Ezekiel 11:18

Purity Repentance

¹⁶ Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

¹⁷ Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

¹⁹ And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

²⁰ That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.
KJV: And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
WEB: “‘They will come there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.
ASV: And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
DARBY: And they shall come thither, and they shall take away from thence all its detestable things and all its abominations.
BLB: And they will go there, and they will turn aside all her detestable [things] and all her abominations from her.

ÅB: Og når de kommer dit, da skal de få bort derfra alle de avskyeligheter og styggedommer som finnes der.
OTB: Når de vender tilbake, vil de fjerne alle dets avskyelige ting og vederstyggeligheter.
B1930: Og når de kommer dit, da skal de få bort derfra alle de avskyeligheter og vederstyggeligheter som finnes der.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 37:23
Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
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Ezekiel 5:11
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
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Ezekiel 42:7–8
And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
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Ezekiel 7:20
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
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Isaiah 1:25–27
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
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Ezekiel 11:21
But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
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Jeremiah 16:18
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
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Micah 5:10–14
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
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