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# I will give you a new heart and a new spirit in your innermost parts, and I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh. For I will give you a heart of flesh
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Yahweh causing the people to no longer be stubborn but to love and serve Yahweh is spoken of as if he will take away their old heart and give them a new heart and spirit. God will forgive Israel's sin and give them the desire to obey him. This is expressed by the word "heart."
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# a new heart and a new spirit
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Here "heart" and "spirit" represent a person's thoughts, attitudes, and emotions. See Ezekiel 11:19.
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# in your innermost parts
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"within you" or "inside of you"
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# the heart of stone
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"the heart that is as hard as stone". See Ezekiel 11:19.
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# your flesh
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"your body"
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# a heart of flesh
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"a heart that is soft like flesh". See Ezekiel 11:19. |