And they will noוְלֹאlongerעוֹדbeיִהְיוּbootyבַּזfor the nations,לַגּוֹיִםand the animalsוְחַיַּתof the earthהָאָרֶץwill notלֹאdevour them;תֹאכְלֵםand they will liveוְיָשְׁבוּsecurely,לָבֶטַחand there will be no oneוְאֵיןto make them afraid.מַחֲרִיד
Ezekiel 34:28
Study it in the app“And they will no longer be booty for the nations, and the animals of the earth will not devour them; and they will live securely, and there will be no one to make them afraid.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 34:28, word by word
- beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- bootyבַּזbaz
plunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “baz” appears- for the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and the animalsחַיַּתchayat
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- devour themתֹאכְלֵtochle
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochle” appears- and they will liveיָשְׁבוּyashvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appears- securelyבֶטַחvetach
security, safely
Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.
Where else “vetach” appears- to make them afraidמַחֲרִידmacharid
frighten
To put fear in others until they flee or lose heart.
Where else “macharid” appears
The context
27And the tree of the field will give its fruit, and the land will give its harvest, and they will be on their ground securely; and they will know that I am YHWH, when I break the bars of their yoke and deliver them from the hand of those who made use of them.
28 · This verse (above)
29And I will raise up for them a planting of renown, and they will no longer be consumed by famine in the land, nor will they bear any longer the disgrace of the nations.