11:18 “When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations. 11:19 I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; 1 I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies 2 and I will give them tender hearts, 3 11:20 so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. 4
1 tc The MT reads “you”; many Hebrew
2 tn Heb “their flesh.”
3 tn Heb “heart of flesh.”
4 sn The expression They will be my people, and I will be their God occurs as a promise to Abraham (Gen 17:8), Moses (Exod 6:7), and the nation (Exod 29:45).