Ezekiel 36:16-36

The Lord's Concern for His Holy Name

16 The word of the Lord came to me: 17 o "Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, p they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were q like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity. 18 So r I poured out my wrath upon them s for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols t with which they had defiled it. 19 u I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. v In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. 20 But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, w they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, 'These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.' 21 But I had concern x for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.

I Will Put My Spirit Within You

22 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: y It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, w which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 z And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. a And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. 24 b I will take you c from the nations and gather you from all the countries and d bring you into your own land. 25 e I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from f all your uncleannesses, and g from all your idols h I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you i a new heart, and i a new spirit I will put within you. i And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 j And I will put my Spirit within you, i and cause you to walk in my statutes and k be careful to obey my rules. 1 28 l You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and m you shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 And n I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And o I will summon the grain and make it abundant and p lay no famine upon you. 30 q I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, o that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. 31 Then r you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations. 32 y It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

33 "Thus says the Lord God: On the day that s I cleanse you from all your iniquities, t I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. 34 And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. 35 And they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like u the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.' 36 Then v the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and w replanted that which was desolate. x I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:25
    And the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:19
    You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 7:8
    Now I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you, and judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 16:36
    Thus says the Lord God, Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your whorings with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children that you gave to them.
    Ezekiel 22:3
    You shall say, Thus says the Lord God : A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:11
    Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:10
    Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers. And I will execute judgments on you, and any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 18:30
    Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 52:5
    Now therefore what have I here," declares the Lord, "seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail," declares the Lord, "and continually all the day my name is despised.
    Ezekiel 22:26
    Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
    Romans 2:24
    For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:9
    But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
    Isaiah 43:25
    I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
    Isaiah 48:11
    For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:32
    It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God ; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
    Deuteronomy 9:5
    Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:20
    But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, 'These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:41
    As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:19
    Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then th...
    Ezekiel 30:26
    And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nati...
    Ezekiel 38:23
    So I will show my greatness and my holiness and...
    Ezekiel 39:7
    And my holy name I will make known in the midst...
    Ezekiel 39:21
    And I will set my glory among the nations, and ...
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you...
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:17
    Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God : I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 44:11
    You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:12
    Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel.
    Ezekiel 37:21
    Then say to them, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and bring them to their own land.
  18. Cross References
    Isaiah 52:15
    So shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which has not been told them they see, and that which they have not heard they understand.
    Hebrews 10:22
    Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  19. Cross References
    Isaiah 4:4
    When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
    Ezekiel 36:17
    Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:23
    They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:8
    I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:19 - 20
    And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:19 - 20
    And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:19 - 20
    And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:14
    And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord ; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:26
    And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
  27. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:24
    My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes.
  28. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:25
    Thus says the Lord God : When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.
  29. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:20
    That they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:23
    They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
    Matthew 1:21
    She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
  31. Cross References
    Joel 2:19
    The Lord answered and said to his people, "Behold, I am sending to you grain, wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
    Zechariah 9:17
    For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.
  32. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:29
    And I will provide for them renowned plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations.
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:27
    And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:29
    And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.
  35. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:9
    Then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols. And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations.
  36. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:22
    Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God : It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.
  37. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:25
    I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:9 - 10
    For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
  39. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:3
    For the Lord comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord ; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.
  40. Cross References
    Psalms 126:2
    Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them.
  41. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:29
    And I will provide for them renowned plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations.
  42. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:24
    And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord ; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord ; I have spoken, and I will do it.
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