Bible Strands
Ezekiel 11:19
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to the exiled house of Israel, promising internal transformation as the ground for their renewed obedience (v. 20).
The words — 'e.Chad (אֶחָד), "one," modifies heart (lev) to yield "singleness of heart" — not merely a new heart but a unified, undivided one.
The thread — Ezekiel 36:26 repeats the same formula (new heart, new spirit, stone removed, flesh given) within a fuller covenant context; Jeremiah 31:33 and Psalm 51:10 echo the internal renewal motif.
Why it lands — It inverts the usual assumption: obedience flows from what God does inside, not from human effort alone. The reader is asked to receive the promise rather than manufacture the result.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- Jeremiah 32:39 I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
- Deuteronomy 30:6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- 2 Corinthians 3:3 It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
- Ezekiel 18:31 Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
- Zechariah 7:12 They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!