Ezekiel 36:26 (GNV)

Passage

A newe heart also will I giue you, and a new spirit wil I put within you, and I will take away the stonie heart out of your body, and I will giue you an heart of flesh.

Nearby Context

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

Ezekiel 36:25 Then wil I powre cleane water vpon you, and ye shalbe cleane: yea, from all your filthines, and from all your idoles wil I clense you.

Ezekiel 36:26 A newe heart also will I giue you, and a new spirit wil I put within you, and I will take away the stonie heart out of your body, and I will giue you an heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirite within you, and cause you to walke in my statutes, and ye shall keepe my iudgements and do them.

Ezekiel 36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land, that I gaue to your fathers, and ye shalbe my people, and I will be your God.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Then wil I powre cleane water vpon..." into verse 27's "And I will put my spirite within...", so "Spirit" and "newe" 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 "newe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.