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 and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.(A) 25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.(B) 26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.(C) 27 I will put my spirit within you and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.(D) 28 Then you shall live in the land that I gave to your ancestors, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.(E) 29 I will save you from all your uncleannesses, and I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.(F) 30 I will make the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field abundant, so that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. 31 Then you shall remember your evil ways and your dealings that were not good, and you shall loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominable deeds.(G) 32 It is not for your sake that I will act, says the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and dismayed for your ways, O house of Israel.(H)

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