Eze 34:23-24, 37:24, 45:7-8, 48:22, Hos 1:11 | TSK | STEP | I will. my servant.David king of Israel had been dead upwards of 400 years; and from that time till now there never has been a ruler of any kind in the Jewish nation of the name of David. By David, then, we must understand the Messiah, as the Jews themselves acknowledge, so called because descended from him, and also as being the well beloved, [o agapetos,] Son of the Father, as the name imports, and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled. See the references.

Ezekiel 34:23-24

I will.

Ec 12:11; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:4-6; Mic 5:2-5; Zec 13:7; Joh 10:11

my servant.David king of Israel had been dead upwards of 400 years; and from that time till now there never has been a ruler of any kind in the Jewish nation of the name of David. By David, then, we must understand the Messiah, as the Jews themselves acknowledge, so called because descended from him, and also as being the well beloved, [o agapetos,] Son of the Father, as the name imports, and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled. See the references.

37:24,25; Isa 11:1; 55:3,4; Jer 30:9; Ho 3:5; Re 22:16

I the Lord will.

30,31; 36:28; 37:23,27; 39:22; Ex 29:45,46; Isa 43:2,3; Jer 31:1,33

Jer 32:38; Zec 13:9; Re 21:3

a prince.

Jos 5:13-15; Ps 2:6; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 23:5,6; 33:15-17; Mic 5:2

Mt 28:18; Lu 1:31-33; Ac 5:31; 1Co 15:25; Eph 1:21,22; Php 2:9-11

Heb 2:9,10; Re 19:13-16

Ezekiel 37:24

David.

25; Isa 55:3,4; Jer 23:5; 30:9; Ho 3:5; Lu 1:32

one.

22; 34:23,24; Ps 78:71,72; 80:1; Ec 12:11; Isa 40:11; Mic 5:2,4

Zec 13:7; Joh 10:11,14-16; Eph 4:4-6; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 5:4

they shall.

36:27; De 30:6; Jer 31:33; 32:39; 1Co 11:2; Eph 2:10; Php 2:12,13

Tit 2:11-13; 3:3-8; 1Jo 2:6

Ezekiel 45:7-8

34:24; 37:24; 46:16-18; 48:21; Ps 2:8,9; Isa 9:5,6; Lu 1:32,33

and my princes.In the predicted period, not only shall the ministers and worshippers of God be liberally provided for, but the princes will be both able and willing to defray the expenses of government, without oppressing their subjects, and will rule over them with equity and clemency, as the vicegerents of God; while the people will submit to them conscientiously, and live in peace, prosperity, and holiness. These things seem to be represented in language taken from the customs of the times in which the prophet wrote. Tithes are not mentioned in part of the vision, which shows that the ritual Mosaic law will not be in force.

19:3,7; 22:27; 46:18; Pr 28:16; Isa 11:3-5; 32:1,2; 60:17,18

Jer 22:17; 23:5; Mic 3:1-4; Zep 3:13; Jas 2:6; 5:1-6; Re 19:11-16

according.

Jos 11:23

Ezekiel 48:22

Hosea 1:11

Then shall.This seems to refer to the future conversion and restoration of the Jews and Israelites, under on head, Jesus Christ; so that there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

the children of Judah.

3:5, Isa 11:12,13; Jer 3:18,19; 23:5-8; 30:3; 31:1-9, 33:15-26

Jer 50:4,5,19; Eze 16:60-63; 34:23,24; 37:16-25; Mic 2:12,13

Zec 10:6-9; Ro 11:25,26

for.An allusion to the word Jezreel. God who sowed them among the nations in His wrath, shall reap and gather them in His mercy: see ch.

2:22,23; Ps 22:27-30; 110:3; Ro 11:15