Ezekiel 11:20 (WEB)
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
Fathers and councils · 3
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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“…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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Cross-references · 3
Parallel passages
Leviticus 25:18 and Ezekiel 11:20 share the same wording (9 words).
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Cited together in Conferences I–X III.18.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.18.