Ezekiel 34:1-31
“Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves!... And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them.”
King James Version
Ezekiel's indictment of Israel's false shepherds and the promise that God Himself will shepherd His flock, setting over them 'my servant David' — read of the Messiah, the Good Shepherd.
Fulfillment References
John 10:11-16 Ezekiel 37:24 Jeremiah 23:1-6 1 Peter 5:4
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe one Shepherd, 'my servant David,' is fulfilled in Jesus, the one God who came to seek and save His flock (John 10:11; Ezek. 34:31).
JewishGod's judgment on failed leaders and His promise to shepherd Israel, raising up a Davidic prince — read of the Messianic king to come.
CatholicFulfilled in Christ the Good Shepherd (John 10), who gathers and feeds the one flock.
ProtestantThe 'one shepherd, my servant David' is read as the Messiah; Jesus claims this image directly in John 10.
OrthodoxChrist the Good Shepherd fulfilling the promise to gather and tend God's flock.
DispensationalAnticipates the literal Davidic Messiah shepherding restored Israel in the millennial kingdom.
AcademicScholars note the ancient Near Eastern 'king as shepherd' royal ideology and read 'David' as an idealized future Davidic ruler in post-exilic hope.
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