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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.
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The Promised Shepherd is Jesus
Commentators are unanimous that the figure of "my servant David" is not the literal King David returning, but a prophetic title for the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Scholars like John Gill and Albert Barnes explain that Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of the Davidic line—the true King and Shepherd that David only foreshadowed. This prophecy points directly to Christ as the one true leader of God's people.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yahweh, having promised to be a Ruler of His people, the administration of the divine kingdom is now described as carried on by One King, the repre…
19th Century
Anglican
Set up one shepherd. —He is one both with reference to the many evil rulers who have gone before (and this implies the pe…
Baptist
And as for my flock, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will set up one shepherd over them Or governor, as the Targum; an excellent one of a thousand, the only one; in comparis…
The whole nation seemed to be the Lord's flock, yet they were very different characters; but He knew how to distinguish between them. Good pastures…
