Yehezkiel 21:7

21:7 When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply, ‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone ¹  will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ ²  Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Yehezkiel 11:19

11:19 I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; ³  I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies ⁴  and I will give them tender hearts, ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 18:31

18:31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ⁶  Why should you die, O house of Israel?

Yehezkiel 13:22

13:22 This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.

Yehezkiel 3:8

3:8 “I have made your face adamant ⁷  to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads.

Yehezkiel 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers ⁸  and thorns ⁹  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ¹⁰  for they are a rebellious house!

[21:7]  ¹ tn Heb “every spirit will be dim.”

[21:7]  ² sn This expression depicts in a very vivid way how they will be overcome with fear. See the note on the same phrase in 7:17.

[11:19]  ³ tc The MT reads “you”; many Hebrew mss along with the LXX and other ancient versions read “within them.”

[11:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “their flesh.”

[11:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “heart of flesh.”

[18:31]  ⁶ sn In Ezek 11:19, 36:26 the new heart and new spirit are promised as future blessings.

[3:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “strong, resolute.”

[2:6]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

[2:6]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.

[2:6]  sn Here thorns may be a figure for hostility (Ezek 28:24; Mic 7:4).

[2:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “of their faces.”