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Ezekiel chapter 11 verses 18 through 20.

And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations and I will give them one heart

and a new spirit I will put within them

I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of

flesh that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them and they shall be

my people and I will be their God.

Oh, these verses are like drinking water in a desert when it comes to reading through Ezekiel and just seeing

God's just and righteous judgment upon sin and idolatry and immorality among his people.

And yet in the middle of chapter 11 here,

we see this promise that God is even in his discipline, God is accomplishing a

purpose and will one day restore his people to himself,

remove these detestable things and abominations from among them,

and they will have a new spirit in them.

Remove the heart of stone, God says, I'll remove it from their flesh, I'll give them a heart of

flesh, that they may be my people

will be my people I will be their God now this is one of a couple different

couple different places in Ezekiel where we see prophecy

promises of the new covenant which by the way is what testament means. It's covenant between God and His people

that Jesus would make possible as we get into the New testament of the Bible. And the book of Ezekiel in this sense,

especially as we read about judgment after judgment after judgment from God

is a clear reminder that we need God

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