24 “‘For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.(A) 25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.(B) I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.(C) 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you;(D) I will remove your heart of stone[a] and give you a heart of flesh.(E) 27 I will place my Spirit within you(F) and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances.(G) 28 You will live in the land that I gave your ancestors;(H) you will be my people, and I will be your God.(I) 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine on you.(J) 30 I will also make the fruit of the trees and the produce of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer experience reproach among the nations on account of famine.

31 “‘You will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good,(K) and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and detestable practices.(L) 32 It is not for your sake that I will act(M)—this is the declaration of the Lord God—let this be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated because of your ways, house of Israel!

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Footnotes

  1. 36:26 Lit stone from your flesh

24 I will take you from the nations, I will gather you from all the countries, and I will bring you to your own fertile land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be cleansed of all your pollution. I will cleanse you of all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stony heart from your body and replace it with a living one, 27 and I will give you my spirit so that you may walk according to my regulations and carefully observe my case laws. 28 Then you will live in the land that I gave to your ancestors, you will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness, and I will summon the grain and make it grow abundantly so that you won’t endure famine. 30 I will make abundant the orchards’ fruit and the fields’ produce so that you will never again endure the shame of famine among the nations. 31 Then you will remember your evil ways and no-good deeds, and you will feel disgust for yourselves because of your sinful and detestable practices. 32 Not for your sake do I act. This is what the Lord God proclaims. Let that be known to you! Be ashamed and be humiliated because of all your ways, house of Israel.

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