Ezekiel 23:31

23:31 You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment 1  in your hand.

Ezekiel 11:19

11:19 I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; 2  I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies 3  and I will give them tender hearts, 4 

Ezekiel 36:26

36:26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone 5  from your body and give you a heart of flesh. 6 

Ezekiel 37:6

37:6 I will put tendons 7  on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath 8  in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 tn Heb “her cup.” A cup of intoxicating strong drink is used, here and elsewhere, as a metaphor for judgment because both leave one confused and reeling. (See Jer 25:15, 17, 28; Hab 2:16.) The cup of wrath is a theme also found in the NT (Mark 14:36).

2 tc The MT reads “you”; many Hebrew mss along with the LXX and other ancient versions read “within them.”

3 tn Heb “their flesh.”

4 tn Heb “heart of flesh.”

3 sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is stubborn and unresponsive (see 1 Sam 25:37). In Rabbinic literature a “stone” was associated with an evil inclination (b. Sukkah 52a).

4 sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.

4 tn The exact physiological meaning of the term is uncertain. In addition to v. 8, the term occurs only in Gen 32:33; Job 10:11; 40:17; and Jer 48:4.

5 tn Or “a spirit.”