Ezekiel 36:25

“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, &c.] Not baptismal water, as Jerom; an ordinance indeed of the Gospel, and to which the Jews will submit when converted; and which is performed by water, but not by sprinkling, nor does it cleanse from sin; and is administered by men, and is not an operation of God, as this is: rather the regenerating grace of the Spirit; though this does not purify from all sin, and besides is intended in the next verse: it seems best to understand it of the blood of Christ, the blood of sprinkling, and of justification from sin, and pardon of it by it; so Kimchi and Jarchi interpret of purification by atonement; and the Targum is, “I will forgive your sins, as one…”

“The external restoration must be preceded by an internal one. The change in their condition must not be superficial, but must be based on a radical renewal of the heart. Then the heathen, understanding from the regenerated lives of God's people how holy God is, would perceive Israel's past troubles to have been only the necessary vindications of His righteousness. Thus God's name would be "sanctified" before the heathen, and God's people be prepared for outward blessings. sprinkle . . . water--phraseology taken from the law; namely, the water mixed with the ashes of a heifer sprinkled with a hyssop on the unclean (Num 19:9-18); the thing signified being the cleansing blood of Christ…”

“Ezekiel the priest has in view the purifying rites prescribed by the Law, the symbolic purport of which is exhibited in Hebrews 9:13-14; Hebrews 10:22. As the Levites were consecrated with sprinkling of water, so should the approved rite “sprinkling of water” thus prescribed by the Law and explained by the prophets, give occasion to the use of water at the admission of proselytes in later days, and so to its adoption by John in his baptism unto repentance. It was hallowed by our Lord when in His discourse with Nicodemus, referring, no doubt, to such passages as these, He showed their application to the Church of which He was about to be the Founder; and when He appointed Baptism as the…”

“Sprinkle - "This signifies both the blood of Christ sprinkled upon their conscience, to take away their guilt, as the water of purification was sprinkled, to take away their ceremonial uncleanness and the grace of the spirit sprinkled on the whole soul, to purify it from all corrupt inclinations and dispositions." Ezekiel 36:26”

“36:25 It was not enough to bring Israel back to the land; they would also become a new, transformed Israel. God would sprinkle them with clean water to cleanse them from all of the impurities that had defiled the land. Such sprinkling with water was a routine part of Jewish purification ceremonies (see Num 19); it symbolized a fresh start, with their old sins washed away.”

“will I: Lev 14:5-7; Num 8:7, Num 19:13-20; Psa 51:7; Isa 52:15; Joh 3:5; Tit 3:5, Tit 3:6; Heb 9:13, Heb 9:14, Heb 9:19, Heb 10:22; Jo1 5:6 filthiness: Eze 36:17, Eze 36:29, Eze 37:23; Psa 51:2; Pro 30:12; Isa 4:4; Jer 33:8; Zac 13:1; Act 22:16; Co1 6:11; Co2 7:1; Eph 5:26, Eph 5:27; Tit 2:14; Jo1 1:7; Rev 1:5; Rev 7:14 from all your idols: Isa 2:18-20, Isa 17:7, Isa 17:8; Jer 3:22, Jer 3:23; Hos 14:3, Hos 14:8; Zac 13:2 Ezekiel 36:26”