After God returns his people to the land of Israel and blesses them spiritually and physically, they will remember their sins and be disgusted with themselves because of them. The connector Then introduces this result.

You will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good: Remember may be rendered “recall” (Revised English Bible) or “think about again.” For evil ways, compare verse 17. This phrase may be translated “evil conduct” (Good News Translation, New Jerusalem Bible, New American Bible). Your deeds that were not good may be rendered “the wrongs that you committed” (Good News Translation) or “the sinful things you have done” (New International Reader’s Version). New Living Translation shortens this sentence, saying “you will remember your past sins,” which may be a helpful model for some languages.

And you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominable deeds: After recalling their past wickedness, the people will be very ashamed of what they did. For the Hebrew verb rendered loathe, see the comments on 20.43. This verb may be translated “be disgusted with” (Good News Translation), “hate” (Contemporary English Version, New International Reader’s Version, New Century Version), or “despise” (New Living Translation). For the Hebrew word translated iniquities (“sins” in New Century Version), see the comments on 3.19. For the word rendered abominable deeds, see 5.9, where it is translated “abominations.” Christian Community Bible says “detestable practices,” and New Century Version has “terrible acts that I hate.” A model for this whole sentence is “and you will hate yourselves for the sins you committed and the terrible things you did that I hate.”

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .