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Then they will know that I am the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They shall say: This land that was untilled is become as a garden of pleasure: and the cities that were abandoned, and desolate, and destroyed, are peopled and fenced. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fenced and inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fortified, and are inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they have said: This land, that was desolated, Hath been as the garden of Eden, And the cities -- the wasted, And the desolated, and the broken down, Fenced places have remained.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_2_i_will_cause.htm">January 2. "I Will Cause You to Walk in My Statutes" (Eze. xxxvi. 27). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"I will cause you to walk in My statutes" (Eze. xxxvi. 27). The highest spiritual condition is one where life is spontaneous and flows without effort, like the deep floods of Ezekiel's river, where the struggles of the swimmer ceased, and he was borne by the current's resistless force. So God leads us into spiritual conditions and habits which become the spontaneous impulses of our being, and we live and move in the fulness of the divine life. But these spiritual habits are not the outcome of some <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_2_i_will_cause.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/may_30_i_will_put.htm">May 30. "I Will Put My Spirit Within You" (Ez. xxxvi. 27). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"I will put My Spirit within you" (Ez. xxxvi. 27). "I will put My Spirit within you, and I will cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments." "I will put My fear in your hearts, and ye shall not turn away from Me." Oh, friend, would not that be blessed, would not that be such a rest for you, all worn out with this strife in your own strength? Do you not want a strong man to conquer the strong man of self and sin? Do you not want a leader? Do you not want God Himself to be with <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/may_30_i_will_put.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/august_25_and_i_will.htm">August 25. "And I Will Put My Spirit Within You, and Cause You to Walk in My Statutes, and Ye Shall Keep My Judgments and do Them" (Ezek. xxxvi. 27). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments and do them" (Ezek. xxxvi. 27). This is a great deal more than a new heart. This a heart filled with the Holy Ghost, the Divine Spirit, the power that causes us to walk in God's commandments. This is the greatest crisis that comes to a Christian's life, when into the spirit that was renewed in conversion, God Himself comes to dwell and make it His abiding place, and hold it by His mighty power <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/august_25_and_i_will.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_holy_nation.htm">The Holy Nation</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26. 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. 27. And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them. 28. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_holy_nation.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons_at_rugby/xvii_a_new_heart.htm">A New Heart. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you."--EZEKIEL xxxvi. 26. In the beautiful and suggestive dream of Solomon, which is recorded in the third chapter of the First Book of Kings, God appears to him, saying, "Ask what I shall give thee"; and Solomon's answer is, "O Lord, I am but a child set over this great people, give me, I pray Thee, a hearing heart." And God said to him, "Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, nor riches; <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons_at_rugby/xvii_a_new_heart.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Percival—</span><span class="citation2">Sermons at Rugby</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/prayerthe_forerunner_of_mercy.htm">Prayer --The Forerunner of Mercy</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Now, this morning I shall try, as God shall help me, first to speak of prayer as the prelude of blessing: next I shall try to show why prayer is thus constituted by God the forerunner of his mercies, and then I shall close by an exhortation, as earnest as I can make it, exhorting you to pray, if you would obtain blessings. I. Prayer is the FORERUNNER OF MERCIES. Many despise prayer: they despise it, because they do not understand it. He who knoweth how to use that sacred art of prayer will obtain <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/prayerthe_forerunner_of_mercy.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/the_covenant_promise_of_the.htm">The Covenant Promise of the Spirit</a><br></span><span class="snippet">I. First, as for THE COMMENDATION OF THE TEXT, the tongues of men and of angels might fail. To call it a golden sentence would be much too commonplace: to liken it to a pearl of great price would be too poor a comparison. We cannot feel, much less speak, too much in praise of the great God who has put this clause into the covenant of His grace. In that covenant every sentence is more precious than heaven and earth; and this line is not the least among His choice words of promise: "I will put my spirit <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/the_covenant_promise_of_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/the_new_heart.htm">The New Heart</a><br></span><span class="snippet">And now, my dear friends I shall attempt this morning, first of all, to show the necessity for the great promise contained in my text, that God will give us a new heart and a new spirit, and after that, I shall endeavor to show the nature of the great work which God works in the soul, when he accomplishes this promise; afterwards, a few personal remarks to all my hearers. I. In the first place, it is my business to endeavor to show THE NECESSITY FOR THIS GREAT PROMISE. Not that it needs any showing <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/the_new_heart.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 1858</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_5_1859/free_grace.htm">Free Grace</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The other error to which man is very prone, is that of relying upon his own merit. Though there is no righteousness in any man, yet in every man there is a proneness to truth in some fancied merit. Strange that it should be so, but the most reprobate characters have yet some virtue as they imagine, upon which they rely. You will find the most abandoned drunkard pride himself that he is not a swearer. You will find the blaspheming drunkard pride himself that at least he is honest. You will find men <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_5_1859/free_grace.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_62_1916/what_self_deserves.htm">What Self Deserves</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities, and for your abominations."--Ezekiel 36:31. IT HAS been the supposition of those who know not by experience that if a man be persuaded that he is pardoned, and that he is a child of God, he will necessarily become proud of the distinction which God has conferred upon him. Especially if he be a believer in predestination, when he finds that he is one of God's chosen, it is supposed that the necessary consequence will be that he will <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_62_1916/what_self_deserves.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 62: 1916</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_8_1863/the_stony_heart_removed.htm">The Stony Heart Removed</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Can aught beneath a power divine The stubborn will subdue? 'Tis thine, eternal Spirit, thine, To form the heart anew. To chase the shades of death away And bid the sinner live! A beam of heaven, a vital ray, 'Tis thine alone to give." But while such a thing would be impossible apart from God, it is certain that God can do it. Oh, how the Master delighteth to undertake impossibilities! To do what others can do were but like unto man; but to accomplish that which is impossible to the creature is a <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_8_1863/the_stony_heart_removed.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 8: 1863</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/36-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 36:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 36:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/36-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 36:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 36:36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/ezekiel/36-35.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>