Ezekiel 36 · Verse 28

Ezekiel 36:28

And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 36:28, King James Version

Ezekiel 36:28 in other translations

BSBThen you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
WEBYou will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
ASVAnd ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
YLTAnd ye have dwelt in the land that I have given to your fathers, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I--I am to you for God.
DARBYAnd ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
BBESo that you may go on living in the land which I gave to your fathers; and you will be to me a people, and I will be to you a God.
WebsterAnd ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

What does Ezekiel 36:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
28. ye ... my people, ... I ... your God--(Eze 11:20; Jr 30:22).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 Ye shall be my people - Wholly given up to me in body, soul, and spirit. And I will be your God - To fill you with love, joy, peace, meekness, gentleness, longsuffering, fidelity and goodness, to occupy your whole soul, and gratify your every desire.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 36:25-38

Water is an emblem of the cleansing our polluted souls from sin. But no water can do more than take away the filth of the flesh. Water seems in general the sacramental sign of the sanctifying influences of the Holy Ghost; yet this is always connected with the atoning blood of Christ. When the latter is applied by faith to the conscience, to cleanse it from evil works, the former is always applied to the powers of…

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Ezekiel 36:28 in the original Hebrew

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וִישַׁבְתֶּ֣םvi.shav.Temand you will dwellH3427
בָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzin the landH776
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
נָתַ֖תִּיna.Ta.tiI gaveH5414
לַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םla.'a.vo.tei.Khemto ancestors yourH1
וִהְיִ֤יתֶםvih.Yi.temand you will becomeH1961
לִי֙lifor me
לְעָ֔םle.'Am<into> a peopleH5971
וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔יve.'A.no.Khiand IH595
אֶהְיֶ֥ה'eh.YehI will becomeH1961
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemfor you
לֵאלֹהִֽים\׃le.lo.Him<into> GodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 36:28

  • Jeremiah 31:33

    But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Jeremiah 32:38

    And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

  • Ezekiel 37:27

    My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Ezekiel 11:20

    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.

  • 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.

  • Matthew 22:32

    I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

  • Revelation 21:7

    He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

  • Jeremiah 30:22-23

    And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

  • Song of Solomon 6:3

    I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

  • Ezekiel 14:11

    That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 37:25

    And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

  • Hebrews 11:16

    But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
dwell.
10; 28:25; 37:25; 39:28
be people.
11:20; 37:23,27; So 6:3; Jer 30:22,23; 31:33; 32:38; Ho 1:10
Zec 13:9; Mt 22:32; 2Co 6:16-18; 7:1; Heb 8:10; 11:16; Re 21:3,7

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Context

  • Ezekiel 36:27

    And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  • Ezekiel 36:28

    And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Ezekiel 36:29

    I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

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Ezekiel 36:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y habitaréis en la tierra que dí á vuestros padres; y vosotros me seréis por pueblo, y yo seré á vosotros por Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et vous habiterez dans le pays que j’ai donné à vos pères, et vous serez mon peuple, et moi je serai votre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ihr werdet in dem Lande wohnen, das ich euren Vätern gegeben habe; und ihr werdet mein Volk, und ich werde euer Gott sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et habitabitis in terra quam dedi patribus vestris: et eritis mihi in populum, et ego ero vobis in Deum.