"Goand sayto My servantDavid,'Thussaysthe LORD,"Are you the one who should buildMe a houseto dwellin?
But in the samenightthe wordof the LORDcameto Nathan,saying,
Then the kingcommanded,and they quarriedgreatstones,costlystones,to laythe foundationof the housewith cutstones.
"[Concerning] thishousewhichyou are building,ifyou will walkin My statutesand executeMy ordinancesand keepallMy commandmentsby walkingin them, then I will carryout My wordwith you whichI spoketo Davidyour father.
"Goand tellDavidMy servant,'Thussaysthe LORD,"You shall not builda housefor Me to dwellin;
"But Godsaidto me, 'You shall not builda housefor My namebecauseyou are a manof warand have shedblood.'
The plansof the heartbelong to man,But the answerof the tongueis from the LORD.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Heavenis My throneand the earthis My footstool.Wherethenis a houseyou could buildfor Me? And whereis a placethat I may rest?
