Ezekiel 34:28

“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.”

Ezekiel 34:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 34:28, word by word

beיִהְיוּyihyu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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bootyבַּזbaz

plunder, booty

Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.

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for the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

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and the animalsחַיַּתchayat

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

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of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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devour themתֹאכְלֵtochle

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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and they will liveיָשְׁבוּyashvu

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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securelyבֶטַחvetach

security, safely

Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.

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to make them afraidמַחֲרִידmacharid

frighten

To put fear in others until they flee or lose heart.

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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.

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