: this is the great blessing of the everlasting covenant, and than which there cannot be a greater, to have the Lord, the everlasting and unchangeable Jehovah, to be a covenant God and Father:

and my servant David a Prince among them; who should reside among them, dwell with them, by granting them his spiritual presence, and so rule over them, protect and defend them; even he who is the Prince of the kings of the earth, and is exalted, a Prince and a Saviour of his people Israel; he is such a Shepherd as that he is a Prince; and such a Prince as that he is a Saviour and under whose princely government is the greatest safety:

I the Lord have spoken it; and therefore it shall assuredly be. The Targum is,

"I the Lord have decreed it in my word;''

he had determined it within himself, and promised it in covenant, and spoke of it in prophecy, and it should be fulfilled.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

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 (Ps 40:7, 8; Isa 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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The Good Shepherd
…22Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. 23And 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. 24And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

Isaiah 55:3 Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
Isaiah 55:4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.
Jeremiah 30:9 Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
Jeremiah 30:21 Their leader will be one of their own; their ruler will arise from among them. I will bring him near and he will come close to me-- for who is he who will devote himself to be close to me?' declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 21:27 A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come; to him I will give it.'
Ezekiel 37:22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.
Ezekiel 37:24 "'My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.
Ezekiel 37:25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their children's children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever.
Ezekiel 44:3 The prince himself is the only one who may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He is to enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way."
Ezekiel 45:7 "'The prince will have the land bordering each side of the area formed by the sacred district and the property of the city. It will extend westward from the west side and eastward from the east side, running lengthwise from the western to the eastern border parallel to one of the tribal portions.
Ezekiel 48:21 "What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the center of them.
Hosea 3:5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days.