Ezekiel 34:30 Study Bible: They shall know that I, the LORD, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people," says the Lord GOD.

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Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,' declares the Lord GOD.

Study Bible

Then they will know
This phrase emphasizes the certainty and clarity of God's revelation to His people. It suggests a future time when understanding and recognition of God's presence and actions will be undeniable. This is a common theme in prophetic literature, where God often promises that His actions will lead to a deeper knowledge of Him (e.g., Ezekiel 6:7, 13:9).

that I, the LORD their God,
The use of "LORD" in all caps signifies the divine name YHWH, highlighting God's covenant relationship with Israel. This phrase underscores God's sovereignty and His personal relationship with His people. It reflects the covenantal promise found in Exodus 6:7, where God assures Israel that He will be their God.

am with them,
This assurance of God's presence is a recurring promise throughout Scripture, providing comfort and security to His people. It echoes the promise given to the patriarchs (Genesis 26:24) and is fulfilled ultimately in the person of Jesus Christ, who is called "Immanuel," meaning "God with us" (Matthew 1:23).

and that they, the house of Israel,
The "house of Israel" refers to the collective people of Israel, emphasizing their identity as God's chosen nation. This phrase is significant in the context of the Babylonian exile, where the unity and identity of Israel were under threat. It reassures them of their continued status as God's people.

are My people,’
This declaration reaffirms the covenant relationship between God and Israel. It is reminiscent of the covenant language found in Leviticus 26:12 and Jeremiah 31:33, where God promises to be their God and they will be His people. This relationship is central to the biblical narrative and is fulfilled in the New Covenant through Christ (Hebrews 8:10).

declares the Lord GOD.
The repetition of "Lord GOD" (Adonai YHWH) emphasizes the authority and certainty of the declaration. It is a solemn affirmation that what has been spoken will surely come to pass. This phrase is often used in prophetic literature to underscore the divine origin and reliability of the message (e.g., Ezekiel 17:24).

Persons / Places / Events

1. The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who promises His presence and protection.

2. The House of Israel
The chosen people of God, often referred to as His flock, whom He promises to shepherd and care for.

3. Ezekiel
A prophet during the Babylonian exile, who delivers God's messages of judgment and restoration.

4. Babylonian Exile
The period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, a time of judgment but also of promised restoration.

5. The Shepherds of Israel
Earlier in Ezekiel 34, these are the leaders who failed to care for God's people, leading to God's promise to shepherd them Himself.

Teaching Points

God's Faithfulness
God remains faithful to His promises, even when His people are unfaithful. This assurance should encourage believers to trust in His steadfast love and commitment.

The Presence of God
The promise of God's presence is central to the believer's life. Recognizing that God is with us provides comfort and strength in times of trouble.

Identity as God's People
Understanding our identity as God's people should shape our actions and attitudes. We are called to live in a way that reflects our relationship with Him.

The Role of Shepherds
Leaders in the church are called to shepherd God’s people faithfully, following the example of Christ, the Good Shepherd.

Restoration and Hope
God's promise of restoration offers hope. No matter the current circumstances, God’s ultimate plan is to restore and renew His people.

Bible Study Questions

1. How does the promise of God's presence in Ezekiel 34:30 impact your daily life and decisions?

2. In what ways can you identify with the "house of Israel" as described in this passage?

3. How does the imagery of God as a shepherd in Ezekiel 34 relate to Jesus' teachings in John 10?

4. What responsibilities do church leaders have today in light of the failures of the shepherds in Ezekiel 34?

5. How can the promise of restoration in Ezekiel 34:30 encourage you in times of personal or communal exile?

Connections to Other Scriptures

Psalm 23
This psalm portrays God as the Shepherd, providing and caring for His people, similar to the promise in Ezekiel 34.

John 10
Jesus refers to Himself as the Good Shepherd, echoing the themes of God’s care and presence with His people.

Jeremiah 31
This chapter speaks of the new covenant and God’s promise to be with His people, paralleling the restoration themes in Ezekiel.

Revelation 21
The promise of God dwelling with His people is fulfilled in the new heaven and new earth, reflecting the ultimate restoration.

Hebrews 13
Encourages believers with the assurance of God’s presence, similar to the promise in Ezekiel 34:30.

Sermons

Israel's Privileges	A. Thompson, D. D.	Ezekiel 34:30
The Golden Age of Peace	J.D. Davies	Ezekiel 34:23-31
The Elect Produced on Men by the Displays of Kindness from God	A. Thomson, D. D.	Ezekiel 34:27-31
The Yoke Removed and the Lord Revealed		Ezekiel 34:27-31

People

David, Ezekiel

Places

Jerusalem

Topics

Affirmation, Declares, Says, Sovereign, Thus

Dictionary of Bible Themes

Ezekiel 34:25-31

1335 blessing

Ezekiel 34:26-31

1330 God, the provider

Ezekiel 34:30-31

1352 covenant, the new

Library

The Church of Christ
This, then, is the meaning of the text; that God would make Jerusalem and the places round about his hill a blessing. I shall not, however, use it so this morning, but I shall use it in a more confined sense--or, perhaps, in a more enlarged sense--as it applies to the church of Jesus Christ, and to this particular church with which you and I stand connected. "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 …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 1: 1855

That None Should Enter on a Place of Government who Practise not in Life what they have Learnt by Study.
There are some also who investigate spiritual precepts with cunning care, but what they penetrate with their understanding they trample on in their lives: all at once they teach the things which not by practice but by study they have learnt; and what in words they preach by their manners they impugn. Whence it comes to pass that when the shepherd walks through steep places, the flock follows to the precipice. Hence it is that the Lord through the prophet complains of the contemptible knowledge …
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great

