Ezekiel 37:26 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Ezekiel 37:28 And the nations shall know that I am the Lord the sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for ever.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "make", "covenant", "peace", "shall", "everlasting", "establish", and "multiply". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "make" and "covenant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And they shall dwell in the land..." into verse 27's "And my tabernacle shall be with them...", so "make" and "covenant" 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 "make" and "covenant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.