Apologetics Bible

Ezekiel 34:1

Hebrew

וַיְהִי דְבַר־יְהוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹֽר׃

vayehiy-devar-yehvah-'elay-le'mor

KJV: And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

AKJV: And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

ASV: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

YLT: And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:2

Hebrew

בֶּן־אָדָם הִנָּבֵא עַל־רוֹעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנָּבֵא וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם לָרֹעִים כֹּה אָמַר ׀ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הוֹי רֹעֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ רֹעִים אוֹתָם הֲלוֹא הַצֹּאן יִרְעוּ הָרֹעִֽים׃

ven-'adam-hinave'-'al-rvo'ey-yishera'el-hinave'-ve'amareta-'aleyhem-laro'iym-khoh-'amar- -'adonay-yehvih-hvoy-ro'ey-yishera'el-'asher-hayv-ro'iym-'votam-halvo'-hatzo'n-yire'v-haro'iym

KJV: Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

AKJV: Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

ASV: Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?

YLT: `Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed?

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed t...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:3

Hebrew

אֶת־הַחֵלֶב תֹּאכֵלוּ וְאֶת־הַצֶּמֶר תִּלְבָּשׁוּ הַבְּרִיאָה תִּזְבָּחוּ הַצֹּאן לֹא תִרְעֽוּ׃

'et-hachelev-to'khelv-ve'et-hatzemer-tilevashv-haveriy'ah-tizevachv-hatzo'n-lo'-tire'v

KJV: Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

AKJV: You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you feed not the flock.

ASV: Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.

YLT: The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:4

Hebrew

אֶֽת־הַנַּחְלוֹת לֹא חִזַּקְתֶּם וְאֶת־הַחוֹלָה לֹֽא־רִפֵּאתֶם וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּרֶת לֹא חֲבַשְׁתֶּם וְאֶת־הַנִּדַּחַת לֹא הֲשֵׁבֹתֶם וְאֶת־הָאֹבֶדֶת לֹא בִקַּשְׁתֶּם וּבְחָזְקָה רְדִיתֶם אֹתָם וּבְפָֽרֶךְ׃

'et-hanachelvot-lo'-chizaqetem-ve'et-hachvolah-lo'-rife'tem-velanisheveret-lo'-chavashetem-ve'et-hanidachat-lo'-hashevotem-ve'et-ha'ovedet-lo'-viqashetem-vvechazeqah-rediytem-'otam-vvefarekhe

KJV: The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

AKJV: The diseased have you not strengthened, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought again that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have you ruled them.

ASV: The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.

YLT: The weak ye have not strengthened, And the sick one ye have not healed, And the broken ye have not bound up, And the driven away have not brought back, And the lost ye have not sought, And with might ye have ruled them and with rigour.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:5

Hebrew

וַתְּפוּצֶינָה מִבְּלִי רֹעֶה וַתִּהְיֶינָה לְאָכְלָה לְכָל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וַתְּפוּצֶֽינָה׃

vatefvtzeynah-miveliy-ro'eh-vatiheyeynah-le'akhelah-lekhal-chayat-hashadeh-vatefvtzeynah

KJV: And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

AKJV: And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

ASV: And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

YLT: And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:6

Hebrew

יִשְׁגּוּ צֹאנִי בְּכָל־הֶהָרִים וְעַל כָּל־גִּבְעָה רָמָה וְעַל כָּל־פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ נָפֹצוּ צֹאנִי וְאֵין דּוֹרֵשׁ וְאֵין מְבַקֵּֽשׁ׃

yishegv-tzo'niy-vekhal-hehariym-ve'al-khal-give'ah-ramah-ve'al-khal-feney-ha'aretz-nafotzv-tzo'niy-ve'eyn-dvoresh-ve'eyn-mevaqesh

KJV: My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

AKJV: My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered on all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. ¶

ASV: My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek after them.

