Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:26
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.
26. make them a blessing ] i.e. altogether blessed, Gen 12:2; Isa 19:24, as the last words of the verse imply. Cf. construction Eze 16:38, Eze 27:36, Eze 28:19, Eze 33:28. The language of the clause is not very natural; LXX. reads: and I will set them round about my hill (the word “blessing” wanting).
showers of blessing ] i.e. bringing blessing, not, composed of blessing, Eze 34:27, Joe 2:23-27; Lev 26:4.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 26. The shower to come down] The Holy Spirit’s influence.
There shall be showers of blessing.] Light, life, joy, peace, and power shall be manifest in all the assemblies of Christ’s people.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
I will make them, my returned captives, who were looked upon as cursed, reproached, and hated.
The places round about; all the country.
My hill; Jerusalem, or the temple, Zion, which is called holy hill, Psa 2:6.
A blessing; very prosperous, that men shall report them to be in a blessed condition, or a blessing to others among whom they dwell, or a pattern of blessing others, whom we shall wish like to them, whom we wish greatest good to.
I will cause the shower to come down in his season; their land shall be most fruitful in the products of it, corn, wine, oil, &c., and all these blessed to them; whereas formerly their blessings were so cursed that they were no blessings, now they shall be blessed, and so be double blessings to them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
26. them and the places round aboutmy hillThe Jews, and Zion, God’s hill (Ps2:6), are to be sources of blessing, not merely to themselves,but to the surrounding heathen (Isa 19:24;Isa 56:6; Isa 56:7;Isa 60:3; Mic 5:7;Zec 8:13). The literal fulfilmentis, however, the primary one, though the spiritual also is designed.In correspondence with the settled reign of righteousness internally,all is to be prosperity externally, fertilizing showers (according tothe promise of the ancient covenant, Lev 26:4;Psa 68:9; Mal 3:10),and productive trees and lands (Eze34:27). Thus shall they realize the image of Eze34:14; namely, a flock richly pastured by God Himself.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And I will make them, and the places round about my hill, a blessing,…. Alluding either to the city of Jerusalem, and the places adjacent; or to the temple, and the houses about it. So the Targum,
“I will cause them to dwell round about the house of my sanctuary;”
and so Kimchi interprets it of the temple. Some Christian interpreters, by the “hill” or mountain, understand Christ; and not amiss; who may be compared to one for height; he being higher than the kings of the earth, or than the heavens and angels there, as man and Mediator; as well as is God over all, blessed for ever; and for fruitfulness, from whom the saints have all theirs, either in grace or good works; and for shade, he being the shadow of a great rock in a weary land; which yields delight and refreshment, and is a protection from the heat of a fiery law, flaming justice, the wrath of God and man, and the fiery darts of Satan; and for shelter and security, there being salvation in him, when none in other hills and mountains; and for duration and immovableness, being the same today, yesterday, and for ever: and now the persons about him are such who are made nigh by his blood; brought to him by his powerful and efficacious grace; are worshippers about the throne where he sits; such as cleave to him, and follow him wherever he goes, and shall be with him to all eternity; these he makes a blessing, or most blessed. So the Targum renders it,
“and they shall be blessed;”
they are blessed in Christ their head; they are blessed through him as their Redeemer and Saviour, who was made a curse for them; they are blessed through being in him, and by the imputation of blessings to them from him, and through the application of them by his Spirit; their persons are blessed, and so are the places or habitations where they dwell: or rather this may be understood of the church of God, often compared to a hill for its height and eminence; for its fertility and fruitfulness; for its stability and firmness; and in allusion to the hill of Zion for its holiness, and being the place of the divine residence; see Ps 15:1 now, the persons about this hill are those who are come to Mount Zion the church of God; being brought there by the Lord himself, and who take up their abode there; who lie about this hill, as flocks of sheep, in their several folds or congregated churches; see Jer 23:3 and these the Lord makes a blessing to one another, by their spiritual conversation, prayers, and services of love; and to the world, to kingdoms and states, to cities, towns, and neighbourhoods, and to particular families, where they are placed; and even to the world in general; for they are the light, stay, and stability of it; and without which it would be in darkness, corrupt and putrefy, and not continue long:
and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; which, in the spiritual sense, may design the Gospel; which, like a shower of rain, comes from God; descends from heaven; is a gift of God; which falls according to divine direction; refreshes, revives, and makes fruitful; brings a plenty of divine blessings with it; and comes in season, at its proper time; and is a word in season to weary souls:
there shall be showers of blessings; which the Gospel brings with it; spiritual blessings, blessings of grace; such as peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life: these, like showers, come from God; are free grace gifts of his, of which there is a large abundance; and which descend on Mount Zion the church of God; which is another Gerizim, on which the blessings are pronounced, Ps 133:3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(26) Bound about my hill.My hill is Zion. (Comp. the similar figurative language in Isa. 31:4.) The centre of the old theocracy is always spoken of in Scripture as also the centre from which goes forth the new covenant of salvation, and this was historically fulfilled in the coming of Christ and the cradling of His Church in the Jewish Church. The continuity of the Church was preserved quite as fully through the Christian era as through the Babylonian captivity, quite as large a number of the Jews having embraced Christianity as ever returned from the exile in Chaldea.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 34:26 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.
