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 Then you will live in the land that I gave your fathers;(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 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 “Then 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)—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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  1. Ezekiel 36:26 Lit stone from your flesh

24 For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.[a] 27 And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.

28 “And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land. 30 I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines. 31 Then you will remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable things you did. 32 But remember, says the Sovereign Lord, I am not doing this because you deserve it. O my people of Israel, you should be utterly ashamed of all you have done!

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  1. 36:26 Hebrew a heart of flesh.