Ezekiel 34:24 (WEB)
I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken it.
Catechism · 1
“It is also the flock of which God himself foretold that he would be the shepherd, and whose sheep, even though governed by human shepherds, are unfailingly nourished and led by Christ himself, the Good Shepherd and Prince of Shepherds, who gave his life for his sheep.” — Catechism footnote: LG 6; Cf. Jn 10:1-10; Isa 40:11; Ezek 34:11-31; Jn 10:11; 1 Pet 5:4; Jn 10:11-16.
Fathers and councils · 3
Ambrose of Milan
“And I the Lord will be their God, and My Servant David a prince among them.”” — editor's note: Ez. xxxiv. 23, 24.
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John Chrysostom
“For both Ezekieland other prophets besides speak of David as coming and rising again; not meaning him that was dead, but them who were emulating his virtue.” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiv. 23, 24; xxxvii. 24, 25; Jer. xxx. 9; Hos. iii. 5.
Read the whole comment“Yea, and so the prophets used to call every one of their approved kings, David;and the Jews, “rulers of Sodom,”and “sons of Ethiopians;”because of their ways.” — editor's note: This refers apparently to such texts as Jer. xxx. 9; Ezek. xxxiv. 23, 24, xxxvii. 24; Hos. iii. 5.
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