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Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will sprinkle you with clean water, and you will be clean and acceptable to me. I will wash away everything that makes you unclean, and I will remove your disgusting idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/36.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean from all your idols and everything else that has defiled you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll sprinkle pure water on you all, and you'll be cleansed from your impurity and from all of your idols."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have sprinkled clean water over you, "" And you have been clean; I cleanse you from all your uncleannesses, "" And from all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have sprinkled over you clean water, And ye have been clean; From all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, I do cleanse you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I sprinkled clean waters upon you, and ye were cleansed: from all your uncleannesses and from all your blocks will I cleanse you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and I will cleanse you from all your idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will pour clean water over you, and you shall be cleansed from all your filth, and I will cleanse you from all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will sprinkle clean water over you to make you clean; from all your impurities and from all your idols I will cleanse you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and I shall purify you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall sprinkle upon you pure waters, and I shall purify you from all your filth and from all your idols<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be purged from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, and I will cleanse you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10761" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">A New Heart and Spirit</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2236.htm" title="2236: wə·zā·raq·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- Be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew. A primitive root; to sprinkle.">I will also sprinkle</a> <a href="/hebrew/2889.htm" title="2889: ṭə·hō·w·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Clean, pure. Or tahor; from taher; pure.">clean</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">water</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: ū·ṭə·har·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">and you will be clean.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: ’ă·ṭa·hêr (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">I will cleanse</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kōl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2932.htm" title="2932: ṭum·’ō·w·ṯê·ḵem (N-fpc:: 2mp) -- Religious impurity. From tame'; religious impurity.">your impurities</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·mik·kāl- (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1544.htm" title="1544: gil·lū·lê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- An idol. Or gillul; from galal; properly, a log; by implication, an idol.">your idols.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a></span><br />“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm">Hebrews 10:22</a></span><br />let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-5.htm">John 3:5</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-18</a></span><br />Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” / “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a></span><br />He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/13-1.htm">Zechariah 13:1</a></span><br />“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a></span><br />But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Jeremiah 33:8</a></span><br />And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/22-16.htm">Acts 22:16</a></span><br />And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm">1 Peter 1:2</a></span><br />according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a></span><br />For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26</a></span><br />to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-17.htm">Numbers 19:17-19</a></span><br />For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them. / Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain. / The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a></span><br />And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then will I sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.</p><p class="hdg">will I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/14-5.htm">Leviticus 14:5-7</a></b></br> And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/8-7.htm">Numbers 8:7</a></b></br> And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and <i>so</i> make themselves clean.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/19-13.htm">Numbers 19:13-20</a></b></br> Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness <i>is</i> yet upon him… </p><p class="hdg">filthiness</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17,29</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Ezekiel 37:23</a></b></br> Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Psalm 51:2</a></b></br> Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.</p><p class="hdg">from all your idols</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-18.htm">Isaiah 2:18-20</a></b></br> And the idols he shall utterly abolish… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/17-7.htm">Isaiah 17:7,8</a></b></br> At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22,23</a></b></br> Return, ye backsliding children, <i>and</i> I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou <i>art</i> the LORD our God… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-4.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Filthiness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-25.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-11.htm">Impurities</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-30.htm">Sprinkle</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Sprinkled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-19.htm">Uncleannesses</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Water</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Filthiness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Images</a> <a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Impurities</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">Sprinkle</a> <a href="/hosea/7-9.htm">Sprinkled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-29.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-29.htm">Uncleannesses</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-20.htm">Water</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-29.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 36</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-1.htm">The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">and by the blessings of God promised unto it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-16.htm">Israel was rejected for their sin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">and shall be restored without their desert</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">The blessings of Christ's kingdom</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/ezekiel/36.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>I will also sprinkle clean water on you</b><br />The phrase "sprinkle clean water" evokes the imagery of ritual purification found in the Old Testament, particularly in the Levitical laws where water was used for cleansing (<a href="/leviticus/14-7.htm">Leviticus 14:7</a>, <a href="/numbers/19-17.htm">Numbers 19:17-19</a>). The Hebrew word for "sprinkle" (זָרַק, zaraq) suggests a deliberate act of purification, symbolizing God's initiative in cleansing His people. This act is not merely physical but deeply spiritual, pointing to a renewal and transformation that God promises to bring about. In a New Testament context, this can be seen as a foreshadowing of baptism, where water symbolizes the washing away of sin and the beginning of a new life in Christ (<a href="/john/3-5.htm">John 3:5</a>, <a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a>).