Ezekiel 36:24 (DRB)

Passage

For I will take you from among the Gentiles, and will gather you together out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:22 Therefore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: It is not for your sake that I will do this, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations whither you went.

Ezekiel 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the Gentiles, which you have profaned in the midst of them: that the Gentiles may know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord of hosts, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

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

Ezekiel 36:25 And I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and I will cleanse you from all your idols.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "take", "gentiles", "gather", "together", "countries", "bring", and "land". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "take" and "gentiles", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And I will sanctify my great name..." into verse 25's "And I will pour upon you clean...", so "take" and "gentiles" 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 "take" and "gentiles" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.