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title = "Ezekiel 36:16–38"
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date = "2023-06-18"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel36.16-38)
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Here the Lord reiterates His reasons for punishing Israel with exile, but then
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continues to explain why He will also restore them to the land He had promised
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to give them. They had rejected His covanent and followed after false gods, so
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He scattered them to many different nations. But then these nations began to
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question the power of the Lord, whose people these were, living in a foreign
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land instead of their own. Therefore the Lord acted in ways only He could, to
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restore Israel to the place they belonged.
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Not only does He bring them back to the land, but He purifies them, removing the
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sin from them, and giving them hearts that will pursue righteousness instead of
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corruption. As they follow in the ways He has laid out for them, the Lord will
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also bless the land and cause the crops to give abundance. Note the remorse the
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people will feel for the wicked ways they once did once they have been cleansed.
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The divine heart transplant the Lord performs in His regenerated people affects
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not only the outward behavior but also the inward attitudes, causing a complete
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spiritual transformation. All for the declaration that the name of the Lord
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is holy.
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The Lord will be praised for what He does to restore Israel to the former glory
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He had provided for it. He will increase the population of His people the way
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the flocks were multiplied in preparation for the sacrifices on the feast days.
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* * *
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You deserve all honor, glory, and fame. Worthy are You of all our worship.
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