Ezekiel 36:26

A new heart The "heart" is used here generally of the nature. Formerly their heart was strong, obdurate, unimpressible and rebellious (Ezekiel 2:4; Ezekiel 3:7); now they shall receive a "heart of flesh," impressible and soft, sensitive to the divine admonitions and will. The phrase shews that in the Old Testament no idea of corrupt inclination attaches to the term "flesh" (Ezekiel 11:19). According to usage "spirit" expresses the ruling principle in the mind, the force that gives direction and motion to the current of thought and conduct, or that prevailing current itself. The heart is more passive and receptive and but responds to influences, the spirit is active and regulative. Jeremiah 32:37-39.