The Meaning of Ezekiel 36:28 Explained

Ezekiel 36:28

KJV: 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.

YLT: And ye have dwelt in the land that I have given to your fathers, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I -- I am to you for God.

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Ezekiel 36:28 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 36

1  The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it
8  and by the blessings of God promised unto it
16  Israel was rejected for their sin
21  and shall be restored without their desert
25  The blessings of Christ's kingdom

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 36:28 mean?

Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers you shall be My people and I will be your God
וִישַׁבְתֶּ֣ם בָּאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ לְעָ֔ם וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים

וִישַׁבְתֶּ֣ם  Then  you  shall  dwell 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בָּאָ֔רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
נָתַ֖תִּי  I  gave 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם  to  your  fathers 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וִהְיִ֤יתֶם  you  shall  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לִי֙  My 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
לְעָ֔ם  people 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י  and  I 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אָנׄכִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
אֶהְיֶ֥ה  will  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָכֶ֖ם  your 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
לֵאלֹהִֽים  God 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).