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Ezekiel 39:29
And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks as the Lord GOD to the house of Israel, following His promise to regather the exiled nation to their land without leaving any behind.
The words — The Hebrew אַסְתִּיר ('as.tir) means "I will hide," paired with עוֹד (‘od) "again" to form the phrase "no longer hide." The verb שָׁפַכְתִּי (sha.fakh.ti) translates literally as "I have poured out," describing the action toward the Spirit (רוּחִי, ru.chi).
The thread — This motif of God pouring out His Spirit appears in Isaiah 32:15 regarding renewal and Joel 2:28 regarding all people, while the New Testament references the Spirit's indwelling in 1 John 3:24.
Why it lands — The text declares a permanent shift in God's posture from concealed judgment to visible presence through the Spirit, requiring the reader to recognize that divine faithfulness now operates through internal empowerment rather than external concealment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
Cross-references
- Joel 2:28 And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- 1 John 3:24 Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
- Isaiah 32:15 until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
- Ezekiel 36:25 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.
- Zechariah 12:10 Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
- Isaiah 45:17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Isaiah 44:3 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.
- Ezekiel 39:23 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
- Acts 2:17 ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
- Acts 2:33 Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.