“I will give you
A new heart.
I will put within you,
A new spirit.
I will remove
From your body
The heart of stone.
I will give you
A heart of flesh.
I will put
My Spirit
Within you.
I will make you
Follow
My statutes.
You will be careful
To observe
My ordinances.”
Yahweh was going to help the returning Israelites, by giving them a new heart and a new spirit. He was going to remove their old hearts of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh. Yahweh was going to infuse them with his Holy Spirit. Thus, they would follow his statutes and observe carefully all his ordinances.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 