Passage
And you shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 36:28 (DRB)
Nearby Context
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.
Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit in the midst of you: and I will cause you to walk in my commandments, and to keep my judgments, and do them.
Ezekiel 36:28 And you shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers, and you 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 corn, and will multiply it, and will lay no famine upon you.
Ezekiel 36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you bear 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 in..." 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.