Ver. 26. And I will make them a blessing. ] By blessing them with all spiritual benedictions in Christ Jesus, Eph 1:3 so that they shall be felices et faecundi, happy and fruitful.
There shall be showers of blessing.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
make them: Gen 12:2, Isa 19:24, Zec 8:13, Zec 8:23
my hill: Eze 20:40, Psa 2:6, Psa 68:16, Psa 132:14-16, Psa 133:3, Isa 2:2-4, Isa 56:7, Mic 4:1, Mic 4:2
I will cause: Lev 26:4
shower: Deu 28:12, Psa 68:9, Isa 32:15, Isa 32:20, Isa 44:3, Mal 3:10
Reciprocal: Deu 11:14 – General 2Ch 6:27 – send rain Psa 67:6 – Then Isa 27:5 – and he Isa 30:25 – upon every high Isa 32:18 – General Isa 35:2 – the excellency Isa 45:8 – Drop down Isa 55:10 – as the rain Jer 46:27 – and be Eze 34:29 – consumed Eze 36:8 – ye shall Hos 10:12 – rain Joe 2:22 – for the tree Zec 8:12 – the seed Zec 10:1 – and give Rom 15:29 – General Heb 6:7 – receiveth
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 34:26. Rainfall at the proper time was very important in Palestine and the fact is referred to figuratively. The promise is, not only that a shower will come down, but it will come in his season or just when It is needed. There shall be showers of blessing. This stalement has been made a part of a familiar church song, but it is 19 centuries out of date. It is a part of the prediction of the New Testament Institution and hence has been fulfilled many hundreds of years ago. It is unscriptural to speak of something that “shall be,” when the scriptures teach that it has already been fulfilled and that the Lord has carried out his promise.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Eze 34:26-28. I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing I will there give remarkable instances of my favour, and of the happiness which flows from it. Gods hill is the same with his holy mountain, mentioned Eze 20:40, where see the note. There shall be showers of blessings Blessings in great abundance, and of all sorts, temporal and spiritual, earthly and heavenly. The tree of the field shall yield her fruit There shall be great fertility and plenty in every part of the land. The spiritual blessings of the gospel are often described under the emblems of fruitfulness and abundance. And they shall be safe in their land In no danger of being invaded and enslaved, though their great plenty might be supposed to be a temptation to their neighbours to desire their land. And they shall know that I am the Lord They shall indeed know that I, and I only, am the living and true God, and their God and Saviour; when I have broken the bands of their yoke Those bands by which they had been brought down, and long held under oppression; had been made slaves, and used as such. The same expression is used of the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt, (Lev 26:13; Jer 2:20,) their final restoration being represented as the greater deliverance of the two. And none shall make them afraid The experience of my particular care over them, shall inspire them with that confidence in me which shall preserve them from all disquieting fears and anxieties.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Second, God would make His people and the places around His hill (Mount Zion, Jerusalem) a blessing to others (Gen 12:3). God’s seasonal blessings on Israel, both people and land, would be like the rain, and He would send His blessings down in showers (cf. Act 3:19-20). The gospel song "There Shall Be Showers of Blessing" comes from this expression. Fruit trees would bear abundantly, and fruits and vegetables and flowers would proliferate in the land (cf. Hos 2:22; Joe 3:18; Amo 9:13-14; Zec 8:12). Even the plants would be secure.