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A Promise of Restoration
…18When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.19And I will givethemsinglenessof heartand puta newspiritwithin them;I will removetheir heartof stoneand givethema heartof flesh,20so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.…

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And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

I will give

Ezekiel 36:26,27
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…

Deuteronomy 30:6
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

2 Chronicles 30:12
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

I will put

Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

2 Kings 22:19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heardthee, saith the LORD.

Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

I will take

Ezekiel 36:26,27
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…

Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thouart obstinate, and thy neckis an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

Zechariah 7:12
Yea, they made their heartsas an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

FleshHeartMidstNewRemoveSpiritStoneStonyTurnedUndividedWithinFleshHeartMidstNewRemoveSpiritStoneStonyTurnedUndividedWithin1.The presumption of the princes
4.Their sin and judgment
13.Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant
22.The glory of God leaves the city
24.Ezekiel is returned to the captivity

And I will give them singleness of heart
This phrase indicates a divine promise of unity and purpose among the people. In the context of Ezekiel, the Israelites were divided and scattered due to their disobedience and idolatry. The promise of a unified heart suggests a return to covenant faithfulness and a collective commitment to God. This unity is reminiscent of the early church inActs 4:32, where believers were described as being of one heart and soul, emphasizing the importance of spiritual unity in the community of faith.

and put a new spirit within them;
The promise of a new spirit signifies a transformation that goes beyond mere external compliance to the law. It points to an internal renewal that enables true obedience and devotion to God. This is echoed in the New Testament, particularly in2 Corinthians 5:17, where believers in Christ are described as new creations. The new spirit is often associated with the Holy Spirit, who empowers and guides believers in their walk with God, fulfilling the prophecy of spiritual renewal and regeneration.

I will remove their heart of stone
A heart of stone symbolizes stubbornness, resistance, and insensitivity to God's will. In the historical context, Israel's repeated rebellion and idolatry had hardened their hearts against God. This imagery is used elsewhere in Scripture, such as inZechariah 7:12, where the people's hearts were described as hard as flint. The removal of the heart of stone signifies God's intervention to overcome human obstinacy, making way for genuine repentance and transformation.

and give them a heart of flesh,
A heart of flesh represents a responsive, obedient, and compassionate heart. It contrasts with the heart of stone, indicating a heart that is alive and sensitive to God's guidance. This transformation is a key aspect of the new covenant, as described inJeremiah 31:33, where God promises to write His law on the hearts of His people. The heart of flesh is also a type of Christ, who exemplified perfect obedience and compassion, serving as the ultimate model for believers.

1.Ezekiel
A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the mouthpiece of God, delivering messages of judgment and restoration to the Israelites.

2.Israelites
The people of God who are in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry. They are the recipients of God's promise of transformation.

3.Babylon
The place of exile for the Israelites, representing both judgment and the context for God's promise of renewal.

4.Jerusalem
The city that has been judged for its sins, yet is also the focal point of God's future restoration plans.

5.God
The sovereign Lord who promises to transform His people by giving them a new heart and spirit.The Promise of Transformation
God promises to change the very nature of His people, indicating that true change comes from Him. This transformation is not superficial but a deep, internal renewal.

Heart of Stone vs. Heart of Flesh
The heart of stone represents stubbornness and resistance to God, while the heart of flesh signifies responsiveness and sensitivity to His will. Believers are called to examine their own hearts and seek God's transformative power.

Unity in Spirit
The "one heart" suggests unity among God's people, a collective transformation that leads to a community living in harmony with God's purposes.

Role of the Holy Spirit
The new spirit within them points to the work of the Holy Spirit in believers' lives, guiding, convicting, and empowering them to live according to God's will.

Hope for Restoration
This promise was given to a people in exile, offering hope and assurance that God has not abandoned them. It reminds believers today that no situation is beyond God's power to redeem and restore.Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 11

