Ezekiel 36:16 (LSB)

Passage

Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:14 therefore you will no longer devour men and no longer bereave your nation of children,’ declares Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 36:15 I will not let you hear dishonor from the nations anymore, nor will you bear reproach from the peoples any longer, nor will you cause your nation to stumble any longer,” declares Lord Yahweh.’”

Ezekiel 36:16 Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

Ezekiel 36:17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

Ezekiel 36:18 Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "I will not let you hear dishonor..." into verse 17's "Son of man when the house of...", so "word" and "yahweh" 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 "word" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.