Ezekiel 36:26–27
God promises a new heart and to put his spirit within his people
Study it word by word26And 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.
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.
In its context
24And I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the lands, and bring you into your ground.
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.
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28And you will live in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you will be my people, and I will be your Elohim.
29And I will save you from all your uncleannesses; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not lay famine on you.
Its words in the original
- נָתַתִּיnatati· give, put, set
Give, in a very wide sense: hand over, put, place, grant, allow, make something be.
- לֵבlev· heart
Heart. In Hebrew it is not only the place of feelings: it is the center of the person, where one thinks, decides and wills; also the middle of something.
- חָדָשׁchadash· new
New.
- רוּחַruach· spirit, wind, breath
The basic idea is "air in motion". The same word can be "wind"; "breath", the air that is breathed and keeps life; or "spirit": the mood or inner strength of a person, or the Spirit of God, his presence and power at work.
- קִרְבְּkirb· inside, midst
The inside, what is within; "in the midst of", "within".
- הֲסִרֹתִיhasiroti· turn aside, remove
Turn aside, turn away; remove, take away.
- אֶבֶןeven· stone
Stone; also a weight for scales.
- בְּשַׂרְbesar· flesh
Flesh: the body, and the person as weak and mortal. "One flesh" is the union of husband and wife; "my flesh" can mean "my family". "All flesh" is every living being. In the Old Testament it does not mean something bad in itself.
- עָשִׂיתִיasiti· do, make
Do, make, in the widest sense: build, produce, carry out, keep (a command), prepare.
- חֻקַּchuka· statute, allotted portion
What is fixed: an allotted portion, a rule, a statute; a limit.
- תֵּלֵכוּtelechu· go, walk
Go, walk, depart; in the causative form, lead or bring.
- מִשְׁפָּטַmishpata· justice, judgment
What is right and the decision that establishes it: the judgment of a judge, someone's right, a rule or ordinance, a custom. "Do righteousness and justice" is to treat each one as is due.
- תִּשְׁמְרוּtishmru· keep, guard
Keep: watch over, guard, protect; also keep a command or a covenant, observe.