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A New Heart and a New Spirit
Ezekiel 36:1-38
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This song belongs to the Ezekiel collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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Ezekiel 36: A restored land and a heart that can answer
Ezekiel 36 begins by speaking to the mountains that enemies had mocked and claimed, then moves inward until the real restoration reaches the human heart. The land will be cultivated, populated, and made fruitful again, but the chapter refuses to base that future on a flattering account of Israel's past. Bloodshed and idols defiled the land, exile was judgment, and the LORD says plainly that he acts for his holy name. Gathering is therefore joined to cleansing. A stony heart is removed, a living heart is given, and God's Spirit is placed within the people so that renewed obedience grows from renewed persons. Material abundance follows rather than replacing this inward work. Ruined cities are rebuilt, fields yield again, and a land once described as devouring its inhabitants becomes able to hold them. Restoration remembers exactly why restoration was necessary.
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