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Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?
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Repentance is Heart-Deep
Commentators emphasize that God's command to 'cast away your transgressions' is not merely about changing external behaviors. The call to 'make a new heart and a new spirit' signifies a demand for a complete and sincere internal transformation. As John Calvin notes, outward actions are the 'fruits,' but they must spring from a living 'root'—the inward affection of a renewed heart.
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Ezekiel
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16th Century
Protestant
Ezekiel again exhorts the people to stop complaining and to acknowledge that there is no remedy for their afflictions except to be reconciled to Go…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby you have transgressed As unprofita…
Presbyterian
The Lord will judge each of the Israelites according to his ways. On this is grounded an exhortation to repent, and to make them a new heart and a …
