Ezekiel 37:25 (DRB)

Passage

And they shall dwell in the land which I gave to my servant Jacob, wherein your fathers dwelt, and they shall dwell in it, they and their children, and their children's children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 37:23 Nor shall they be defiled any more with their idols, nor with their abominations, nor with all their iniquities: and I will save them out of all the places in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 37:24 And my servant David shall be king over them, and they shall have one shepherd: they shall walk in my judgments, and shall keep my commandments, and shall do them.

Ezekiel 37:25 And they shall dwell in the land which I gave to my servant Jacob, wherein your fathers dwelt, and they shall dwell in it, they and their children, and their children's children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.

Ezekiel 37:26 And I will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will establish them, and will multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever.

Ezekiel 37:27 And my tabernacle shall be with them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "dwell", "land", "gave", "servant", "jacob", "wherein", and "fathers". 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 24's "And my servant David shall be king..." into verse 26's "And I will make a covenant of...", 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.