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Ezekiel 36:26

“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.”

Ezekiel 36:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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God promises a new heart and to put his spirit within his peopleThe Holy SpiritGod promises to remove the heart of stone and give a heart of fleshTurning back to GodGod promises to replace the heart of stone with a heart of fleshHope

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Allusion · 2 Corinthians 3:3

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Both texts contrast a heart of stone and a heart of flesh, and speak of the spirit.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • רוּחַruajH7307πνεύματιpneumatiG4151“spirit, wind, breath”
  • אֶבֶןevenH68λιθίναιςlithinaisG3035“stone”
  • לֵבlevH3820καρδίαιςkardiaisG2588“heart”
  • בְּשַׂרְbesarH1320σαρκίναιςsarkinaisG4560“flesh”

Ezekiel 36:26, word by word

And I will giveנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “natati” appears
a newחָדָשׁchadash

new

New.

Where else “chadash” appears
heartלֵבlev

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “lev” appears
spiritרוּחַruach

spirit

What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.

Where else “ruach” appears
within youקִרְבְּkirb

inside

One's inner part, one's inmost self.

Where else “kirb” appears
and I will removeהֲסִרֹתִיhasiroti

remove

To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.

Where else “hasiroti” appears
of stoneאֶבֶןeven

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

Where else “even” appears
from your fleshבְּשַׂרְbesar

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

Where else “besar” appears

The context

25And I will sprinkle on you clean water, and you will be clean; from all your uncleannesses and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

26 · This verse (above)

27And my spirit I will put within you, and I will bring it about that you walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them.

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