King James Version
Ezekiel 34:24 in the King James Version says “And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.”
Ezekiel 34:24 · KJV
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
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.
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods .
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And I the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“will be their God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“And I the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“have spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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