Ezekiel 11:19

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  “The prophetic texts that directly concern the sending of the Holy Spirit are oracles by which God speaks to the heart of his people in the language of the promise, with the accents of "love and fidelity."” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ezek 11:19; 36:25-28; 37:1-14; Jer 31:31-34; and cf. Joel 3:1-5.

John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X III.18Conference III

  “Ezekiel also says: “And I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit in their bowels: and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh and will give them a heart of flesh: that they may walk in My commandments, and keep My judgments and do them: and that they may be My people, and I may be their God.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xi. 19, 20.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis III.1Book III

  “…in Ezekiel, when he says, “I will take away their stony hearts, and will give them hearts of flesh, that they may walk in My precepts, and keep My ways,” may impress some, inasmuch as it seems to be a gift of God, either to walk in His ways or to keep His precepts, if He take away that stony heart which is an…” — editor's note: Ezek. xi. 19, 20.

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• Origen, De Principiis III.2Book III

  “…also in Ezekiel, “I will take away their stony hearts, and will put in them hearts of flesh, that they may walk in My precepts, and keep My commandments,” might lead one to think that it was God who gave the power to walk in His commandments, and to keep His precepts, by His withdrawing the hindrance—the stony…” — editor's note: Ezek. xi. 19, 20.

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Parallel passages

• Jeremiah 24:7

  Jeremiah 24:7 and Ezekiel 11:19 share the same wording (9 words).

• Baruch 2:31

  Baruch 2:31 and Ezekiel 11:19 share the same wording (9 words).

Cited together with

• Jeremiah 32:39

  Cited together in Conferences I–X III.18.

• Jeremiah 32:40

  Cited together in Conferences I–X III.18.