Ezekiel 34:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Will make; renew and confirm to them. A covenant of peace; a covenant of promises, which contain and shall bring peace; in the Hebrew dialect, all good. This, as it refers to the state of this people after their return, comprehends that outward peace and prosperity that God gave them, but it hath a higher and more excellent import, better mercies of this covenant established on better promises, i.e. best, because spiritual and eternal. Evil beasts: during the Babylonish captivity evil beasts had exceedingly increased, through seventy years desolation in Judea, but on the replanting and increasing of men these were diminished, and destroyed at last; thus literally. But mystically, under the bondage of Satan, worse beasts destroyed men; these Christ, who turns back that captivity, will destroy. Safely; without danger and without fear: see Ezekiel 28:26. In the wilderness; in which both wild and hurtful beasts, and wilder, more hurtful robbers, did haunt. There is somewhat of an hyperbole here; after the temporal redemption from Babylon, they should have such safety as they should account very great after such long and great troubles; in the spiritual redemption they should have greater safety, when, delivered from the hand of enemies, they serve God in holiness before him all their days. In the woods, places where venomous and devouring creatures usually lurk, yet there shall ye venture confidently to sleep, and without much danger.