Ezekiel 36:31 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Ezekiel 36:32 It is not for your sakes that I will do this, saith the Lord God, be it known to you: be confounded, and ashamed at your own ways, O house of Israel.

Ezekiel 36:33 Thus saith the Lord God: In the day that I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities, and shall cause the cities to be inhabited, and shall repair the ruinous places,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iniquities", "shall", "remember", "wicked", "ways", "doings", and "good". 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 "It is not for your sakes that...", 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.