Ezekiel 34:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹא־יִהְי֨וּ ע֥וֹד בַּז֙ לַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְחַיַּ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ לֹ֣א תֹאכְלֵ֑ם וְיָשְׁב֥וּ לָבֶ֖טַח וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃

Transliteration

And-not-yihyû again baz to-the-gôyim, and-ḥayyaṯ the-ʾāreṣ not tōʾḵəlēm; and-yāšḇû for-bṭaḥ and-ʾên maḥărîḏ.

Grammar Details

• *yihyû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will be
• *baz*: noun, masculine singular - spoil/plunder
• *gôyim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the nations
• *ḥayyaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - beast of
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the land
• *tōʾḵəlēm*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - she will eat them
• *yāšḇû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they will dwell
• *bṭaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - security
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
• *maḥărîḏ*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - causing fear

Word Meanings

• *yihyû*: they will be/become
• *baz*: spoil/plunder/prey
• *gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
• *ḥayyaṯ*: beast/animal of
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground
• *tōʾḵəlēm*: will eat them/devour them
• *yāšḇû*: they will dwell/live/reside
• *bṭaḥ*: security/safety/confidence
• *maḥărîḏ*: causing fear/terrifying/disturbing

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 34:25 : 25 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.
• Jer 30:10 : 10 Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
• Jer 46:27 : 27 But fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
• Ezek 34:8 : 8 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;
• Ezek 34:29 : 29 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.
• Ezek 36:4 : 4 therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about;
• Ezek 36:15 : 15 neither will I let thee hear any more the shame of the nations, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nation to stumble any more, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Ezek 39:26 : 26 And they shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they shall dwell securely in their land, and none shall make them afraid;