YLT: Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:7

Hebrew

לָכֵן רֹעִים שִׁמְעוּ אֶת־דְּבַר יְהוָֽה׃

lakhen-ro'iym-shime'v-'et-devar-yehvah

KJV: Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

AKJV: Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

ASV: Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

YLT: Therefore, shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:8

Hebrew

חַי־אָנִי נְאֻם ׀ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אִם־לֹא יַעַן הֱיֽוֹת־צֹאנִי ׀ לָבַז וַתִּֽהְיֶינָה צֹאנִי לְאָכְלָה לְכָל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה מֵאֵין רֹעֶה וְלֹֽא־דָרְשׁוּ רֹעַי אֶת־צֹאנִי וַיִּרְעוּ הָֽרֹעִים אוֹתָם וְאֶת־צֹאנִי לֹא רָעֽוּ׃

chay-'aniy-ne'um- -'adonay-yehvih-'im-lo'-ya'an-heyvot-tzo'niy- -lavaz-vatiheyeynah-tzo'niy-le'akhelah-lekhal-chayat-hashadeh-me'eyn-ro'eh-velo'-dareshv-ro'ay-'et-tzo'niy-vayire'v-haro'iym-'votam-ve'et-tzo'niy-lo'-ra'v

KJV: As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

AKJV: As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

ASV: As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;

YLT: I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, If not, because of My flock being for a prey, Yea, My flock is for food to every beast of the field, Because there is no shepherd, And My shepherds have not sought My flock, And the shepherds do feed themselves, And My flock they have not fed.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherd...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:9

Hebrew

לָכֵן הָֽרֹעִים שִׁמְעוּ דְּבַר־יְהוָֽה׃

lakhen-haro'iym-shime'v-devar-yehvah

KJV: Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

AKJV: Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

ASV: therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

YLT: Therefore, O shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:10

Hebrew

כֹּה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנְנִי אֶֽל־הָרֹעִים וְֽדָרַשְׁתִּי אֶת־צֹאנִי מִיָּדָם וְהִשְׁבַּתִּים מֵרְעוֹת צֹאן וְלֹא־יִרְעוּ עוֹד הָרֹעִים אוֹתָם וְהִצַּלְתִּי צֹאנִי מִפִּיהֶם וְלֹֽא־תִהְיֶיןָ לָהֶם לְאָכְלָֽה׃

khoh-'amar-'adonay-yehvih-hineniy-'el-haro'iym-vedarashetiy-'et-tzo'niy-miyadam-vehishevatiym-mere'vot-tzo'n-velo'-yire'v-'vod-haro'iym-'votam-vehitzaletiy-tzo'niy-mifiyhem-velo'-tiheyeyna-lahem-le'akhelah

KJV: Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

AKJV: Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. ¶

ASV: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

YLT: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am against the shepherds, And have required My flock from their hand, And caused them to cease from feeding the flock, And no more do the shepherds feed themselves, And I have delivered My flock from their mouth, And they are not to them for food.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:11

Hebrew

כִּי כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנְנִי־אָנִי וְדָרַשְׁתִּי אֶת־צֹאנִי וּבִקַּרְתִּֽים׃

khiy-khoh-'amar-'adonay-yehvih-hineniy-'aniy-vedarashetiy-'et-tzo'niy-vviqaretiym

KJV: For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

AKJV: For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

ASV: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

YLT: For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I--even I, have required My flock, And I have sought it out.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:12

Hebrew

כְּבַקָּרַת רֹעֶה עֶדְרוֹ בְּיוֹם־הֱיוֹתוֹ בְתוֹךְ־צֹאנוֹ נִפְרָשׁוֹת כֵּן אֲבַקֵּר אֶת־צֹאנִי וְהִצַּלְתִּי אֶתְהֶם מִכָּל־הַמְּקוֹמֹת אֲשֶׁר נָפֹצוּ שָׁם בְּיוֹם עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃

khevaqarat-ro'eh-'edervo-veyvom-heyvotvo-vetvokhe-tzo'nvo-niferashvot-khen-'avaqer-'et-tzo'niy-vehitzaletiy-'etehem-mikhal-hameqvomot-'asher-nafotzv-sham-veyvom-'anan-va'arafel

