Yehezkiel 14:11

14:11 so that the house of Israel will no longer go astray from me, nor continue to defile themselves by all their sins. They will be my people and I will be their God, ¹  declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 34:30

34:30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, ²  and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. ³ 

Yehezkiel 36:26-28

36:26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone ⁴  from your body and give you a heart of flesh. ⁵  36:27 I will put my Spirit within you; ⁶  I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes ⁷  and carefully observe my regulations. ⁸  36:28 Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. ⁹ 

[14:11]  ¹ sn I will be their God. See Exod 6:7; Lev 26:12; Jer 7:23; 11:4.

[34:30]  ² sn A promise given to Abraham (Gen 15:7) and his descendants (Gen 15:8; Exod 6:7).

[34:30]  ³ sn The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13.

[36:26]  ⁴ sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is stubborn and unresponsive (see 1 Sam 25:37). In Rabbinic literature a “stone” was associated with an evil inclination (b. Sukkah 52a).

[36:26]  ⁵ sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.

[36:27]  ⁶ tn Or “in the midst of you.” The word “you” is plural.

[36:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “and I will do that which in my statutes you will walk.” The awkward syntax (verb “to do, act” + accusative sign + relative clause + prepositional phrase + second person verb) is unique, though Eccl 3:14 contains a similar construction. In the last line of that verse we read that “God acts so that (relative pronoun) they fear before him.” However, unlike Ezek 36:27, the statement has no accusative sign before the relative pronoun.

[36:27]  ⁸ tn Heb “and my laws you will guard and you will do them.” Jer 31:31-34 is parallel to this passage.

[36:28]  ⁹ sn This promise reflects the ancient covenantal ideal (see Exod 6:7).