Ezekiel 36:18 (WEB)

Passage

Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:16 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 36:17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds. Their way before me was as 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 poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

Ezekiel 36:19 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their deeds.

Ezekiel 36:20 When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, ‘These are Yahweh’s people, and have left his land.’

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "poured", "wrath", "blood", "land", "defiled", and "idols". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "poured", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "Son of man when the house of..." into verse 19's "I scattered them among the nations and...", so "therefore" and "poured" 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 "therefore" and "poured" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.