Ezek. 34:25 וכרתי להם ברית שלום וְהשבתי חיה־רעה מן־הארץ וישבו במדבר לבטח וישנו ביערים׃

Ezek. 37:26 וכרתי להם ברית שלום ברית עולם יהיה אותם ונתתים והרביתי אותם ונתתי את־מקדשי בתוכם לעולם׃

Ezek. 34:25   I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild animals from the land, so that they may live in the wild and sleep in the woods securely._(NRSV)

Ezek. 37:26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will bless them and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forevermore._(NRSV)

Ezek. 34:25 καὶ διαθήσομαι τῷ Δαυιδ διαθήκην εἰρήνης καὶ ἀφανιῶ θηρία πονηρὰ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ κατοικήσουσιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ ὑπνώσουσιν ἐν τοῖς δρυμοῖς.

Ezek. 37:26 καὶ διαθήσομαι αὐτοῖς διαθήκην εἰρήνης, διαθήκη αἰωνία ἔσται μετ᾿ αὐτῶν· καὶ θήσω τὰ ἅγιά μου ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

While reviewing the mid-20th century dispensational hermeneutic in reference to restoration of Israel, reading Ezekiel 37-39 I noticed that Charles L. Feinberg and Ralph H. Alexander don’t appear to be in total agreement on the “Peace Covenant” even though they shared a similar hermeneutical framework and both wrote commentaries on Ezekiel in the same era.

Charles L. Feinberg: “The covenant of peace is none other than the new covenant of Jeremiah 31:31-34” (The Prophecy of Ezekiel, 1969, p216).

Ralph H. Alexander’s treatment is more difficult to summarize. “The peace covenant forms the skeletal outline of the following night messages of Ezekiel. Chapters 35-39 …” “A vital concern of this covenant of peace is the restoration of the land of Israel to the people of Israel.” “… the covenant of peace explains how the land will be restored to Israel …” (R.H. Alexander 1976:108-109). Alexander makes the covenant of peace a significant structural feature of his exegesis.

More recently D.I. Block sees the covenant of peace as a unilateral (Ezekiel, NICOT, 1998, p303) and eternal (ibid. p419) covenant. “… two principal motifs … the appointment of David as under-shepherd of Yahweh’s flock and the covenant of peace, are fundamental to the Jewish messianism that flourished in the intertestamental period.” (ibid. p.296). “ … ‘covenant of peace’ … a state of harmony … among all participants in the divine-human-territorial relationships. … restoration of the people to their hereditary homeland.” (ibid. p.422).

These are not answers, just highlighting the significance of the question. What is the Covenant of Peace in Ezekiel?