Ezekiel 37:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַבְדִּ֤י דָוִד֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְרוֹעֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִהְיֶ֣ה לְכֻלָּ֑ם וּבְמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י יֵלֵ֔כוּ וְחֻקֹּתַ֥י יִשְׁמְר֖וּ וְעָשׂ֥וּ אוֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

And wᵊʿabdî Dāwid king melek over them ʿălêhem and wᵊrôʿeh ʾeḥād will be yihyeh for all of them lᵊkullām and in ûbᵊmišpāṭay they will walk yēlēkû and wᵊḥuqqōtay they will keep yišmᵊrû and they will do wᵊʿāśû them ʾôtām

Grammar Details

• *wᵊʿabdî*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my servant
• *Dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular - king
• *ʿălêhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - over them
• *wᵊrôʿeh*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular - and a shepherd
• *ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine singular - one
• *yihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will be
• *lᵊkullām*: preposition with noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for all of them
• *ûbᵊmišpāṭay*: conjunction with preposition and noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - and in my judgments
• *yēlēkû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will walk
• *wᵊḥuqqōtay*: conjunction with noun, feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - and my statutes
• *yišmᵊrû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will keep
• *wᵊʿāśû*: verb, qal perfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will do
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them

Word Meanings

• *ʿebed*: servant/slave
• *rôʿeh*: shepherd/pastor/keeper
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/ordinance/decision
• *ḥuqqâ*: statute/ordinance/decree

Referenced Verses

• Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
• Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 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. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
• Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
• Ezek 37:22 : 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
• Ezek 37:25 : 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
• Jer 23:5 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
• Jer 30:9 : 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Jer 32:39 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
• Deut 30:6 : 6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
• Ps 78:71-72 : 71 From following the ewes great with young{H8802)} he brought{H8689)} him to feed{H8800)} Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed{H8686)} them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided{H8686)} them by the skilfulness of his hands.
• Ps 80:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear{H8685)}, O Shepherd{H8802)} of Israel, thou that leadest{H8802)} Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest{H8802)} between the cherubims, shine forth{H8685)}.
• Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
• Isa 55:3-4 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
• Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
• Luke 1:32 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
• John 10:11 : 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
• John 10:14-16 : 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
• 1 Cor 11:2 : 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• Eph 4:4-6 : 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
• Phil 2:12-13 : 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
• Titus 2:11-13 : 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
• Titus 3:3-8 : 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable{(G5624)} unto men.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
• 1 John 2:6 : 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.