Bible Strands
Ezekiel 37:27
My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Ezekiel and the exiled community immediately after the vision of the restored nation, concluding the promise of an everlasting covenant and permanent sanctuary placement.
The words — The Hebrew verb הָיָה (hayah) anchors the verse's future certainty, appearing with מִשְׁכַּנִּי (mishakki, "my dwelling place") to declare God's presence, followed by the reciprocal covenant formula where God will become (הָיִיתִי) their God and they will become (יִהְיוּ) His people.
The thread — The structural pattern of God's dwelling place among a people and the reciprocal covenant of divine and human identity runs through Leviticus 26:11 and Revelation 21:3.
Why it lands — The text states a definitive future reality rather than a conditional proposal, requiring the reader to acknowledge that covenantal belonging and divine presence are established by God's own action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Cross-references
- Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
- 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.
- Leviticus 26:11 And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
- John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- Colossians 2:9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 36:28 Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
- Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
- 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.’”