Ezekiel 11:19

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 

Ezekiel 21:4-5

21:4 Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone ⁴  from the south ⁵  to the north. 21:5 Then everyone will know that I am the Lord, who drew my sword from its sheath – it will not be sheathed again!’

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 ⁶  from your body and give you a heart of flesh. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 37:6

37:6 I will put tendons ⁸  on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath ⁹  in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Ezekiel 39:18

39:18 You will eat the flesh of warriors ¹⁰  and drink the blood of the princes of the earth – the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan.

[11:19]  ¹ tc The MT reads “you”; many Hebrew mss along with the LXX and other ancient versions read “within them.”

[11:19]  ² tn Heb “their flesh.”

[11:19]  ³ tn Heb “heart of flesh.”

[21:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “all flesh” (also in the following verse).

[21:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “Negev.” The Negev is the south country.

[36:26]  ⁷ 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).

[36:26]  ⁸ sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.

[37:6]  ¹⁰ 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.

[37:6]  ¹¹ tn Or “a spirit.”

[39:18]  ¹³ sn See Rev 19:17-18.