Discourse on the Good Shepherd.
(Jerusalem, December, a.d. 29.) ^D John X. 1-21. ^d 1 Verily, verily, I say to you [unto the parties whom he was addressing in the last section], He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. [In this section Jesus proceeds to contrast his own care for humanity with that manifested by the Pharisees, who had just cast out the beggar. Old Testament prophecies were full of declarations that false shepherds would arise to …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

The Good Shepherd' and his one Flock' - Last Discourse at the Feast of Tabernacles.
The closing words which Jesus had spoken to those Pharisees who followed HIm breathe the sadness of expected near judgment, rather than the hopefulness of expostulation. And the Discourse which followed, ere He once more left Jerusalem, is of the same character. It seems, as if Jesus could not part from the City in holy anger, but ever, and only, with tears. All the topics of the former Discourses are now resumed and applied. They are not in any way softened or modified, but uttered in accents of …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

The Everlasting Covenant of the Spirit
"They shall be My people, and l will be their God. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from Me."--JER. xxxii. 38, 40. "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye …
Andrew Murray—The Two Covenants

How to Make Use of Christ as the Life when the Soul is Dead as to Duty.
Sometimes the believer will be under such a distemper, as that he will be as unfit and unable for discharging of any commanded duty, as dead men, or one in a swoon, is to work or go a journey. And it were good to know how Christ should be made use of as the Life, to the end the diseased soul may be delivered from this. For this cause we shall consider those four things: 1. See what are the several steps and degrees of this distemper. 2. Consider whence it cometh, or what are the causes or occasions …
John Brown (of Wamphray)—Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life

The Shepherd of Our Souls.
"I am the good Shepherd: the good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep."--John x. 11. Our Lord here appropriates to Himself the title under which He had been foretold by the Prophets. "David My servant shall be king over them," says Almighty God by the mouth of Ezekiel: "and they all shall have one Shepherd." And in the book of Zechariah, "Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, and against the man that is My fellow, saith the Lord of Hosts; smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered." …
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII

Covenanting Predicted in Prophecy.
The fact of Covenanting, under the Old Testament dispensations, being approved of God, gives a proof that it was proper then, which is accompanied by the voice of prophecy, affording evidence that even in periods then future it should no less be proper. The argument for the service that is afforded by prophecy is peculiar, and, though corresponding with evidence from other sources, is independent. Because that God willed to make known truth through his servants the prophets, we should receive it …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting

The Extent of Messiah's Spiritual Kingdom
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ, and He shall reign for ever and ever! T he Kingdom of our Lord in the heart, and in the world, is frequently compared to a building or house, of which He Himself is both the Foundation and the Architect (Isaiah 28:16 and 54:11, 12) . A building advances by degrees (I Corinthians 3:9; Ephesians 2:20-22) , and while it is in an unfinished state, a stranger cannot, by viewing its present appearance, form an accurate judgment …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2

The Eighth Commandment
Thou shalt not steal.' Exod 20: 15. AS the holiness of God sets him against uncleanness, in the command Thou shalt not commit adultery;' so the justice of God sets him against rapine and robbery, in the command, Thou shalt not steal.' The thing forbidden in this commandment, is meddling with another man's property. The civil lawyers define furtum, stealth or theft to be the laying hands unjustly on that which is another's;' the invading another's right. I. The causes of theft. [1] The internal causes …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

That the Ruler Should Be, through Humility, a Companion of Good Livers, But, through the Zeal of Righteousness, Rigid against the vices of Evildoers.
The ruler should be, through humility, a companion of good livers, and, through the zeal of righteousness, rigid against the vices of evil-doers; so that in nothing he prefer himself to the good, and yet, when the fault of the bad requires it, he be at once conscious of the power of his priority; to the end that, while among his subordinates who live well he waives his rank and accounts them as his equals, he may not fear to execute the laws of rectitude towards the perverse. For, as I remember to …
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great

Covenanting Provided for in the Everlasting Covenant.
The duty of Covenanting is founded on the law of nature; but it also stands among the arrangements of Divine mercy made from everlasting. The promulgation of the law, enjoining it on man in innocence as a duty, was due to God's necessary dominion over the creatures of his power. The revelation of it as a service obligatory on men in a state of sin, arose from his unmerited grace. In the one display, we contemplate the authority of the righteous moral Governor of the universe; in the other, we see …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting

Jesus Makes his First Disciples.
(Bethany Beyond Jordan, Spring a.d. 27.) ^D John I. 35-51. ^d 35 Again on the morrow [John's direct testimony bore fruit on the second day] John was standing, and two of his disciples [An audience of two. A small field; but a large harvest]; 36 and he looked [Gazed intently. The word is used at Mark xiv. 67; Luke xxii. 61 Mark x. 21, 27. John looked searchingly at that face, which, so far as any record shows, he was never to see on earth again. The more intently we look upon Jesus, the more powerfully …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

Second Great Group of Parables.
(Probably in Peræa.) Subdivision B. Parable of the Lost Sheep. ^C Luke XV. 3-7. ^c 3 And he spake unto them this parable [Jesus had spoken this parable before. See pp. 434, 435.] saying, 4 What man of you [man is emphatic; it is made so to convey the meaning that if man would so act, how much more would God so act], having an hundred sheep [a large flock], and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness [the place of pasture, and hence the proper place to leave …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

Ezekiel
To a modern taste, Ezekiel does not appeal anything like so powerfully as Isaiah or Jeremiah. He has neither the majesty of the one nor the tenderness and passion of the other. There is much in him that is fantastic, and much that is ritualistic. His imaginations border sometimes on the grotesque and sometimes on the mechanical. Yet he is a historical figure of the first importance; it was very largely from him that Judaism received the ecclesiastical impulse by which for centuries it was powerfully …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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