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Ezekiel 39:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into…” at Ezekiel 39:28 as part of “Exile Is Explained and Restoration Ends with the Poured Spirit.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 39:23–29
Read Ezekiel 39:28 with 39:23–29. By itself, “Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The nations learn that Israel went into exile under a theological account of unfaithfulness; God promises restored fortunes, gathered people, no one left behind, no hidden face, and the Spirit poured on Israel.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel 39:28 performs a local role inside “Exile Is Explained and Restoration Ends with the Poured Spirit.” The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into…” at Ezekiel 39:28 as part of “Exile Is Explained and Restoration Ends with the Poured Spirit.” The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 39:23–29 — Exile Is Explained and Restoration Ends with the Poured SpiritSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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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 39:23–29, 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 39:23–29
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