KJV: As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

AKJV: As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

ASV: As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

YLT: As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:13

Hebrew

וְהוֹצֵאתִים מִן־הָעַמִּים וְקִבַּצְתִּים מִן־הָאֲרָצוֹת וַהֲבִיאֹתִים אֶל־אַדְמָתָם וּרְעִיתִים אֶל־הָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאֲפִיקִים וּבְכֹל מוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָֽרֶץ׃

vehvotze'tiym-min-ha'amiym-veqivatzetiym-min-ha'aratzvot-vahaviy'otiym-'el-'adematam-vre'iytiym-'el-harey-yishera'el-va'afiyqiym-vvekhol-mvoshevey-ha'aretz

KJV: And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

AKJV: And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them on the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

ASV: And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

YLT: And brought them out from the peoples, And have gathered them from the lands, And brought them unto their own ground, And have fed them on mountains of Israel, By streams, and by all dwellings of the land.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the co...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:14

Hebrew

בְּמִרְעֶה־טּוֹב אֶרְעֶה אֹתָם וּבְהָרֵי מְרֽוֹם־יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה נְוֵהֶם שָׁם תִּרְבַּצְנָה בְּנָוֶה טּוֹב וּמִרְעֶה שָׁמֵן תִּרְעֶינָה אֶל־הָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

vemire'eh-tvov-'ere'eh-'otam-vveharey-mervom-yishera'el-yiheyeh-nevehem-sham-tirevatzenah-venaveh-tvov-vmire'eh-shamen-tire'eynah-'el-harey-yishera'el

KJV: I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

AKJV: I will feed them in a good pasture, and on the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel.

ASV: I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

YLT: With good pasture I do feed them, And on mountains of the high place of Israel is their habitation, There do they lie down in a good habitation, And fat pastures they enjoy on mountains of Israel.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:15

Hebrew

אֲנִי אֶרְעֶה צֹאנִי וַאֲנִי אַרְבִּיצֵם נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה׃

'aniy-'ere'eh-tzo'niy-va'aniy-'areviytzem-ne'um-'adonay-yehvih

KJV: I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

AKJV: I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.

ASV: I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

YLT: I feed My flock, and cause them to lie down, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:16

Hebrew

אֶת־הָאֹבֶדֶת אֲבַקֵּשׁ וְאֶת־הַנִּדַּחַת אָשִׁיב וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּרֶת אֶחֱבֹשׁ וְאֶת־הַחוֹלָה אֲחַזֵּק וְאֶת־הַשְּׁמֵנָה וְאֶת־הַחֲזָקָה אַשְׁמִיד אֶרְעֶנָּה בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃

'et-ha'ovedet-'avaqesh-ve'et-hanidachat-'ashiyv-velanisheveret-'echevosh-ve'et-hachvolah-'achazeq-ve'et-hashemenah-ve'et-hachazaqah-'ashemiyd-'ere'enah-vemishefat

KJV: I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

AKJV: I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

ASV: I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

YLT: The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:17

Hebrew

וְאַתֵּנָה צֹאנִי כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנְנִי שֹׁפֵט בֵּֽין־שֶׂה לָשֶׂה לָאֵילִים וְלָעַתּוּדִֽים׃

ve'atenah-tzo'niy-khoh-'amar-'adonay-yehvih-hineniy-shofet-veyn-sheh-lasheh-la'eyliym-vela'atvdiym

KJV: And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

AKJV: And as for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

ASV: And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-goats.

YLT: And you, My flock, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am judging between sheep and sheep, Between rams and he-goats.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:18

Hebrew

הַמְעַט מִכֶּם הַמִּרְעֶה הַטּוֹב תִּרְעוּ וְיֶתֶר מִרְעֵיכֶם תִּרְמְסוּ בְּרַגְלֵיכֶם וּמִשְׁקַע־מַיִם תִּשְׁתּוּ וְאֵת הַנּוֹתָרִים בְּרַגְלֵיכֶם תִּרְפֹּשֽׂוּן׃

hame'at-mikhem-hamire'eh-hatvov-tire'v-veyeter-mire'eykhem-tiremesv-verageleykhem-vmisheqa'-mayim-tishetv-ve'et-hanvotariym-verageleykhem-tirefoshvn

KJV: Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

AKJV: Seems it a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?

ASV: Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

YLT: Is it a little thing for you--the good pasture ye enjoy, And the remnant of your pasture ye tread down with your feet, And a depth of waters ye do drink, And the remainder with your feet ye trample,

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:19

Hebrew

וְצֹאנִי מִרְמַס רַגְלֵיכֶם תִּרְעֶינָה וּמִרְפַּשׂ רַגְלֵיכֶם תִּשְׁתֶּֽינָה׃

vetzo'niy-miremas-rageleykhem-tire'eynah-vmirefash-rageleykhem-tisheteynah

KJV: And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

AKJV: And as for my flock, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet. ¶

ASV: And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

YLT: And My flock the trodden thing of your feet consumeth, And the trampled thing of your feet drinketh?

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:20

Hebrew

לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אֲלֵיהֶם הִנְנִי־אָנִי וְשָֽׁפַטְתִּי בֵּֽין־שֶׂה בִרְיָה וּבֵין שֶׂה רָזָֽה׃

lakhen-khoh-'amar-'adonay-yehvih-'aleyhem-hineniy-'aniy-veshafatetiy-veyn-sheh-vireyah-vveyn-sheh-razah

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

AKJV: Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

ASV: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

YLT: Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah to them: Lo, I--even I, have judged between fat sheep and lean sheep.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:21

Hebrew

יַעַן בְּצַד וּבְכָתֵף תֶּהְדֹּפוּ וּבְקַרְנֵיכֶם תְּנַגְּחוּ כָּל־הַנַּחְלוֹת עַד אֲשֶׁר הֲפִיצוֹתֶם אוֹתָנָה אֶל־הַחֽוּצָה׃

ya'an-vetzad-vvekhatef-tehedofv-vveqareneykhem-tenagechv-khal-hanachelvot-'ad-'asher-hafiytzvotem-'votanah-'el-hachvtzah

KJV: Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

AKJV: Because you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad;

ASV: Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

YLT: Because with side and with shoulder ye thrust away, And with your horns push all the diseased, Till ye have scattered them to the out-place,

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:22

Hebrew

וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּי לְצֹאנִי וְלֹֽא־תִהְיֶינָה עוֹד לָבַז וְשָׁפַטְתִּי בֵּין שֶׂה לָשֶֽׂה׃

vehvosha'etiy-letzo'niy-velo'-tiheyeynah-'vod-lavaz-veshafatetiy-veyn-sheh-lasheh

KJV: Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

AKJV: Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

ASV: therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

YLT: And I have given safety to My flock, And they are not any more for prey, And I have judged between sheep and sheep.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:23

Hebrew

וַהֲקִמֹתִי עֲלֵיהֶם רֹעֶה אֶחָד וְרָעָה אֶתְהֶן אֵת עַבְדִּי דָוִיד הוּא יִרְעֶה אֹתָם וְהֽוּא־יִהְיֶה לָהֶן לְרֹעֶֽה׃

vahaqimotiy-'aleyhem-ro'eh-'echad-vera'ah-'etehen-'et-'avediy-daviyd-hv'-yire'eh-'otam-vehv'-yiheyeh-lahen-lero'eh

KJV: And 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.

AKJV: And 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.

ASV: And 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.

YLT: And have raised up over them one shepherd, And he hath fed them--my servant David, He doth feed them, and he is their shepherd,

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:24

Hebrew

וַאֲנִי יְהוָה אֶהְיֶה לָהֶם לֵֽאלֹהִים וְעַבְדִּי דָוִד נָשִׂיא בְתוֹכָם אֲנִי יְהוָה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃

va'aniy-yehvah-'eheyeh-lahem-le'lohiym-ve'avediy-david-nashiy'-vetvokham-'aniy-yehvah-divaretiy

KJV: And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

AKJV: And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

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

YLT: And I, Jehovah, I am their God, And My servant David prince in their midst, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:25

Hebrew

וְכָרַתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית שָׁלוֹם וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי חַיָּֽה־רָעָה מִן־הָאָרֶץ וְיָשְׁבוּ בַמִּדְבָּר לָבֶטַח וְיָשְׁנוּ בַּיְּעָרִֽים׃

vekharatiy-lahem-veriyt-shalvom-vehishevatiy-chayah-ra'ah-min-ha'aretz-veyashevv-vamidevar-lavetach-veyashenv-vaye'ariym

KJV: And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

AKJV: And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

ASV: And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

YLT: And I have made for them a covenant of peace, And caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, And they have dwelt in a wilderness confidently, And they have slept in forests.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:26

Hebrew

וְנָתַתִּי אוֹתָם וּסְבִיבוֹת גִּבְעָתִי בְּרָכָה וְהוֹרַדְתִּי הַגֶּשֶׁם בְּעִתּוֹ גִּשְׁמֵי בְרָכָה יִֽהְיֽוּ׃

venatatiy-'votam-vseviyvvot-give'atiy-verakhah-vehvoradetiy-hageshem-ve'itvo-gishemey-verakhah-yiheyv

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:27

Hebrew

וְנָתַן עֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה אֶת־פִּרְיוֹ וְהָאָרֶץ תִּתֵּן יְבוּלָהּ וְהָיוּ עַל־אַדְמָתָם לָבֶטַח וְֽיָדְעוּ כִּי־אֲנִי יְהוָה בְּשִׁבְרִי אֶת־מֹטוֹת עֻלָּם וְהִצַּלְתִּים מִיַּד הָעֹבְדִים בָּהֶֽם׃

venatan-'etz-hashadeh-'et-fireyvo-veha'aretz-titen-yevvlah-vehayv-'al-'adematam-lavetach-veyade'v-khiy-'aniy-yehvah-veshiveriy-'et-motvot-'ulam-vehitzaletiym-miyad-ha'ovediym-vahem

KJV: And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

AKJV: And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

ASV: And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.

YLT: And given hath the tree of the field its fruit, And the land doth give her increase, And they have been on their land confident, And they have known that I am Jehovah, In My breaking the bands of their yoke, And I have delivered them from the hand of those laying service on them.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and deliver...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:28

Hebrew

וְלֹא־יִהְיוּ עוֹד בַּז לַגּוֹיִם וְחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לֹא תֹאכְלֵם וְיָשְׁבוּ לָבֶטַח וְאֵין מַחֲרִֽיד׃

velo'-yiheyv-'vod-vaz-lagvoyim-vechayat-ha'aretz-lo'-to'khelem-veyashevv-lavetach-ve'eyn-machariyd

KJV: And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

AKJV: And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

ASV: And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beasts of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

YLT: And they are no more a prey to nations, And the beast of the earth devoureth them not, And they have dwelt confidently, And there is none troubling.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:29

Hebrew

וַהֲקִמֹתִי לָהֶם מַטָּע לְשֵׁם וְלֹֽא־יִהְיוּ עוֹד אֲסֻפֵי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ וְלֹֽא־יִשְׂאוּ עוֹד כְּלִמַּת הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

vahaqimotiy-lahem-mata'-leshem-velo'-yiheyv-'vod-'asufey-ra'av-va'aretz-velo'-yishe'v-'vod-khelimat-hagvoyim

KJV: And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

AKJV: And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

ASV: And I will raise up unto them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.

YLT: And I have raised for them a plant for renown, And they are no more consumed by hunger in the land, And they bear no more the shame of the nations.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:30

Hebrew

וְיָדְעוּ כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם אִתָּם וְהֵמָּה עַמִּי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה׃

veyade'v-khiy-'aniy-yehvah-'eloheyhem-'itam-vehemah-'amiy-veyt-yishera'el-ne'um-'adonay-yehvih

KJV: Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.

AKJV: Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD.

ASV: And they shall know that I, Jehovah, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.

YLT: And they have known that I, Jehovah, their God, am with them, And they--the house of Israel--My people, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 34:31

Hebrew

וְאַתֵּן צֹאנִי צֹאן מַרְעִיתִי אָדָם אַתֶּם אֲנִי אֱלֹהֵיכֶם נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה׃

ve'aten-tzo'niy-tzo'n-mare'iytiy-'adam-'atem-'aniy-'eloheykhem-ne'um-'adonay-yehvih

KJV: And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.

AKJV: And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD.

ASV: And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

YLT: And ye, My flock, the flock of My pasture, Men ye are --I am your God, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

Exposition: Ezekiel 34:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.