Ezekiel 37:23

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.

Shall they defile

But

Ezekiel 36:24

Leviticus 20:7

Micah 7:14

Will cleanse

Ephesians 5:26

Hebrews 9:13

1 John 1:7

They be

General references

Jeremiah 30:9

Ezekiel 11:18

Ezekiel 37:17

Bible References

Shall they defile

You'll remember all your practices and evil actions by which you've become defiled. You'll loathe yourselves because of all the evil things you've done.

I'll sprinkle pure water on you all, and you'll be cleansed from your impurity and from all of your idols."

"Son of Man," the Lord GOD told me, "This is where my throne is, where I place the soles of my feet, and where I will live among the Israelis forever. The house of Israel will no longer defile my holy name neither they nor their kings by their unfaithfulness, by the lifeless idols of their kings on their funeral mounds,

Their idols will utterly vanish.

"Ephraim, what have I in common with idols? I have listened and will pay attention to him. I am like a flourishing cypress; in me will your fruit be found."

and the pots in the Temple of the LORD will be like the bowls in front of the altar every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be consecrated to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. Everyone who offers sacrifices will come, will take them, and will cook in them. Furthermore, at that time, there will no longer be a Canaanite in the Temple of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies."

But

I'm going to remove you from the nations, gather you from all of the territories, and bring you all back to your own land.

Therefore, separate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

Use your rod to shepherd your people, the flock that belongs to you, that lives alone in the forest of Carmel. Let them find pasture in Bashan and Gilead, as they did long ago.

Will cleanse

so that he might make it holy by cleansing it, washing it with water and the word,

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are unclean purifies them physically,

But if we keep living 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

I will pitch my tent among them and will be their God. They will be my people,

You'll live in the land that I gave to your ancestors, you'll be my people, and I will be your God.

The house of Israel will learn that I am the LORD their God from that day forward!

I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, and with your descendants who come after you, generation after generation, as an eternal covenant, to be your God and your descendants' God after you.

God is for us the God of our deliverance. The Lord GOD rescues us from death.

"At that time," declares the LORD, "I'll be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people."

They'll be my people, and I'll be their God.

Despite this, the number of the people of Israel will be like ocean sand, which can neither be measured nor counted. And the time will come when instead of it being said, "You are not my people,' it will be said, "You are children of the living God.'

And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"

I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "See, the tent of God is among humans! He will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.

General references

Rather, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

When they return from there and cast away all of their loathsome things and detestable practices,

"Then join them together end-to-end so that they become a single baton in your hand.