Ezekiel 36:26 (DRB)

Passage

And I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the Gentiles, and will gather you together out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Ezekiel 36:25 And I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and I will cleanse you from all your idols.

Ezekiel 36:26 And I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit in the midst of you: and I will cause you to walk in my commandments, and to keep my judgments, and do them.

Ezekiel 36:28 And you shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "give", "heart", "within", "take", "away", and "stony". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "give", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And I will pour upon you clean..." into verse 27's "And I will put my spirit in...", so "Spirit" and "give" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "give" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.