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.’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD addresses Ezekiel and the house of Israel immediately after declaring that false prophets and idolatrous inquirers will share identical punishment. The oracle concludes a judicial warning concerning covenant violation.

The words — לְמַעַן (le.ma.an) translates “so that” and יִתְעוּ (yit.u) translates “they will wander.” These terms structure the divine intention behind the preceding judgment.

The thread — The pattern of Israel ceasing to wander and defile itself appears in Ezekiel 37:23, 44:10, and 48:11, linking covenant restoration to the abandonment of idolatry and the preservation of priestly charge.

Why it lands — The text states that Israel must stop straying and defiling itself with transgressions so that the covenant formula “I will be their God” can be realized. It requires a concrete end to idolatrous inquiry and a return to exclusive covenant loyalty.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 37:23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 44:10 Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
Ezekiel 48:11 It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
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 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.
Jeremiah 32:38 They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 11:18 When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.
Ezekiel 39:22 From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
Ezekiel 44:15 But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.