Ezekiel 36:28 (YLT)

Passage

And ye have dwelt in the land that I have given to your fathers, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I--I am to you for God.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:26 And I have given to you a new heart, And a new spirit I give in your midst, And I have turned aside the heart of stone out of your flesh, And I have given to you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:27 And My Spirit I give in your midst, And I have done this, so that in My statutes ye walk, And My judgments ye keep, and have done them.

Ezekiel 36:28 And ye have dwelt in the land that I have given to your fathers, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I--I am to you for God.

Ezekiel 36:29 And I have saved you from all your uncleannesses, And I have called unto the corn, and multiplied it, And I have put no famine upon you.

Ezekiel 36:30 And I have multiplied the fruit of the tree, And the increase of the field, So that ye receive not any more a reproach of famine among nations.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dwelt", "land", "given", "fathers", "been", "people", and "i--i". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dwelt" and "land", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "And My Spirit I give in your..." into verse 29's "And I have saved you from all...", so "dwelt" and "land" 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 "dwelt" and "land" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.