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

Zechariah 14:21

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

And there you will remember your conduct and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves because of all the evil deeds you have done.

I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

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 live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.

The worthless idols will be completely eliminated.

O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me!

"In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will become holy in the sight of the Lord who rules over all, so that all who offer sacrifices may come and use some of them to boil their sacrifices in them. On that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord who rules over all.

But

"'I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.

"'You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Shepherd your people with your shepherd's rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.

Will cleanse

to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,

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

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.

Then the house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward.

I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.

At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the Lord, affirm it!"

They will be my people, and I will be their God.

However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "You are children of the living God!"

Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.

General references

But they will be subject to the Lord their God and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.

"When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.

Join them as one stick; they will be as one in your hand.