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29 “And I will raise up a notable Vine (the Messiah),[a] in Israel so that my people will never again go hungry nor be shamed by heathen conquest. 30 In this way they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the people of Israel, are my people,” says the Lord God. 31 “You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my men and I am your God, so says the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:29 a notable Vine (the Messiah), literally, “a plant of renown”; so perhaps the meaning is, “I will give them bumper crops.” Either translation is permissible, but the word for “plant” is in the singular.

29 I will provide for them a land renowned(A) for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine(B) in the land or bear the scorn(C) of the nations.(D) 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.(E) 31 You are my sheep,(F) the sheep of my pasture,(G) and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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