Ezekiel 36:16 (GNV)

Passage

Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:14 Therefore thou shalt deuoure men no more, neither waste thy people henceforth, sayth the Lord God,

Ezekiel 36:15 Neither will I cause men to heare in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou beare the reproche of the people any more, neither shalt cause thy folke to fal any more, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 36:16 Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

Ezekiel 36:17 Sonne of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their owne lande, they defiled it by their owne wayes, and by their deedes: their way was before me as the filthinesse of the menstruous.

Ezekiel 36:18 Wherfore I powred my wrath vpon them, for the blood that they had shed in the land, and for their idoles, wherewith they had polluted it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moreouer", "word", "lord", "came", "vnto", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moreouer" and "word", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "Neither will I cause men to heare..." into verse 17's "Sonne of man when the house of...", so "moreouer" and "word" 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 "moreouer" and "word" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.