Ezekiel 36:26 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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

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

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

Ezekiel 36:27 I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.

Ezekiel 36:28 You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. You will 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 "I will sprinkle clean water on you..." into verse 27's "I will put my Spirit within you...", 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.