²⁴“ ‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.^v ²⁵I will sprinkle^w clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse^x you from all your impurities^y and from all your idols.^z ²⁶I will give you a new heart^a and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone^b and give you a heart of flesh.^c ²⁷And I will put my Spirit^d in you and move you to follow my decrees^e and be careful to keep my laws.^f ²⁸Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people,^g and I will be your God.^h ²⁹I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famineⁱ upon you. ³⁰I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine.^j ³¹Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.^k ³²I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Sovereign Lord. Be ashamed^l and disgraced for your conduct, people of Israel!^m

³³“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I cleanseⁿ you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins^o will be rebuilt.^p ³⁴The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it. ³⁵They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden;^q the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.^r” ³⁶Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the Lord have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’^s

³⁷“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Once again I will yield to Israel’s plea^t and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep,^u ³⁸as numerous as the flocks for offerings^v at Jerusalem during her appointed festivals. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.^w”

Read in Logos

Ezekiel 36:26: And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Cross references

vSee Isa 43:5–6; See Eze 34:13; 37:21
wSee Lev 14:7; See 16:14–15; Heb 9:13
xSee Ps 51:2, 7
ySee Ezr 6:21
z Isa 2:18; Joel 3:21; Zec 3:4; 13:2; See Ac 22:16
a Jer 24:7
bSee Jer 5:3
cSee Ps 51:10; See Eze 18:31; See 2 Co 3:3
dSee Isa 44:3; Joel 2:29; Jn 3:5
eSee Eze 18:21
f Jer 50:20; 1 Th 4:8
g Jer 30:22; 31:33
hSee Eze 11:17; See 14:11; 34:24; 37:14, 27; Zec 8:8
i Eze 34:29
j Lev 26:4–5; See Eze 34:13–14; Hos 2:21–22
k Isa 6:5; See Jer 31:19; See Eze 6:9
l Eze 16:63
m Dt 9:5
nSee Lev 16:30
oSee Lev 26:31
pSee Isa 49:8
qSee Ge 2:8
r Am 9:14
sSee Jer 42:10; See Eze 17:22; 37:14; 39:27–28
t Zec 10:6; 13:9
u Ps 102:17; Jer 29:12–14
v 1 Ki 8:63; 2 Ch 35:7–9
wSee Ex 6:2