Ezekiel 36:31 (ASV)

Passage

Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

Nearby Context

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.

Ezekiel 36:31 Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

Ezekiel 36:32 Nor for your sake do I [this], saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

Ezekiel 36:33 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iniquities", "shall", "remember", "evil", "ways", "doings", "good", and "loathe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iniquities" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "And I will multiply the fruit of..." into verse 32's "Nor for your sake do I this...", so "iniquities" and "shall" 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 "iniquities" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.