Ezekiel 36:29 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Ezekiel 36:31 And you shall remember your wicked ways, and your doings that were not good: and your iniquities, and your wicked deeds shall displease you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "save", "uncleannesses", "call", "corn", "multiply", "famine", and "upon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "save" and "uncleannesses", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "And you shall dwell in the land..." into verse 30's "And I will multiply the fruit of...", so "save" and "uncleannesses" 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 "save" and "uncleannesses" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.