Verses 17-18
The Lord also promised to assemble the Jews in exile from the various places where they had scattered from the Promised Land and to give them that land again. This is the first mention of Israel’s future restoration in Ezekiel. When they came back into the land they would purify it of all the things that made it detestable and abominable to the Lord (cf. Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:20).
"Such words have a Mosaic ring about them, as if the promised land of Canaan is being held out to the wilderness wanderers once again. The desert experience would not last for ever: one day they would possess the land-not by arrogant claim (as in Ezekiel 11:15), but by a gracious gift of God-and their worship would be purified of all the foreign, corrupting influences that had beset the Israelites since Joshua’s day." [Note: Taylor, p. 111.]
"The promise of restoration to the land, though declared in the blessings of the Mosaic covenant (Leviticus 26:40-45; Deuteronomy 30:1-10), was based on the eternal covenants to Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3), David (2 Samuel 7:12-16), and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:31-34)." [Note: Alexander, "Ezekiel," p. 793.]
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