Ezekiel 36:26 (KJV)

Passage

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.

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 own land.

Ezekiel 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

Ezekiel 36:26 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.

Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

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

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Then will I sprinkle clean water upon..." into verse 27's "And I will put my spirit within...", so "Spirit" and "heart" 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 "heart" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.