Yehezkiel 16:15

16:15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty ¹  became his.

Yehezkiel 18:23

18:23 Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?

Yehezkiel 20:32

20:32 “‘What you plan ²  will never happen. You say, “We will be ³  like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone.” ⁴ 

Yehezkiel 36:26

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 ⁵  from your body and give you a heart of flesh. ⁶ 

[16:15]  ¹ tn Heb “it” (so KJV, ASV); the referent (the beauty in which the prostitute trusted, see the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:32]  ² tn Heb “what comes upon your mind.”

[20:32]  ³ tn The Hebrew could also read: “Let us be.”

[20:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “serving wood and stone.”

[20:32]  sn This verse echoes the content of 1 Sam 8:20.

[36:26]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.