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How will God's judgment and restoration manifest for Israel?(19, 20) Here follows one of those germinant and ever developing prophetic promises which in fuller and fuller degree have formed from the very first, and still form, the hope of the future. True religion and a service acceptable to God must spring from a subjection of the affections of the heart to His will. Accordingly, the promise to Israel of old was: "The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul" (Deuteronomy 30:6). This, too, had been the prayer of the devout penitent, "Create in me a clean heart "(Psalm 51:10). But this change is necessarily the most difficult to effect in man, and consequently the promise, though with some degree of accomplishment as the ages roll by, still looks forward to the future. Ezekiel here, and with more fulness inEzekiel 36:26-27, speaks of it as a part of the blessing of the restoration. A marked progress was then made towards it in the hearty abandonment of idolatry, and the better Appreciation of religion as a matter of internal heart. service; but the prophecy ofJeremiah 31:33, given about the same time, shows that it looked forward to the Messianic days for a more complete realisation. And certainly under the Christian dispensation a great advance has been made in this respect; but even the closing Book of Revelation still points forward to the future state of existence, when this promise shall attain its full realisation (Revelation 21:3). It is remarkable that this closing prophecy of the inspired volume follows exactly the plan here laid out, of adding to this glorious promise the warning to "the fearful and unbelieving." What Ezekiel foretells of the time of the restoration must therefore be considered as not expected then to receive its ultimate and complete fulfilment, but only a fulfilment in a degree, to be ever after more and more realised, until it shall reach its consummation in the heavenly state.

(19)One heart.--Unity of purpose among the restored exiles was to be at once a consequence and a condition of their improved moral condition. The opposite evil is spoken of as one of the sins of the people inIsaiah 53:6 : We have turned every one to his own way." Self-will, which leads to division, and submission to God's will are necessarily contradictory terms. Hence the corresponding promise inJeremiah 32:39 : "I will give them one heart and one way," and the blessed realisation of this, described in the first fervency of the early Church (Acts 4:32): "The multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul." . . .

Verse 19. -I will givethem one heart. The LXX., following a different reading, gives "another heart" (as in1 Samuel 10:9); but the Hebrew, represented by the Authorized and Revised Versions, is, without any doubt, right. As in the symbolic action of the joining of the two sticks inEzekiel 37:15-22, so here, the hope of the prophet, like that of Isaiah and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32:37-39), looked forward to the unity of the restored people. Judah should no longer vex Ephraim, nor Ephraim Judah (Isaiah 11:13). The long standing line of cleavage should disappear. Oneness of purpose and of action would characterize the new Israel of God. So, in our Lord's prayer for his Church, there is the prayer that "they may be one" - made perfect in one (John 17:21-23). Left to itself, Israel tended, as all human communities have tended, to an ever-subdividing individualism, fruitful in sects and parties and schisms. Even the highest of those aspirations has remained as yet without any adequate fulfilment. The ideal unity of the Christian Church is as far distant as that of the Church of Israel. It remains for us to welcome any approximate fulfilments as pledges and earnests of the future unity of the true Israel of God in the heavenly Jerusalem. In the prophet's thoughts that unity was to be brought about by the Divine gift of a "new Spirit," loyal, obedient, unselfish. We note how distinctly, whether consciously or unconsciously, Ezekiel reproduces the thought, almost the very words, ofJeremiah 31:31-33;Jeremiah 32:37-39; how his words are in their turn reproduced inRevelation 21:3-5. The eternal hope asserts itself again and again in spite of all partial failures and disappointments.I will take the stony heart out of their flesh. The thought is, as we have seen, identical with that ofJeremiah 31:31-33, but the form in this instance is eminently characteristic of Ezekiel, and meets us again inEzekiel 36:26. The "stony heart" is that which is "hardened" (Ezekiel 3:7) against all impressions of repentance, to all natural or spiritual aspirations of the good. SoZechariah 7:12 speaks of those who had made their hearts "harder than an adamant stone." So we may remember, by way of illustration, that Burns says of the sin of impurity that "it hardens a' within," that "itpetrifies the feeling." Ezekiel had seen enough of that stoniness in others, perhaps had, at times, felt it in himself.

Parallel Commentaries ...


And I will give
וְנָתַתִּ֤י(wə·nā·ṯat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414:To give, put, set

them
לָהֶם֙(lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

singleness
אֶחָ֔ד(’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259:United, one, first

of heart
לֵ֣ב(lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3820:The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

and put
אֶתֵּ֣ן(’et·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414:To give, put, set

a new
חֲדָשָׁ֖ה(ḥă·ḏā·šāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 2319:New

spirit
וְר֥וּחַ(wə·rū·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307:Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

within them;
בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם(bə·qir·bə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7130:The nearest part, the center

I will remove
וַהֲסִ֨רֹתִ֜י(wa·hă·si·rō·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5493:To turn aside

their heart
לֵ֤ב(lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820:The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of stone
הָאֶ֙בֶן֙(hā·’e·ḇen)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 68:A stone

and give
וְנָתַתִּ֥י(wə·nā·ṯat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414:To give, put, set

them a heart
לֵ֥ב(lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820:The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of flesh,
בָּשָֽׂר׃(bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320:Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man


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