Ezekiel 11:20

Translations

Modern

…so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Traditional

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.

Literal

…so that they may walk in My statutes and they may keep My ordinances and may do them; and they will be unto Me for a people, and I will be unto them God.

Latin

…ut in præceptis meis ambulent, et judicia mea custodiant, faciantque ea, et sint mihi in populum, et ego sim eis in Deum.

Original

Hebrew

English

…so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Notes

Ezekiel 11:20

Their transformed hearts and spirits would allow the Lord's people to follow his rules. This would achieve the covenant's goal: people living with God among them. The new heart and spirit promised to God's people have become real (Hebrews 8:8–13). Through the Spirit's outpouring at Pentecost, God's people have become a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17).

Ezekiel 8:1–11:25

This section describes how the people defiled (made unclean by sin) the temple in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 8). Because of this sin, the Lord left the temple. After he left, the city and the temple were destroyed (9:1–11:13).

At first, this sounds like only bad news. But for those already living in exile, it was also good news. The Lord was not limited to the temple in Jerusalem. He would come to be with his people in exile.

By coming to dwell with them, the Lord showed that the exiles were not forgotten. They were the ones who carried hope for the future of God’s people.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Covenants God’s Glory with His People Hardened Hearts Temple Legislation as Theology

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

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