Ezekiel 34:24

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And I the Lorde wyll be their God, and my seruaunt Dauid shalbe their prince: euen I the Lorde haue spoken it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֶהְיֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וְעַבְדִּ֥י דָוִ֖ד נָשִׂ֣יא בְתוֹכָ֑ם אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃

Transliteration

And-I YHWH ʾehyeh to-them for-ʾĕlōhîm, and-ʿaḇdî dāwîḏ nāśîʾ in-midst-of-them; I YHWH dibbartî.

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *ʾehyeh*: qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will be
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God
• *ʿaḇdî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my servant
• *dāwîḏ*: proper noun - David
• *nāśîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - prince
• *dibbartî*: piel perfect, 1st singular - I have spoken

Word Meanings

• *ʾehyeh*: I will be/become
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/deity
• *ʿaḇdî*: my servant
• *nāśîʾ*: prince/ruler/leader
• *dibbartî*: I have spoken/declared/promised

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 37:27 : 27 My tabernacle shalbe with them: yea I wilbe their God, and they shalbe my people.
• Ezek 36:28 : 28 And so ye shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to your fathers: & ye shalbe my people, and I wil be your God.
• Ezek 37:23 : 23 They shall also defile them selues no more with their idoles and abhominations, and al their wicked doynges: I wil saue them out of all their dwelling places wherin they haue sinned, and will so cleanse them, that they shalbe my people, and I wilbe their God.
• Ezek 39:22 : 22 And the house of Israel shall knowe that I am the Lorde their God, from that day, and so forwarde.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 And thou Bethlehem Ephrata art little among the thousandes of Iuda, out of thee shal he come foorth vnto me which shalbe the gouernour in Israel, whose out going hath ben from the beginning, and from euerlasting.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 And the same third part wyl I bring through the fire, & wyl cleanse them as the siluer is cleansed, yea and trye them lyke as golde is tryed: then shal they call vpon my name and I wyll heare them, I wyll say it is my people, and they shall say, Lorde my God.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto the, saying: All power is geuen vnto me in heauen and in earth.
• Luke 1:31-33 : 31 For beholde, thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, & shalt call his name Iesus. 32 He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid: 33 And he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kyngdome there shalbe none ende.
• Acts 5:31 : 31 Hym hath God lyft vp with his ryght hande, to be a prince and a sauiour, for to geue repentaunce to Israel, and forgeuenesse of sinnes.
• 1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For he must raigne tyll he haue put all his enemies vnder his feete.
• Eph 1:21-22 : 21 Farre aboue all rule, and power, and myght, and dominion, and euery name that is named, not in this worlde only, but also in the worlde to come. 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete, and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche,
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherfore God also hath highly exalted hym, and geuen hym a name which is aboue euery name. 10 That in the name of Iesus euery knee should bowe, of thynges in heauen, and thynges in earth, and thinges vnder the earth: 11 And that euery tongue should confesse that the Lorde, Iesus Christe is to the glorie of God the father.
• Heb 2:9-9 : 9 But hym that for a whyle was made lesse then the Angels, we see that it was Iesus, who through the sufferyng of death, was crowned with glorie and honour, that he by the grace of God, shoulde taste of death for all. 10 For it became hym, for whom are all thynges, and by whom are all thynges, after he had brought many sonnes vnto glorie, that he shoulde make the capitayne of their saluation perfect through afflictions.
• Rev 19:13-16 : 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipt in blood, and his name is called the worde of God. 14 And the warryers which were in heauen folowed hym vppon whyte horses, clothed with whyte and pure raynes. 15 And out of his mouth went a sharpe sworde, that with it he shoulde smyte the heathen: and he shall rule the with a rodde of yron. And he trode the winefat of fiercenesse and wrath of almightie God. 16 And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written, King of kinges, and Lorde of lordes.
• Rev 21:3 : 3 And I hearde a great voyce out of heauen, saying: Beholde, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he wyll dwell with them, and they shalbe his people, and God hym selfe shalbe with them, and be their God.
• Exod 29:45-46 : 45 And I will dwell amongst the chyldren of Israel, and will be their God: 46 And they shall knowe that I am the Lord theyr God, that brought them out of the lande of Egypt, for to dwell amongst them euen I the Lord their God.
• Josh 5:13-15 : 13 And when Iosuah was nye to Iericho, he lift vp his eyes and loked: and behold, there stoode a man against him, hauing a sworde drawen in his hande: And Iosuah went vnto him, and sayde vnto him, Art thou on our syde, or on our aduersaries? 14 And he sayde, Naie: but as a captaine of the hoast of the Lord am I nowe come. And Iosuah fell on his face to ye earth, and did worship, and sayde vnto him: What saith my Lord vnto his seruaunt? 15 And the captaine of the Lordes hoast sayde vnto Iosuah: Do thy shoe of thy foote, for the place wheron thou standest, is holy. And Iosuah did so.
• Ps 2:6 : 6 Saying euen I haue annointed him my kyng: vpon my holy hyll of Sion.
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For vnto vs a chylde is borne, and vnto vs a sonne is geuen, vpon his shoulder doth the rule lye, and he is called with his owne name wonderfull, the geuer of counsell, the mightie God, the euerlasting father, the prince of peace. 7 He shall make no ende to encrease the rule & peace, and shall sit vpon the seate of Dauid, and in his kingdome, to order the same, and to stablishe it with equitie and righteousnesse from hence foorth for euermore: This shall the zeale of the Lorde of hoastes bring to passe.
• Isa 43:2-3 : 2 If thou goest thorow ye water, I wyl be with thee, the strong fluddes shal not ouerwhelme thee: and if thou walkest thorowe the fire, it shall not burne thee, & the flambe shal not kindle vpon thee: 3 For I am the Lord thy God, the holye one of Israel thy sauiour: I gaue Egypt for thy deliueraunce, the Ethiopians and the Sabees for thee:
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Beholde, the tyme commeth saith the Lorde, that I wyll rayse vp the righteous braunche of Dauid, whiche kyng shall beare rule, and he shall prosper with wisdome, and shal set vp equitie and righteousnesse agayne in the earth. 6 In his tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israel shall dwell without feare: and this is the name that they shall call hym, euen the Lorde our righteousnesse.
• Jer 30:9 : 9 But they shall do seruice vnto God their Lorde, and to Dauid their kyng whom I wyll rayse vp vnto them.
• Jer 31:1 : 1 At the same tyme, saith the Lord, shal I be the God of all the generations of Israel, & they shalbe my people.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this shalbe the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lorde: I wyll plant my lawe in the inwarde partes of them, and write it in their heartes, and wyll be their God, and they shalbe my people.
• Jer 32:38 : 38 And they shalbe my people, and I wyll be their God.
• Jer 33:15-17 : 15 In those dayes, and at the same tyme, I wyll bryng foorth vnto Dauid the braunche of righteousnesse, and he shall do equitie and righteousnesse in the lande. 16 In those dayes shall Iuda be saued, and Hierusalem shall dwell safe: and this shalbe her name, God our righteousnesse. 17 For thus the Lorde promiseth, Dauid shall neuer want one to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israel:
• Ezek 34:30-31 : 30 Thus shall they vnderstand that I the Lorde their God am with them, and that they, euen the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lorde God: 31 And ye my sheepe, the sheepe of my pasture, are men: and I am your God, saith the Lorde God.