Ezekiel 34:26

I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God speaks through Ezekiel to Israel, addressing the nation as His flock during a promised restoration following the removal of wild beasts and the establishment of a covenant of peace.

The words — בְּרָכָה (berakhah) means "a blessing," and הַ/גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ (ha-gešem) means "the rain." The text states God will make the people and the area around His hill a blessing, then send down these showers at their appointed time.

The thread — This covenant promise of seasonal rain and agricultural blessing runs through Leviticus 26:4, Deuteronomy 28:12, and Isaiah 44:3.

Why it lands — The text places the responsibility for land security and provision on God's timing, requiring the reader to expect divine action before personal or national restoration.

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The Hebrew words

וְנָתַתִּ֥יve./na.ta.Tiand/ I will make אוֹתָ֛ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them וּסְבִיב֥וֹתu./se.vi.Votand/ around גִּבְעָתִ֖יgiv.'a.T/ihill/ my בְּרָכָ֑הbe.ra.Khaha blessing וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤יve./ho.rad.Tiand/ I will bring down הַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ha./Ge.shemthe/ rain בְּעִתּ֔וֹbe./'i.T/oat/ appropriate time/ its גִּשְׁמֵ֥יgish.Meirains of בְרָכָ֖הve.ra.Khahblessing יִֽהְיֽוּ׃Yih.Yuthey will be

King James Version

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:12 The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
Leviticus 26:4 I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
Psalms 68:9 You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
Genesis 12:2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Deuteronomy 11:13 So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Psalms 133:3 It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
Isaiah 19:24 In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.
Zechariah 8:13 As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
Malachi 3:10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.