Ezekiel 37:23

Purity Forgiveness Salvation

²¹ you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

²² I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.

They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

²⁴ My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

²⁵ They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
KJV: 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.
WEB: They won’t 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 dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. So they will be my people, and I will be their God.
ASV: 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 dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
DARBY: And they shall not defile themselves any more with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; and I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
BLB: And they will not defile themselves anymore with their idols, and with their abominations, and with all their transgressions; and I will save them from all their apostasies in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them; and they will be unto Me as a people, and I will be unto them as God.

ÅB: Og de skal ikke mere gjøre seg urene med sine motbydelige avguder og med sine styggedommer eller med noen av sine misgjerninger, og jeg vil utfri dem fra alle deres bosteder, hvor de har syndet, og rense dem, og de skal være mitt folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud.
OTB: De skal ikke lenger gjøre seg urene med sine avguder, eller med sine avskyelige ting, eller med noen av sine synder. Jeg vil frelse dem fra alle deres frafall hvor de har syndet, og vil rense dem. De skal være mitt folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud.
B1930: Og de skal ikke mere gjøre sig urene med sine motbydelige avguder og med sine vederstyggeligheter eller med nogen av sine misgjerninger, og jeg vil utfri dem fra alle deres bosteder, hvor de har syndet, og rense dem, og de skal være mitt folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 21:3–4
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
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Ezekiel 36:28–29
Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
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1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Revelation 21:7
The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
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Ephesians 5:26–27
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
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Zechariah 13:1–2
“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
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1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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Hosea 14:8
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
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