King James Version
Ezekiel 36:28 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Ezekiel 36:28 · KJV
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.
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.
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.
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.
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And ye shall dwell”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that I gave”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“to your fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and ye shall be my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and I will be your God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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