Ezekiel 34:23-24
23 “‘I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them—namely, my servant David. ▼▼sn The messianic king is here called “David” (see
Jer 30:9 and
Hos 3:5, as well as
Isa 11:1 and
Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see
Pss 2;
89).
He will feed them and will be their shepherd. 24I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince ▼▼sn The messianic king (“David”) is called both “king” and “prince” in
37:24-25. The use of the term “prince” for this king facilitates the contrast between this ideal ruler and the Davidic “princes” denounced in earlier prophecies (see
7:27;
12:10,
12;
19:1;
21:25;
22:6,
25).
among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!
