The Meaning of Ezekiel 34:26 Explained

Ezekiel 34:26

KJV: And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

YLT: And I have given them, and the suburbs of my hill, a blessing, And caused the shower to come down in its season, Showers of blessing they are.

Darby: And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season: there shall be showers of blessing.

ASV: And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And I will make  them and the places round about  my hill  a blessing;  and I will cause the shower  to come down  in his season;  there shall be showers  of blessing. 

What does Ezekiel 34:26 Mean?

Context Summary

Ezekiel 34:17-31 - "showers Of Blessing"
Though God now often seems to make no difference between the oppressors and the oppressed, the time is fast coming when He will make momentous and lasting distinctions, Matthew 25:32-33. No wrong shall then be unredressed. Note the designation of our Lord as "the One Shepherd," peerless and matchless in dignity and authority. Once He died to save His flock from the wolf, but He is destined to reign forever as their Great Shepherd in the midst of them, Ezekiel 34:24. They shall be everlastingly exempted from hunger, harm, and reproach. Jesus has been raised up from the dead to be our plant of renown. Planted in the grave of death, He has become with His faithful people a Vine, whose shadow covers the hills, and enriches the hearts and lives of men with luscious fruit. And because He lives, we shall live also. His resurrection implies and guarantees our own. [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 34

1  A reproof of the shepherds
7  God's judgment against them
11  His providence over his flock
20  The kingdom of Christ

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 34:26 mean?

And I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing and I will cause to come down showers in their season showers of blessing there shall be
וְנָתַתִּ֥י אוֹתָ֛ם וּסְבִיב֥וֹת גִּבְעָתִ֖י בְּרָכָ֑ה וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י הַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ בְּעִתּ֔וֹ גִּשְׁמֵ֥י בְרָכָ֖ה יִֽהְיֽוּ

וְנָתַתִּ֥י  And  I  will  make 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
וּסְבִיב֥וֹת  and  the  places  all  around 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
גִּבְעָתִ֖י  My  hill 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: גִּבְעָה  
Sense: hill.
בְּרָכָ֑ה  a  blessing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּרָכָה  
Sense: blessing.
וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י  and  I  will  cause  to  come  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
הַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙  showers 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֶּשֶׁם  
Sense: rain, shower.
בְּעִתּ֔וֹ  in  their  season 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
גִּשְׁמֵ֥י  showers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: גֶּשֶׁם  
Sense: rain, shower.
בְרָכָ֖ה  of  blessing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּרָכָה  
Sense: blessing.
יִֽהְיֽוּ  there  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.