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Ezekiel 34:26
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I will make them and the area around my hill a blessing: I will send down showers in their season; they will be showers of blessing.
I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.
"I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will make showers fall in their season; they will be showers of blessing.
I will bless them and let them live around my hill. I will cause the rains to come when it is time; there will be showers to bless them.
"I will make them and the places around My hill (Jerusalem, Zion) a blessing. And I will make showers come down in their season; there will be [abundant] showers of blessing (divine favor).
And I wil set them, as a blessing, euen roud about my mountaine: and I will cause rayne to come downe in due season, & there shalbe raine of blessing.
"I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing.
I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing.
I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in their season-showers of blessing.
They will live around my holy mountain, and I will bless them by sending more than enough rain
I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing, and I will cause the rain to fall when it should — there will be showers of blessing.
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season: there shall be showers of blessing.
I will bless the sheep and the places around my hill. I will cause the rains to fall at the right time and will shower them with blessings.
And I will give them my blessing round about my hill; and I will send down the rain in its season; and it shall be a shower of blessing.
"I will bless them and let them live around my sacred hill. There I will bless them with showers of rain when they need it.
And I will make them and the area all around my hill a blessing, and I will let the rain go down at its appointed time; they will be rains of blessing.
And I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will bring down the shower in its season, there shall be showers of blessing.
Good fortune & prosperite wil I geue them, and vnto all that be rounde aboute my hill. A prosperous shower and rayne wil I sende them in due season,
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
And I will make them and the places round about My hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
And I will make them and the places round about my hill, a blessing; and I will cause the showre to come downe in his season: there shall bee showres of blessing.
And I wyll set them [as] a blessing euen rounde about my hill, and I wyll cause raine to come downe in due season, [and] there shalbe raine of blessing.
And I will settle them round about my mountain; and I will give you the rain, the rain of blessing.
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
And Y schal sette hem blessyng in the cumpas of my litle hil, and Y schal lede doun reyn in his tyme. And reynes of blessyng schulen be,
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
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.
I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.
I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing.
I will bring good to them and to the places around My hill. I will give them rain when they need it. Good will rain down upon them.
I will make them and the region around my hill a blessing; and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.
And I, will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing,- And I will cause the abundant rain to come down in its season abundant rains of blessing, shall they be;
And I will make them a blessing round about my hill: and I will send down the rain in its season, there shall be showers of blessing.
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.
And I have given them, and the suburbs of my hill, a blessing, And caused the shower to come down in its season, Showers of blessing they are.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
make them: Genesis 12:2, Isaiah 19:24, Zechariah 8:13, Zechariah 8:23
my hill: Ezekiel 20:40, Psalms 2:6, Psalms 68:16, Psalms 132:14-16, Psalms 133:3, Isaiah 2:2-4, Isaiah 56:7, Micah 4:1, Micah 4:2
I will cause: Leviticus 26:4
shower: Deuteronomy 28:12, Psalms 68:9, Isaiah 32:15, Isaiah 32:20, Isaiah 44:3, Malachi 3:10
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 11:14 - General 2 Chronicles 6:27 - send rain Psalms 67:6 - Then Isaiah 27:5 - and he Isaiah 30:25 - upon every high Isaiah 32:18 - General Isaiah 35:2 - the excellency Isaiah 45:8 - Drop down Isaiah 55:10 - as the rain Jeremiah 46:27 - and be Ezekiel 34:29 - consumed Ezekiel 36:8 - ye shall Hosea 10:12 - rain Joel 2:22 - for the tree Zechariah 8:12 - the seed Zechariah 10:1 - and give Romans 15:29 - General Hebrews 6:7 - receiveth
Cross-References
I will make my arrows red with blood, my sword will be feasting on flesh, with the blood of the dead and the prisoners, of the long-haired heads of my haters.
Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?
Then the Assyrian will come down by the sword, but not of man; the sword, not of men, will be the cause of his destruction: and he will go in flight from the sword, and his young men will be put to forced work.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 Psalms 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 Jeremiah 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, Psalms 133:3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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.
Ezekiel 34:23
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 Matthew 12:18; John 5:30; Hebrews 10:7.)
Ezekiel 34:26
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.
Ezekiel 34:29
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 John 6:35.)
The shame of the pagan - The shameful reproaches with which the pagan assail them.
Ezekiel 34:31
Translate “Ye are my flock, the flock of my pasture (compare Jeremiah 23:1); ye are men, and I am your God.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 34:26. The shower to come down — The Holy Spirit's influence.
There shall be showers of blessing. — Light, life, joy, peace, and power shall be manifest in all the assemblies of Christ's people.
