Lamentationes 34:31

Nova Vulgata

Vos autem grex meus, grex pascuae meae vos, et ego Dominus Deus vester", dicit Dominus Deus.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Vos autem, greges mei, greges pascu� me�, homines estis : et ego Dominus Deus vester, dicit Dominus Deus.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Vos autem, greges mei, greges pascu� me�,
homines estis:
et ego Dominus Deus vester,
dicit Dominus Deus.]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye my: Ezekiel 36:38, Psalms 78:52, Psalms 80:1, Psalms 95:7, Psalms 100:3, Isaiah 40:11, Micah 7:14, Luke 12:32, John 10:11, John 10:16, John 10:26-30, John 20:15-17, Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 5:2, 1 Peter 5:3

I: Ezekiel 34:24

Reciprocal: Psalms 74:1 - the sheep Proverbs 27:23 - diligent Jeremiah 13:17 - because Jeremiah 31:1 - will Ezekiel 28:26 - and they Ezekiel 34:8 - prey Micah 2:12 - I will put Zechariah 9:16 - shall save Luke 15:4 - having John 10:7 - the sheep

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men,.... This is observed, to show that all that had been said in this chapter concerning sheep, and a flock of sheep, was to be understood, not in a literal sense, but in a figurative one, of such as were rational and spiritual persons; a set of men whom the Lord had chosen, and separated from others, as his peculiar flock; and whom he took a special care of, and led them to, and fed them in, green pastures of his own providing; they are the souls of men that Christ is the Shepherd and Bishop of, 1 Peter 2:25. The Talmudists u frequently make use of this text, to prove that Israelites are only called men, and not the Gentiles; see

Matthew 15:26

and I am your God, saith the Lord God; which is often repeated for the certainty of it, because a blessing of the greatest importance, and which includes all others in it; see Ezekiel 34:24.

u T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 61. 1. Bava Metzia, fol. 114. 2. & Ceritot, fol. 6. 2.

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now described, as carried on by One King, the representative of David, whose dominion should fulfill all the promises originally made to the man after God’s own heart.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 34:31. And ye my flock — That is, under the allegory of a flock of sheep, I point out men; under that of a pasture, my Church, and under that of a shepherd, the Messiah, through whom I am become your God. And he who is your God is אדני יהוה Adonai Jehovah, the self-existent Being; the Governor and Director, as well as the Saviour and Judge of men.