Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 36:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers” at Ezekiel 36:28 as part of “Clean Water, a New Heart, and the Spirit Enable Obedience.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 36:25–32
Read Ezekiel 36:28 with 36:25–32. By itself, “And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Cleansing water, a flesh heart replacing stone, the indwelling Spirit, renewed obedience, land dwelling, provision, remembered shame, and name-sake action form a corporate restoration promise.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Ezekiel 36:25–32 — Clean Water, a New Heart, and the Spirit Enable ObedienceSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 36:25–32, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 36:25–32
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