In verses 23-24 God promises to restore the Davidic kingship.

And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David: For his people God will appoint one shepherd, that is, “a single shepherd” (New Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh), in contrast to the many bad shepherds that had led Israel in the past. The Septuagint says “another shepherd,” but we prefer the reading in the Hebrew text. For the confusion between the Hebrew words for one and “another,” see the comments on 11.19. The shepherd will be God’s servant David. It is unlikely that God is thinking of a miraculous resurrection of King David, who had been dead for almost four hundred years. Rather, he is referring to David as the ideal king who will obey him and rule the people properly. That is why Good News Translation renders my servant David as “like my servant David,” and Contemporary English Version has “from the family of my servant King David” (similarly New International Reader’s Version). Another possible model is “from the family of David who did what I required.” For my servant, see 28.25.

And he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd: In Hebrew the clause he shall feed them occurs twice, probably for emphasis, but some translations follow the Septuagint by omitting one occurrence of this clause, presumably for stylistic reasons (so Good News Translation, Contemporary English Version, New Living Translation). Translators should be guided by the requirements of their own language in deciding whether or not to do the same thing. As noted in the comments on Ezek 34.2, the Hebrew words for feed and shepherd come the from same root. Feed may be rendered “take [good] care of” (Good News Translation, Contemporary English Version) or “look after” (New International Reader’s Version).

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .