Ezekiel 36:28

What does Ezekiel 36:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 36:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So that you may go on living in the land which I gave to your fathers; and you will be to me a people, and I will be to you a God.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And you shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and ye shall be my people, and I will be yourGod.

Context

v.27And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them.

v.28This passage

v.29And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 36:10

    and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded;

  • Ezekiel 14:11

    that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:16

    And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Ezekiel 11:20

    that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

  • Hebrews 8:10

    For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:

  • Jeremiah 32:38

    And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

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