Ezekiel 36:31 (GNV)

Passage

Then shall ye remember your owne wicked wayes, and your deedes that were not good, and shall iudge your selues worthie to haue bene destroyed for your iniquities, and for your abominations.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:29 I will also deliuer you from all your filthinesse, and I will call for corne, and will increase it, and lay no famine vpon you.

Ezekiel 36:30 For I will multiplie the fruite of the trees, and the increase of the fielde, that ye shall beare no more the reproch of famine among the heathen.

Ezekiel 36:31 Then shall ye remember your owne wicked wayes, and your deedes that were not good, and shall iudge your selues worthie to haue bene destroyed for your iniquities, and for your abominations.

Ezekiel 36:32 Be it knowen vnto you that I do not this for your sakes, sayth the Lord God: therefore, O ye house of Israel, be ashamed, and confounded for your owne wayes.

Ezekiel 36:33 Thus sayth the Lord God, What time as I shall haue clensed you from all your iniquities, I will cause you to dwel in the cities, and the desolate places shalbe builded.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iniquities", "shall", "remember", "owne", "wicked", "wayes", "deedes", 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 "For I will multiplie the fruite of..." into verse 32's "Be it knowen vnto you that I...", 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.