Ezekiel 34:15

“I will feed my sheep, and I will make them lie down, declares Adonai YHWH.”

Ezekiel 34:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

15

Ezekiel 34:15, word by word

will feedאֶרְעֶהere

graze

To tend a flock, or eat grass.

Where else “ere” appears
my sheepצֹאנִtsoni

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

Where else “tsoni” appears
will make them lie downאַרְבִּיצֵarbitse

lie down, crouch

Lie down, crouch, like an animal at rest or lying in wait.

Where else “arbitse” appears
declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

Where else “neum” appears
Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

Where else “adona” appears
YHWHיְהוִהyehvi

YHWH (with Adonai)

The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".

Where else “yehvi” appears

The context

14In good pasture I will feed them, and on the mountains of the height of Israel will be their fold; there they will lie down in a good fold, and in fat pasture they will graze on the mountains of Israel.

15 · This verse (above)

16The lost I will seek, and the strayed I will bring back, and the broken I will bind up, and the sick I will strengthen; but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them with judgment.

Read all of Ezekiel 34

How to use it