Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
Despair over unworthiness need not stop you; God promises to fit you for His mercy by His grace before He bestows it. The Spirit sprinkles clean water on the conscience, Christ's blood washes away guilt, and His grace purifies the whole soul. This is the covenant of grace itself, not mere restoration from captivity.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 36:25-38
Then the Heathen that are left round about you,.... Not cut off by the judgments which came upon them, according to the prophecies in chapter twenty five and twenty six, the residue of the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and Tyrians; and, in the mystical sense, this may design the residue of the antichristian states not destroyed by the vials of God's wrath; see Rev 11:13, shall...
Lord . . . spoken . . . do it-- (Num 23:19).