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24 I’m going to remove you from the nations, gather you from all of the territories, and bring you all back to your own land. 25 I’ll sprinkle pure water on you all, and you’ll be cleansed from your impurity and from all of your idols.”

26 “‘“I’m going to give you a new heart, and I’m going to give you a new spirit within all of your deepest parts. I’ll remove that rock-hard heart of yours[a] and replace it with one that’s sensitive to me.[b] 27 I’ll place my spirit within you, empowering you to live according to[c] my regulations and to keep my just decrees. 28 You’ll live in the land that I gave to your ancestors, you’ll be my people, and I will be your God. 29 In addition, I’ll deliver you from everything that makes you unclean. I’ll call out to the grain you plant, ordering it to produce abundant yields, and I will never bring famine in your direction. 30 I’ll increase the yields of your fruit trees and crops so that you’ll never again experience the disgrace of famine that occurs in other nations. 31 Then you’ll remember your lifestyles and practices that were not good. You’ll hate yourselves as you look at your own iniquities and loathsome practices. 32 I won’t be doing any of this for your sake,” declares the Lord God, “so keep that in mind. Be ashamed and frustrated because of your behavior, you house of Israel!”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:26 Lit. heart from your flesh
  2. Ezekiel 36:26 Lit. with a heart of flesh
  3. Ezekiel 36:27 Lit. to walk in