King James Version
Ezekiel 34:31 in the King James Version says “And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel 34:31 · KJV
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. of renown: or, for renown consumed: Heb. taken away
Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
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“my flock”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
“my flock”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
“and I am your 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
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