Ezekiel 36:26 (YLT)

Passage

And I have given to you a new heart, And a new spirit I give in your midst, And I have turned aside the heart of stone out of your flesh, And I have given to you a heart of flesh.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:24 And I have taken you out of the nations, And have gathered you out of all the lands, And I have brought you in unto your land,

Ezekiel 36:25 And I have sprinkled over you clean water, And ye have been clean; From all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, I do cleanse you.

Ezekiel 36:26 And I have given to you a new heart, And a new spirit I give in your midst, And I have turned aside the heart of stone out of your flesh, And I have given to you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:27 And My Spirit I give in your midst, And I have done this, so that in My statutes ye walk, And My judgments ye keep, and have done them.

Ezekiel 36:28 And ye have dwelt in the land that I have given to your fathers, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I--I am to you for God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "given", "heart", "midst", "turned", and "aside". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "given", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And I have sprinkled over you clean..." into verse 27's "And My Spirit I give in your...", so "Spirit" and "given" 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 "given" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.