Ezekiel 36:28 (ASV)

Passage

And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them.

Ezekiel 36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Ezekiel 36:29 And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you.

Ezekiel 36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "dwell", "land", "gave", "fathers", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "dwell", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "And I will put my Spirit within..." into verse 29's "And I will save you from all...", so "shall" and "dwell" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "dwell" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.