Bible Strands
Ezekiel 34:28
They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel delivers YHWH’s declaration to the exiled flock of Israel, immediately following the promise of agricultural restoration and the breaking of their enslaving yoke.
The words — בַּז (baz) denotes "spoil" or "prey," while עוֹד (od) functions as a negative temporal marker meaning "no longer."
The thread — This assurance of cessation from predation and secure dwelling echoes the parallel promises in Jeremiah 30:10, Jeremiah 46:27, and Ezekiel 39:26.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that safety comes from divine intervention ending foreign domination, not from human military or diplomatic strategy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 30:10 As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 46:27 But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
- Ezekiel 39:26 They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.
- Ezekiel 34:8 ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
- Ezekiel 34:29 And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
- Ezekiel 36:15 I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 34:25 I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Ezekiel 36:4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.