And I will makeוְכָרַתִּיwith themלָהֶםa covenantבְּרִיתof peace,שָׁלוֹםand I will makeוְהִשְׁבַּתִּיevilרָעָהanimalsחַיָּהceaseהִשְׁבַּתִּיfrom the land;מִן הָאָרֶץand they will liveוְיָשְׁבוּin the wildernessבַמִּדְבָּרsecurelyלָבֶטַחand sleepוְיָשְׁנוּin the forests.בַּיְּעָרִים
Ezekiel 34:25
Study it in the app“And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and I will make evil animals cease from the land; and they will live in the wilderness securely and sleep in the forests.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 34:25, word by word
- And I will makeכָרַתִּיcharati
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “charati” appears- a covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- of peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- and I will makeהִשְׁבַּתִּיhishbati
put an end
To make something end, remove it.
Where else “hishbati” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- animalsחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears- from the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and they will liveיָשְׁבוּyashvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- securelyבֶטַחvetach
security, safely
Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.
Where else “vetach” appears- and sleepיָשְׁנוּyashnu
sleep
To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.
Where else “yashnu” appears- in the forestsיְּעָרִיםyearim
forest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yearim” appears
The context
24And I, YHWH, will be their Elohim, and my servant David a chief in their midst; I, YHWH, have spoken.
25 · This verse (above)
26And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the rain in its season; rains of blessing they will be.