Ezekiel 36:33
in Ezekiel 36This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.
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ASV
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded.
KJV
Thus saith the Lord God; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
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This verse in Ezekiel 36
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
I cleanse you from all your iniquities
on Ezekiel 36:33-36
Cleansing precedes rebuilding in the order the verses give it, and the desolate land becomes “like the garden of Eden”. That is the strongest image of restored blessing the Hebrew Bible has, naming the place forfeited at the beginning as the standard the end recovers.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 16 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, the house of Israel have dwelt (or dwells) in their own land, and they have defiled it with their ways and their idols: according to the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity, their way has become before me.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
): " In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities, and so shall have made you meet for the inheritance, I will cause you to dwell in the cities, and so put you in possession of the inheritance." This is God's method of mercy indeed, first to part men from their sins, and then to restore them to their comforts.
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Thus saith the Lord God, in the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities,....
The prophet had been ordered to set his face towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them, ch. vi. Then God was coming forth to contend with his people; but now that God is returning in mercy to them he must speak good words and comfortable words to these mountains,
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֤ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֙ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| בְּיוֹם֙ | beyom | on [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| טַהֲרִ֣י | tahari | cleanse I | H2891 → | 94 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֔ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִכֹּ֖ל | mikol | from all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲוֹנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | avonoteikhem | iniquities your | H5771 → | 233 times |
| וְהֽוֹשַׁבְתִּי֙ | vehoshavti | and I will cause to be inhabited | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים | hearim | the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְנִבְנ֖וּ | venivnu | and they will be rebuilt | H1129 → | 376 times |
| הֶחֳרָבֽוֹת׃ | hechoravot | the waste places | H2723 → | 42 times |
כֹּ֤הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַר֙he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
בְּיוֹם֙on [the] day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
טַהֲרִ֣יcleanse I
tahariH2891 →94 times
אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִכֹּ֖לfrom all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
עֲוֹנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םiniquities your
avonoteikhemH5771 →233 times
וְהֽוֹשַׁבְתִּי֙and I will cause to be inhabited
vehoshavtiH3427 →1079 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הֶ֣עָרִ֔יםthe cities
hearimH5892 →1090 times
וְנִבְנ֖וּand they will be rebuilt
venivnuH1129 →376 times
הֶחֳרָבֽוֹת׃the waste places
hechoravotH2723 →42 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 58:12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
it leads to
- Isaiah 61:4
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
- Amos 9:14
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we…
- Amos 9:11
“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
- Ezekiel 36:8–11
But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.
- Isaiah 61:4
Through
Jeremiah 33:10This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:43
And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’
- Jeremiah 32:36
Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God…
- Jeremiah 32:43
Through
Ezekiel 36:10I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 33:12
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
- Jeremiah 33:12
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About Ezekiel

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.
