A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26
KJV
Here is an analysis of Ezekiel 36:26 (KJV) using the S.O.A.P. framework:
S.O.A.P. Bible Study Method
Scripture:
"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh."
Ezekiel 36:26 (KJV)
S - Scripture (The Verse)
This is a promise from God to the people of Israel (and, through extension, to believers). It is part of a larger prophecy about restoration.
Key phrases: "A new heart... a new spirit," "I will take away the stony heart," "I will give you an heart of flesh."
O - Observation
What does it say?
This verse explicitly outlines a transformation that God promises to perform in His people. It is a work He does ("I will give," "I will put," "I will take away").
The Promise: God will initiate a complete internal change.
The Removal: He will remove the "stony heart," which represents a hard, unrepentant, and unresponsive heart that cannot obey or feel.
The Replacement: He will replace it with a "heart of flesh," which signifies a soft, sensitive, responsive, and living heart, capable of faith, feeling, and obedience to God.
The Spirit: This internal change is accompanied by the gift of a "new spirit," implying a renewed nature and the indwelling of God's Spirit (further clarified in the following verse, Ezekiel 36:27).
A - Application
How can I apply it to my life?
This passage speaks to the necessity of divine intervention for true change and the nature of salvation.
Dependence: I must recognize that I cannot truly change my own heart. The power to transform my "stony" nature into a "heart of flesh" is a gift from God, requiring me to humbly rely on Him.
Examination: I should examine my life for areas where my heart is "stony"—where I am insensitive to sin, unloving toward others, or unresponsive to God's Word. I can pray, asking God to reveal and remove that hardness.
Assurance: I can rest in the assurance that God is committed to transforming me. When I receive Christ, He begins this work, giving me a capacity for obedience and love that I didn't have before.
Growth: I should live out of the "heart of flesh" He has given me, striving to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit (the "new spirit" He puts within me).
P - Prayer
A prayer based on the verse
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for the incredible promise in Ezekiel 36:26. I confess that too often my heart is hard and stony insensitive to your will and the needs of others. Please do the mighty work you promised: remove the stony heart of pride, fear, and unbelief, and give me a heart of flesh - a heart that is soft, responsive, compassionate, and alive to your truth.
Put your Spirit within me so that I may walk in obedience and reflect your nature. May my life be a demonstration of the new creation you have made me to be.
In Jesus's name
Amen.
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