Ezekiel 37:23 “They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable i…”

Ezekiel 37:23

They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

World English Bible

They won’t defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. So they will be my people, and I will be their God.

American Standard Version

neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

Geneva Bible 1599

Neither shall they bee polluted any more with their idoles, nor with their abominations, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will saue them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they haue sinned, and will clense them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

Darby Translation

And they shall not defile themselves any more with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; and I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Young's Literal Translation

Nor are they defiled any more with their idols, And with their abominations, And with any of their transgressions, And I have saved them out of all their dwellings, In which they have sinned, And I have cleansed them, And they have been to Me for a people, And I — I am to them for God.

Bible in Basic English

And they will no longer make themselves unclean with their images or with their hated things or with any of their sins: but I will give them salvation from all their turning away in which they have done evil, and will make them clean; and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.

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Cross references

“shall they defile”

Hosea 14:8 Ezekiel 20:43 Ezekiel 36:31 Isaiah 2:18 Zechariah 14:21 Ezekiel 36:25

Hosea 14:8 · BSB

O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

Ezekiel 20:43 · BSB

There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.

Ezekiel 36:31 · BSB

Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.

Isaiah 2:18 · BSB

and the idols will vanish completely.

Zechariah 14:21 · BSB

Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LOR…

Ezekiel 36:25 · BSB

I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

“but”

Micah 7:14 Ezekiel 36:24 Leviticus 20:7 Leviticus 20:8

Micah 7:14 · BSB

Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Ezekiel 36:24 · BSB

For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.

Leviticus 20:7 · BSB

Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:8 · BSB

And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

“will cleanse”

1 John 1:9 1 John 1:7 Ephesians 5:26 Ephesians 5:27 Hebrews 9:13 Hebrews 9:14

1 John 1:9 · BSB

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:7 · BSB

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Ephesians 5:26 · BSB

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Ephesians 5:27 · BSB

and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

Hebrews 9:13 · BSB

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

Hebrews 9:14 · BSB

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

“they be”

Revelation 21:7 Ezekiel 37:27 Ezekiel 39:22 Psalm 68:20 Psalm 68:35 Jeremiah 31:1

Revelation 21:7 · BSB

The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

Ezekiel 37:27 · BSB

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Ezekiel 39:22 · BSB

From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.

Psalm 68:20 · BSB

Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.

Psalm 68:35 · BSB

O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!

Jeremiah 31:1 · BSB

“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.

24My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

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