Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord speaks through Ezekiel to the house of Israel, promising future restoration after the judgment of Israel’s failed leaders. The declaration addresses a displaced community facing ongoing scarcity and foreign oppression.
The words — מַטָּ֖ע (ma.Ta') translates literally to a planting place or garden, while לְ/שֵׁ֑ם (le./Shem) means for a name or reputation. Together they form the phrase "a garden of renown."
The thread — The removal of famine and guarantee of provision reappears in Ezekiel 36:29, where God summons plentiful grain and ends famine. Isaiah 4:2 similarly frames abundant harvest as glory, while Ezekiel 34:26 connects this security to seasonal showers of blessing.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to acknowledge that physical sustenance and national security originate from divine intervention. It demands recognition that covenant faithfulness, not human policy, determines the community’s survival.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 36:29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
- Isaiah 4:2 On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
- 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.
- 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.”
- Isaiah 49:9 to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
- Ezekiel 36:3 therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
- Psalms 72:17 May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
- Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 53:2 He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.