Ezekiel 43:7

Easy To Read Version

The voice from the temple said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [398]} this is the place with my throne and footstool. I will live in this place among the people of Israel forever. The family of Israel won’t ruin my holy name again. The kings and their people won’t bring shame to my name by doing sexual sins {\cf2\super [399]} or by burying the dead bodies of their kings in this place.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:13

I have built a wonderful temple for you, a place for you to live forever.”

2 Kings 16:4

Ahaz made sacrifices and burned incense [188] at the high places [189] and on the hills and under every green tree.

1 Chronicles 28:2

King David stood up and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. In my heart I wanted to build a place to keep the Box of the Lord’s Agreement. {\cf2\super [299]} I wanted to build a place that would be God’s footstool. {\cf2\super [300]} And I made the plans for building that house for God.

Psalm 132:14

\{The Lord said,\}\par “This will be my place forever and ever.\par I choose this to be the place\par where I will be.\par

Psalm 46:5

God is in that city,\par so it will never be destroyed.\par God is there to help even before sunrise.\par

Psalm 47:8

God sits on his holy throne.\par God rules all the nations.\par

Psalm 68:17

The Lord comes to Holy Mount Zion.\par Behind him are millions of his chariots. {\cf2\super [393]} \par

Psalm 68:18

He went up above \{on the high mountain\},\par leading a parade of captives;\par to take the gifts from men, {\cf2\super [394]} \par including the people\par who turned against him.\par The Lord {\cf2\super [395]} God \{went up there\} to live.\par

Psalm 99:1

The Lord is King.\par So let the nations shake with fear.\par God sits as King above the Cherub angels. {\cf2\super [532]} \par So let the world shake with fear.\par

Psalm 99:5

Praise the Lord our God,\par and worship his holy footstool. {\cf2\super [534]} \par

Exodus 25:8

{God also said,} “The people will build a holy place for me. Then I can live among them.

Exodus 29:45

I will live with the people of Israel. I will be their God.

Isaiah 6:1

In the year that King Uzziah {\cf2\super [58]} died, {\cf2\super [59]} I saw my Master. He was sitting on a very high and wonderful throne. {\cf2\super [60]} His long robe filled the temple. {\cf2\super [61]}

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says,\par “The skies are my throne.\par The earth is my footstool.\par So do you think you can build\par a house for me?\par No! You can’t!\par Can you give me a place to rest?\par No! You can’t!\par

Jeremiah 14:21

Lord, for the good of your name,\par don’t push us away.\par Don’t take away the honor\par from your glorious throne.\par Remember your Agreement {\cf2\super [126]} with us.\par Don’t break that Agreement.\par

Jeremiah 16:18

I will pay the people of Judah back for the bad things they did—I will punish them two times for every sin. I will do this because they have made my land ‘dirty.’ They made my land ‘dirty’ with their terrible idols. I hate those idols. But they have filled my country with their idols.”

Jeremiah 17:12

From the very beginning, our temple {\cf2\super [138]} \par has been a glorious throne for God.\par It is a very important place.\par

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time, the city of Jerusalem will be called the ‘Lord’s Throne.’ All nations will come together in the city of Jerusalem to give honor to the name of the Lord. They won’t follow their stubborn, evil hearts anymore.

Ezekiel 10:1

Then I looked up at the bowl {\cf2\super [78]} over the heads of the Cherub angels. {\cf2\super [79]} The bowl looked clear blue like sapphire. And there was something that looked like a throne over the bowl.

Ezekiel 20:39

Now, family of Israel, the Lord my Master says these things, “If any person wants to worship his filthy idols, then let him go and worship them. But later, don’t think you will get any advice from me! You will not ruin my name any more! Not when you continue to give your gifts to your filthy idols.”

Ezekiel 39:7

And I will make my holy name known among my people Israel. I will not let people ruin my holy name any more. The nations will know that I am the Lord. They will know that I am the Holy One in Israel.

Ezekiel 43:9

Now let them take their sexual sins and the dead bodies of their kings far away from me. Then I will live among them forever.

Ezekiel 48:35

“The distance around the city will be 18,000 cubits. {\cf2\super [486]} From now on, the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE. {\cf2\super [487]}

Ezekiel 6:5

I will put the dead bodies of the people of Israel in front of their filthy idols. I will scatter your bones around your altars.

Hosea 14:8

“Ephraim, {\cf2\super [150]} I will have nothing more\par to do with idols. {\cf2\super [151]} \par I am the One who answers your prayers.\par I am the One who watches over you. {\cf2\super [152]} \par I am like a fir tree that is always green.\par Your fruit comes from me.”\par

Joel 3:17

“Then you will know\par that I am the Lord your God,\par I live on Zion, {\cf2\super [34]} my holy mountain.\par Jerusalem will become holy.\par Strangers will never pass through\par that city again.”\par

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places. [445] I will cut down your incense [446] altars. [447] I will put your dead bodies on the dead bodies of your idols. [448] You will be very disgusting to me.

Micah 4:7

The people of that ‘crippled’ city\par will become the survivors. {\cf2\super [51]} \par The people of that city\par were forced to leave.\par But I will make them into a strong nation.”\par The Lord will be their king.\par He will rule from Mount Zion {\cf2\super [52]} forever.\par

Zechariah 13:2

The Lord All-Powerful says, “At that time, I will remove all the idols from the earth. People will not even remember their names. And I will remove the \{false\} prophets and unclean {\cf2\super [31]} spirits from the earth.

Zechariah 13:3

If a person continues to prophesy, then he will be punished. Even his parents, his own mother and father, will say to him, ‘You have spoken lies in the name of the Lord, so you must die!’ His own mother and father will stab him for prophesying.

Matthew 28:20

Teach those people to obey everything that I have told you. You can be sure that I will be with you always. I will continue with you until the end of the world.”

John 1:14

The Word {\cf2\super [5]} became a man and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace (kindness) and truth.

John 14:23

Jesus answered, “If any person loves me, then he will obey my teaching. My Father will love that person. My Father and I will come to that person and live with him.

2 Corinthians 6:16

From this time on we don’t think of any person like the world thinks of people. It is true that in the past we thought of Christ like the world thinks. But we don’t think that way now.

Revelation 22:3

Nothing that God judges guilty will be there in that city. The throne of God and the Lamb (Jesus) will be in the city. God’s servants will worship him.