Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
new heart--mind and will.
spirit--motive and principle of action.
stony heart--unimpressible in serious things; like the "stony ground" (Matthew 13:5, Matthew 13:20), unfit for receiving the good seed so as to bring forth fruit.
heart of flesh--not "carnal" in opposition to "spiritual"; but impressible and docile, fit for receiving the good seed. In Ezekiel 18:31 they are commanded, "Make you a new heart, and a new spirit." Here God says, "A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you." Thus the responsibility of man, and the sovereign grace of God, are shown to be coexistent. Man cannot make himself a new heart unless God gives it (Philippians 2:12-13).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 32:15
Jeremiah 31:32
Ezekiel 18:31
Ezekiel 35:15
Ezekiel 36:37
Joel 2:28
John 3:5
2 Corinthians 3:3
Philippians 2:13
Hebrews 8:8
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