<p><b>and you will be clean</b><br />The promise "you will be clean" signifies a complete and thorough purification. The Hebrew word for "clean" (טָהֵר, taher) implies not just a removal of physical dirt but a state of ritual and moral purity. This cleansing is comprehensive, addressing both external actions and internal states of the heart. It reflects God's desire for His people to be holy and set apart, free from the defilement of sin and idolatry. This assurance of cleansing is a profound expression of God's grace and mercy, emphasizing that it is He who makes us clean, not our own efforts.<p><b>I will cleanse you from all your impurities</b><br />The term "impurities" (טֻמְאָה, tum'ah) refers to anything that defiles or corrupts, both physically and spiritually. In the historical context, impurities could include ritual uncleanness, moral failings, and idolatrous practices. God's promise to cleanse His people from all impurities underscores His power and willingness to restore them to a state of holiness. This cleansing is comprehensive, covering every aspect of life that separates them from God. It is a reminder of the transformative power of God's love and the depth of His commitment to His covenant people.<p><b>and all your idols</b><br />The mention of "idols" (גִּלּוּלִים, gillulim) highlights one of the primary sources of Israel's impurity and separation from God. Idolatry was a persistent issue for the Israelites, leading them away from the worship of the one true God. By promising to cleanse them from all idols, God is addressing the root of their spiritual unfaithfulness. This cleansing is not just about removing physical idols but also about transforming hearts and minds to reject false gods and embrace wholehearted devotion to the Lord. It is a call to return to the exclusive worship of Yahweh, reflecting the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">Sprinkle clean water.--</span>Comp. <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm" title="For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh:">Hebrews 9:13</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm" title="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 with pure water.">Hebrews 10:22</a>. Ezekiel, the priest, here refers to those manifold purifications of the Law (<span class= "ital">e.g.,</span> <a href="/numbers/8-7.htm" title="And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying on them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.">Numbers 8:7</a>; <a href="/numbers/19-9.htm" title="And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.">Numbers 19:9</a>; <a href="/numbers/19-17.htm" title="And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:">Numbers 19:17</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/14-5.htm" title="And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:">Leviticus 14:5-7</a>; <a href="/leviticus/14-9.htm" title="But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.">Leviticus 14:9</a>, &c.) which were performed by means of water; yet he refers to these as a whole, in their symbolical signification, rather than to any one of them in particular. He speaks primarily of the cleansing from idolatry and such gross outward sins, and he treats of the people collectively; yet this purification, as the following verses show, must necessarily extend much farther, and be applied to them individually. It was the same symbolism which led in later ages to the use of baptism in the admission of proselytes to the Jewish Church, a practice adopted by the forerunner of our Lord in the preparation of the people for His coming. Baptism is also alluded to by our Lord Himself in His conversation with Nicodemus (<a href="/john/3-5.htm" title="Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.">John 3:5</a>.) and afterwards established by Him as the initiatory sacrament of the Christian Church. (Comp. <a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm" title="That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,">Ephesians 5:26</a>; <a href="/titus/3-5.htm" title="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 the Holy Ghost;">Titus 3:5</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm" title="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 with pure water.">Hebrews 10:22</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then</span> (literally, <span class="accented">and</span>) <span class="cmt_word">I will sprinkle clean water upon you</span>. The second step in the sanctification of Jehovah's Name, and one absolutely necessary to render the preceding either permanent or valuable, was the moral renovation of the people; and in this the first stage was the forgiveness of the people's sins. The image under which this is set forth, "sprinkling with clean water," would naturally present itself to a priest-prophet such as Ezekiel. Jarchi, Rosenmüller, Hengstenberg, and others suppose the allusion to be to the water of purification prepared by mixing running water with the ashes of a red heifer (<a href="/numbers/19-17.htm">Numbers 19:17-19</a>), and in the account given of this rite the verb for "sprinkle" is that used by Ezekiel, viz. <span class="hebrew">זָרַק</span>. Havernick prefers the rite performed in the consecration of the Levites (<a href="/numbers/8-7.htm">Numbers 8:7, 21</a>). Smend, who holds the priest-code had no existence in Ezekiel's day, traces the image to <a href="/zechariah/13-1.htm">Zechariah 13:1</a> or <a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Psalm 51:2</a>, though he also cites <a href="/numbers/8-19.htm">Numbers 8:19</a>. Hitzig, Kliefoth, and Currey think of the lustrations of the Law in general; and perhaps this best explains the prophet's language, since the element sprinkled is not "blood" or "water mixed with ashes," but "clean water," "the best known means of purification" (Schroder). As to whether legal or moral cleansing were intended by the prophet, possibly Ezekiel drew no sharp distinction between the two, such as the New Testament draws between justification and sanctification; if he did, then the figure in the text must be taken as alluding rather to the former than to the latter - rather to the forgiveness of Israel's sin than to the regeneration of Israel's heart, which is next referred to. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will also sprinkle</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזָרַקְתִּ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zā·raq·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2236.htm">Strong's 2236: </a> </span><span class="str2">Be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew </span><br /><br /><span class="word">clean</span><br /><span class="heb">טְהוֹרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ṭə·hō·w·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clean, pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">water</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֥יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on you,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and you will be clean.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ṭə·har·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be clean or pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will cleanse</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲטַהֵ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ṭa·hêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be clean or pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from all</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכֹּ֧ל</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your impurities</span><br /><span class="heb">טֻמְאוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(ṭum·’ō·w·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2932.htm">Strong's 2932: </a> </span><span class="str2">Religious impurity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִכָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mik·kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your idols.</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּלּ֥וּלֵיכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(gil·lū·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> </span><span class="str2">A log, an idol</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:25 I will sprinkle clean water on you (Ezek. 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