Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Shall they defile

Ezekiel 20:43
There you will remember your ways and all your deeds that you have defiled yourselves with, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil things you have done.
Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Ezekiel 43:7
He said to me: “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel and their kings will no longer defile My holy name by their religious prostitution and by the corpses of their kings at their high places.
Isaiah 2:18
The idols will vanish completely.
Hosea 14:8
Ephraim, why should I have anything more
to do with idols?
It is I who answer and watch over him.
I am like a flourishing pine tree;
your fruit comes from Me.
Zechariah 13:1
“On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.
Zechariah 14:21
Every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of Hosts. Everyone who sacrifices will come and take some of the pots to cook in. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord of Hosts.

But

Ezekiel 36:24
“For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Leviticus 20:7
Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God.
Micah 7:14
Shepherd Your people with Your staff,
the flock that is Your possession.
They live alone in a woodland
surrounded by pastures.
Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in ancient times.

Will cleanse

Ephesians 5:26
to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.
Hebrews 9:13
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

They be

Ezekiel 37:27
My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Ezekiel 36:28
Then you will live in the land that I gave your fathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 39:22
From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God.
Genesis 17:7
I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.
Psalm 68:20
Our God is a God of salvation,
and escape from death belongs to the Lord God.
Jeremiah 31:1
“At that time”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
Jeremiah 32:38
They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the Israelites
will be like the sand of the sea,
which cannot be measured or counted.
And in the place where they were told:
You are not My people,
they will be called: Sons of the living God.
Zechariah 13:9
I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
Revelation 21:3
Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:

Look! God’s dwelling is with humanity,
and He will live with them.
They will be His people,
and God Himself will be with them
and be their God.

General references

Jeremiah 30:9
They will serve the Lord their God and I will raise up David their king for them.”
Ezekiel 11:18
“When they arrive there, they will remove all its detestable things and practices from it.
Ezekiel 37:17
Then join them together into a single stick so that they become one in your hand.

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