Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Ezekiel 36

Eze 36:3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

heathen [See also Eze 36:4-7, 15, 19-24, 30, 36.]

i.e. nations.

taken up in the lips of talkers

Deu 28:37; 1Ki 9:7; Lam 2:15; Dan 9:16.

Eze 36:6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

ye have borne the shame

Eze 36:15; Eze 34:29; Psa 123:3, 4.

Eze 36:12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.

they shall possess thee

Oba 1:17.

shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men

See Jer 15:7.

Eze 36:17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

they defiled it

Lev 18:25, 27, 28; Jer 2:7.

Eze 36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.

they profaned my holy name

Isa 52:5; Rom 2:24.

Eze 36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

O house of Israel

Israel (prophecies). Eze 36:22-38; Eze 37:21-28. (Gen 12:2, 3; Rom 11:26.)

Eze 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

I shall be sanctified in you

Eze 20:41; 28:22.

Eze 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you

Isa 52:15; Heb 10:22.

Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

A new heart also will I give you

Eze 11:19; Jer 32:39.

Eze 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

spirit

Holy Spirit. Eze 37:1, 14. (Gen 1:2; Mal 2:15.)

Eze 36:28 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.

dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers

Eze 28:25; 37:25.

ye shall be my people

Eze 11:20; 37:27; Jer 30:22.

Eze 36:29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

I will also save you from all your uncleannesses

Mat 1:21; Rom 11:26.

Eze 36:31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

shall lothe yourselves

Eze 6:9; 20:43.

Eze 36:32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

Not for your sakes

Eze 36:22; Deu 9:5.

Eze 36:35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.

the garden of Eden

Eze 28:13; Isa 51:3; Joe 2:3.

Eze 36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

I will yet for this be enquired of

See Eze 14:3; 20:3, 31.