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.
What does Ezekiel 36:26 mean?
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.
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Keep this verse inside Ezekiel 36:25-28 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Ezekiel 36:26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you,.... A "new heart" and a "new spirit" are one and the same; that is, a renewed one; renewed by the Spirit and grace of God; in which a new principle of life is put; new light is infused; a new will, filled with new purposes and resolutions; where new affections are placed, and new desires are formed; and where there are new delights and joys, as well as new sorrows and troubles; the same which in the New Testament is called the "new man", and the new creature, Ephesians 4:24 .
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Context in Ezekiel 36
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Ezekiel 36 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as oracles against the nations. Ezekiel is a priestly-prophetic book of visions, enacted signs, judgment against Judah and the nations, and a vast closing vision of restored life and worship. Read this chapter with the wider themes of glory of God, judgment, and exile in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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