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21 Because you push with side and shoulder, and gore with your horns all those that have become weak and sick until you have scattered them away, 22 therefore, I will rescue My flock, and they shall no longer be prey; and I will judge between one sheep [ungodly] and another [godly].

23 “Then I will appoint over them one shepherd and he will feed them, [a ruler like] My servant [a]David; he will feed them and be their shepherd.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:23 The name of David is used here as in Ezek 34:24; 37:24, 25; Jer 30:9; Hos 3:5, to represent the Messiah, not the man, David king of Israel. It is believed that this Messianic prophecy would have been understood by Ezekiel’s audience.

21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns(A) until you have driven them away, 22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.(B) 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(C) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(D)

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