“And they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel are my people, says the Lord Yahweh. And you my sheep, the sheep of my pasture are men, says the Lord Yahweh.”

Compare Revelation 21:22; Revelation 22:3. His people will know the presence of Yahweh. They will know that they are His. And they will know that they are ‘men', spiritual beings made in His image and likeness, and not brute beasts of the field.

Notice the change of phrase. Not ‘they will know that I am Yahweh'. That could spell judgment. But ‘they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am with them.' A guarantee of blessing. The fact of Yahweh being with His people is always central to conceptions of perfection and glory. For the title ‘their God' compare Ezekiel 34:24. It signifies here the Divine King and Lord.

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