Ezekiel 36:18 (YLT)

Passage

And I do pour out My fury upon them For the blood that they shed on the land, And with their idols they have defiled it.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:16 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 36:17 `Son of man, The house of Israel are dwelling on their land, And they defile it by their way and by their doings, As the uncleanness of a separated one hath their way been before Me.

Ezekiel 36:18 And I do pour out My fury upon them For the blood that they shed on the land, And with their idols they have defiled it.

Ezekiel 36:19 And I scatter them among nations, And they are spread through lands, According to their way, and according to their doings, I have judged them.

Ezekiel 36:20 And one goeth in unto the nations whither they have gone, And they pollute My holy name by saying to them, The people of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> these, And from His land they have gone forth.

Study Lenses

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

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