Ezekiel 36:25 (DBY)

Passage

And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your uncleannesses and from all your idols will I cleanse you.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:23 And I will hallow my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I [am] Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be hallowed in you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 36:24 And I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Ezekiel 36:25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your uncleannesses and from all your idols will I cleanse you.

Ezekiel 36:26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit 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 keep mine ordinances, and ye shall do them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sprinkle", "clean", "water", "upon", "shall", "uncleannesses", and "idols". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sprinkle" and "clean", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And I will take you from among..." into verse 26's "And I will give you a new...", so "sprinkle" and "clean" 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 "sprinkle" and "clean" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.