New English Translation
Ezekiel 36:26
26I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
- New International Version (NIV)I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Context of Ezekiel 36:26
24“‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land. 25I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols. I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh. 27I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations. 28Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.
Read all of Ezekiel 36Ezekiel 36:26 word by word
וְנָתַתִּ֤י לָכֶם֙ לֵ֣ב חָדָ֔שׁ וְר֥וּחַ חֲדָשָׁ֖ה אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וַהֲסִ֨רֹתִ֜י אֶת־לֵ֤ב הָאֶ֙בֶן֙ מִבְּשַׂרְכֶ֔ם וְנָתַתִּ֥י לָכֶ֖ם לֵ֥ב בָּשָֽׂר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- A newחָדָשׁchâdâsh · newH2319
- heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- also will I giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
- will I putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
- withinקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- you: and I will take awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
- the stonyאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
- out of your fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:26
- Deuteronomy 30:6The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.
- Psalms 51:10Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.
- John 3:3Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:18And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!
- Galatians 6:15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!
- Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.
- Revelation 21:5And the one seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new!” Then he said to me, “Write it down, because these words are reliable and true.”
- Ezekiel 11:19I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts,
- Zechariah 7:12Indeed, they made their heart as hard as diamond, so that they could not obey the Torah and the other words the Lord who rules over all had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore, the Lord who rules over all had poured out great wrath.
- Matthew 13:5Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.
- Matthew 20:21He said to her, “What do you want?” She replied, “Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”
- Mark 4:16These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.
- 2 Corinthians 3:3revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26A new heart also will I give you - I will change the whole of your infected nature; and give you new appetites, new passions; or, at least, the old ones purified and refined. The heart is generally understood to mean all the affections and passions. And a new spirit will I put within you - I will renew your minds, also enlighten your understanding, correct your judgment, and refine your will, so that you shall have a new spirit to actuate your new heart…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-38Verses 25-38 Water is an emblem of the cleansing our polluted souls from sin. But no water can do more than take away the filth of the flesh. Water seems in general the sacramental sign of the sanctifying influences of the Holy Ghost; yet this is always connected with the atoning blood of Christ. When the latter is applied by faith to the conscience, to cleanse it from evil works, the former is always applied to the powers of the soul, to purify it from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26The Lord’s renewal of his people would not be only an outward cleansing. He would give Israel a new heart and a new spirit (Ezekiel 11:19; 18:31). In the Bible, the heart and spirit refer to a person’s inner thoughts and will, which guide actions. Their stubborn and resistant heart would become soft and responsive. They would be ready to serve the Lord. Their spirit of rebellion would be replaced with a spirit of obedience.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. new heart--mind and will. spirit--motive and principle of action. stony heart--unimpressible in serious things; like the "stony ground" (Mt 13:5, 20), unfit for receiving the good seed so as to bring forth fruit. heart of flesh--not "carnal" in opposition to "spiritual"; but impressible and docile, fit for receiving the good seed. In Eze 18:31 they are commanded, "Make you a new heart, and a new spirit." Here God says, "A new heart will I give you…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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