Ezekiel 36:22-29 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 36:16-24

When God promised the poor captives a glorious return, in due time, to their own land, it was a great discouragement to their hopes that they were unworthy, utterly unworthy, of such a favour; therefore, to remove that discouragement, God here shows them that he would do it for them purely for his own name's sake, that he might be glorified in them and by them, that he might manifest and magnify his mercy and goodness, that attribute which of all others is most his glory. And, the restoration... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 36:25-38

The people of God might be discouraged in their hopes of a restoration by the sense not only of their unworthiness of such a favour (which was answered, in the Ezek. 36:1-24, with this, that God, in doing it, would have an eye to his own glory, not to their worthiness), but of their unfitness for such a favour, being still corrupt and sinful; and that is answered in these verses, with a promise that God would by his grace prepare and qualify them for the mercy and then bestow it on them. And... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:22

Therefore say unto the house of Israel ,.... This is an order to the prophet, the son of man, Ezekiel 36:17 , thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel ; what he hereafter promises to do for them, both with respect to things temporal and spiritual; which he did, not on account of any deserts or worthiness in them; for they had none, having done nothing to merit his favour, but, on the contrary, everything to provoke the eyes of his glory: but for my... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:23

And I will sanctify my great name ,.... The same with his holy name; for his greatness lies in his holiness; which name he sanctifies when he clears it from all charges and imputations; when he makes it appear to be holy and himself to be glorious in holiness; when he vindicates the honour of his name, not in a way of punishment, as he justly might, but in a way of grace and mercy; he sanctifies his name when he proclaims it, a God gracious and merciful; for it was in this way and manner he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:24

For I will take you from among the Heathen ,.... The Chaldeans and other nations, among whom they were carried captive; and the Papists, among whom many of them now are, often called Heathens and Gentiles in Scripture: this will be fully completed at the time of the Jews' conversion in the latter day: the phrase fitly expresses the act of divine grace, in taking his people from among the world by the effectual calling: and gather you out of all countries ; to himself, and to his Son, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:25

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you ,.... Not baptismal water, as Jerom; an ordinance indeed of the Gospel, and to which the Jews will submit when converted; and which is performed by water, but not by sprinkling, nor does it cleanse from sin; and is administered by men, and is not an operation of God, as this is: rather the regenerating grace of the Spirit; though this does not purify from all sin, and besides is intended in the next verse: it seems best to understand it of the blood... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:26

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ,.... A "new heart" and a "new spirit" are one and the same; that is, a renewed one; renewed by the Spirit and grace of God; in which a new principle of life is put; new light is infused; a new will, filled with new purposes and resolutions; where new affections are placed, and new desires are formed; and where there are new delights and joys, as well as new sorrows and troubles; the same which in the New Testament is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:27

And I will put my Spirit within you ,.... My Holy Spirit, as the Targum; the Spirit of holiness; the author of internal sanctification, of the new heart and spirit, and of the fleshy one before mentioned; and through whose grace and strength the saints do what is after said they shall do: and cause you to walk in my statutes : men are first made alive by the Spirit of God, and have spiritual strength put into them, who of themselves can do nothing; by means of which they are enabled to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:28

And ye shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers ,.... Not only shall be brought into it, but shall inhabit it, and continue there, and that in great safety and plenty; and which will be the more valued and esteemed, and reckoned a great blessing to enjoy; because this land is the gift of God, and what he gave to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by promise so long ago, and to their seed; of which promise it appears he is not unmindful: and ye shall be my people, and I... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:29

And I will also save you from all your uncleannesses ,.... From all their filthy lusts of pride, envy, malice, covetousness, whoredom, blasphemy, and infidelity, to which the Jews are now addicted; but at this time shall be saved from the power and dominion of them by the sanctifying grace of the Spirit; and from the guilt and pollution of them by the blood of Christ sprinkled on them; and this, not from one, or some of them only, but from all of them; all Israel will be saved, and they will... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 36:16-24

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 36:25-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:29

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