I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd. I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken. I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest. I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing. The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them. They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them. And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,' declares the Lord GOD. 'You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,' declares the Lord GOD."
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
Significance
Ezekiel 34:27 promises that God will "break the bars of their yoke" under the Davidic shepherd's reign, echoing Leviticus 26:13 where God reminds Israel that He "broke the bars of your yoke" (שָׁבַרְתִּי מֹטֹת עֻלְּכֶם, shavarti motot ullekhem) when delivering them from Egypt. The broader passage (34:23-31) maps the complete Levitical blessing catalog—safety from beasts, agricultural abundance, freedom from oppression—onto the messianic age. The echo suggests that what God accomplished at the Exodus will be surpassed in the coming Davidic restoration, where the covenant of peace (בְּרִית שָׁלוֹם) permanently secures the blessings that Israel repeatedly forfeited through covenant violation.
