Ezekiel 11:20

so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses the exiled house of Israel, declaring the outcome of His prior promise to replace their stone hearts with flesh.

The words — לְמַ֙עַן (le.Ma.'an) means "so that," and יֵלֵ֔כוּ (ye.Le.khu) means "they may walk," structuring the verse to show obedience as the directed outcome.

The thread — This sequence of divine intervention preceding covenant practice runs in Ezekiel 14:11, Psalms 105:45, and Jeremiah 30:22.

Why it lands — It requires readers to treat moral compliance as the necessary result of internal renewal, not a condition for it.

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The Hebrew words

לְמַ֙עַן֙le.Ma.'anso that בְּחֻקֹּתַ֣יbe./chu.ko.Ta/iin/ statutes/ my יֵלֵ֔כוּye.Le.khuthey may walk וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>מִשְׁפָּטַ֥יmish.pa.Ta/ijudgments/ my יִשְׁמְר֖וּyish.me.Ruthey may keep וְעָשׂ֣וּve./'a.Suand/ they will do אֹתָ֑ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them וְהָיוּ־ve./ha.yu-and/ they will becomeלִ֣יl/ifor/ meלְעָ֔םle./'Am<into>/ a people וַאֲנִ֕יva./'a.Niand/ I אֶהְיֶ֥ה'eh.YehI will becomeלָהֶ֖םla./Hemfor/ themלֵאלֹהִֽים׃le./lo.Him<into>/ God

King James Version

That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 14:11 in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
Psalms 105:45 that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
Jeremiah 30:22 “And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
Psalms 119:4 You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
Jeremiah 31:33 “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.
Luke 1:6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
Psalms 119:32 I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
Jeremiah 11:4 which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.