Ezekiel 36:26
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”
King James Version
More of Ezekiel 36 on this siteEzekiel 36:1-15 · Ezekiel 36:16-23 · Ezekiel 36:24 · Ezekiel 36:25-32 · Ezekiel 36:33-38
A new heart and a new spirit, the heart of stone taken away — the new birth Jesus presses on Nicodemus and Peter preaches in Acts 2:38.
Fulfillment References
John 3:3-5 Acts 2:38 Romans 8:9 2 Corinthians 5:17
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalFulfilled in the New Birth — Spirit baptism places God's Spirit within the believer.
JewishAwaits the Messianic age when Israel will be fully restored.
CatholicFulfilled in baptism and confirmation.
ProtestantFulfilled in the new covenant — the Spirit indwells every believer who trusts Christ.
DispensationalPartially in the Church Age; fully for national Israel in the Millennium.
AcademicEzekiel's pastoral theology for exiles; NT writers apply it to individual regeneration.
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