Ezekiel 36:25 (KJV)

Passage

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Ezekiel 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sprinkle", "clean", "water", "upon", "shall", "filthiness", and "idols". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sprinkle" and "clean", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "For I will take you from among..." into verse 26's "A new heart also will I give...", so "sprinkle" and "clean" 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 "sprinkle" and "clean" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.