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The Covenants that God makes with the Jewish people within the Book of Ezekiel are not called "the Covenant of Ezekiel" by Jews. If you are specifically referring to what the Christians typically call "the Covenant of Ezekiel", which is Ezekiel 36:25-27 (see in the excerpt below), then the Jews see this as something completely different from how Christians see it, since Jews find the Christian reading to take the words out of context.
To make it clear what the Jewish reading is, it may be helpful to contrast it with the Christian reading first. The Christian reading of 36:25-27 is that God will purify the Jewish people with a new distinct covenant and that this covenant will be based on love and contrition. Christians hold that, in this way, Jesus, who preached a new covenant based on love and contrition fulfills this prophecy. However, if we read the entire paragraph, 36:24-30, this reading quickly becomes overly simplistic and innaccurate.
The Jewish reading takes in the entire paragraph and discusses a transformation of the Jewish community during the Messianic Age. It refers to a removal of the Jewish people from all over the Diaspora and a return to their historic homeland. (In the days of Ezekiel, the Jews were in exile in Babylon already.) It also refers to a return to the Jewish relationship with God, specifically a return to the ritual laws and commandments. It does not speak of a second or distinct covenant, but rather a reinstatement of the original covenant. The particular lines about the heart of stone and heart of flesh refer to the stubbornness of the Jewish people and their tendency to go astray from the Divine Mandates given to them throughout history (heart of stone) as opposed to the new overwhelming love that Jews will have to all fulfill the commandments (heart of flesh). This change in the personal attitudes of Jews to want to follow the commands is clarified in 36:27, which finishes with "keep my laws" - a part that Christians often forget.
Ezekiel 36:24-30 (NIV): 24 "'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. 28 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine upon you. 30 I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine.
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Who fulfilled the prophecies of Jeremiah Ezekiel and Isaiah as the New Covenant?
Jesus Christ, the Messiah of Israel.
Do Jews agree with their covenant with the Lord?
Yes.
What was the second covenant?
The second covenant in the Bible is the covenant between God and Noah, commonly known as the Noahic Covenant. This covenant was established after the Great Flood and was a promise from God to never again destroy the world with a flood. It also included the sign of the rainbow as a symbol of this covenant.
Why were Jews from Jesus' time not faithful to God's covenant?
Some of them were!
Where is New birth in the Old Testament?
Spiritual cleansing is mentioned and the new covenant is implied in Ezekiel 36:25-27
What events do Jewish people trace back to present day Israel?
The place where the Forefathers (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) and their families lived and received God's covenant The home of the Jews, from Joshua's time to the time of Ezekiel (850 years) The place of the Jewish Holy Temple built by Solomon The home of the Jews who returned from exile in the Second Temple period
The physical act by male Jews as a sign of the special covenant?
Abraham, the patriarch of the Jewish faith. God made a Covenant with Abraham.
What is a covenant and which religion was founded based on one?
A covenant literally means a promise or pact, in the case of the jews, G-d made a covenant with Abraham about his descendants and what they would inherit and become
What is the significances of the Torah?
It is God's covenant and its mitzvoth (commands) are binding upon Jews.
Why are Jews so connected with God?
Because of our covenant with Him (Exodus ch.19).
Why do Orthodox Jews uphold the covenant?
Because the co-signer was God himself.
When Jews have a relationship with God what is it called?
It is the covenant with God as expressed through the Torah.
