Ezekiel 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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sprinkle	וְזָרַקְתִּ֧י ve.za.rak.Ti	H2236	to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
clean	טְהוֹרִ֖ים te.ho.Rim	H2889	pure (in a physical · adjective, masculine plural absolute
water	מַ֥יִם Ma.yim	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural absolute
clean	וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑ם u.te.har.Tem	H2891	to be pure (physical sound · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
filthiness	טֻמְאוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם tum.'o.tei.Khem	H2932	religious impurity · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
idols	גִּלּ֥וּלֵיכֶ֖ם gi.Lu.lei.Khem	H1544	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
cleanse	אֲטַהֵ֥ר 'a.ta.Her	H2891	to be pure (physical sound · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Hebrews 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed wi…
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jeremiah 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they h…
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us…
Titus 3:5-6 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of th…
Ephesians 5:26-27 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Isaiah 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof…
Zechariah 13:1-2 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:25–end

The people of God might be discouraged in their hopes of a restoration by the sense not only of their unworthiness of such a favour (which was answered, in the foregoing verses, with this, that God, in doing it, would have an eye to his own glory, not to their worthiness), but of their unfitness for such a favour, being still corrupt and sinful; and that is answered in these verses, with a promise that God would by his grace prepare and qualify them for the mercy and then bestow it on them. And this was in part fulfilled in that wonderful effect which the captivity in Babylon had upon the Jews there, that it effectually cured them of their inclination to idolatry. But it is further intended…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 36:25

The external restoration must be preceded by an internal one. The change in their condition must not be superficial, but must be based on a radical renewal of the heart. Then the heathen, understanding from the regenerated lives of God's people how holy God is, would perceive Israel's past troubles to have been only the necessary vindications of His righteousness. Thus God's name would be "sanctified" before the heathen, and God's people be prepared for outward blessings. sprinkle . . . water--phraseology taken from the law; namely, the water mixed with the ashes of a heifer sprinkled with a hyssop on the unclean (Num 19:9-18); the thing signified being the cleansing blood of Christ sprink…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 36:25

Then - At the time of this great restoration - will I sprinkle clean water upon you - the truly cleansing water; the influences of the Holy Spirit typified by water, whose property it is to cleanse, whiten, purify, refresh, render healthy and fruitful. From all your filthiness - From every sort of external and internal abomination and pollution. And from all your idols - False gods, false worship, false opinions, and false hopes. Will I cleanse you - Entirely separate you.

John Gill

The Church Fathers

He calls the pure water the water of rebirth, because we who have been baptized have received the forgiveness of our sins.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 14:36

Careful consideration should be given to what a new heart and a new spirit is given when the water has been poured and sprinkled.
— Jerome, COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 11:36.1-15

The water ought to be first cleansed and sanctified by the bishop that it may be able to wash away in its baptism the sins of the one who is baptized.
— Cyprian, Epistle LXIX:1

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Purification — The process by which a person unclean, according to the Levitical law, and thereby cut off from the sanctuary and the festivals, was restored to the enjoyment of all these privileges. The great…
Baptism With The Holy Spirit · Foretold — Foretold
Conversion · Of Israel, predicted — Of Israel, predicted
Depravity Of Man · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Emblems Of The Holy Spirit, The · Cleansing — Cleansing
Idolatry · Destruction of, promised — Destruction of, promised
Jews, The · Promises respecting: Sanctification — Promises respecting: Sanctification
Purification · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Sprinkling · Of water — Of water
Water · .Water of salvation — .Water of salvation

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 36:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:25–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 36:25

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 36:25

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 36:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:25–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 36:25

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 36:25

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 36:25

Rashi on Ezekiel 36:25