then comeand standbeforeMe in thishouse,whichis calledby My name,and say,'We are delivered!'--that you may doalltheseabominations?
The LORDsaidto him, "I have heardyour prayerand your supplication,whichyou have madebeforeMe; I have consecratedthishousewhichyou have builtby puttingMy namethereforever,and My eyesand My heartwill be thereperpetually.
He builtaltarsin the houseof the LORD,of whichthe LORDhad said,"In JerusalemI will putMy name."
He builtaltarsin the houseof the LORDof whichthe LORDhad said,"My nameshall be in Jerusalemforever."
Then he putthe carvedimageof the idolwhichhe had madein the houseof God,of whichGodhad saidto Davidand to Solomonhis son,"In thishouseand in Jerusalem,whichI have chosenfrom allthe tribesof Israel,I will putMy nameforever;
The sacrificeof the wickedis an abominationto the LORD,But the prayerof the uprightis His delight.
"For they callthemselves afterthe holycityAnd leanon the Godof Israel;The LORDof hostsis His name.
"But they puttheir detestablethingsin the housewhichis calledby My name,to defileit.
"Although recentlyyou [had] turnedand donewhatis rightin My sight,eachmanproclaimingreleaseto his neighbor,and you had madea covenantbeforeMe in the housewhichis calledby My name.
"Have you forgottenthe wickednessof your fathers,the wickednessof the kingsof Judah,and the wickednessof their wives,your own wickedness,and the wickednessof your wives,whichthey committedin the landof Judahand in the streetsof Jerusalem?
"Has thishouse,whichis calledby My name,becomea denof robbersin your sight?Behold,I, evenI, have seen[it]," declaresthe LORD.
therefore, I will doto the housewhichis calledby My name,in whichyou trust,and to the placewhichI gaveyou and your fathers,as I didto Shiloh.
"For the sonsof Judahhave donethat whichis evilin My sight,"declaresthe LORD,"they have settheir detestablethingsin the housewhichis calledby My name,to defileit.
"As for you, O houseof Israel,"thussaysthe LordGOD,"Go,serveeveryonehis idols;but lateryou will surelylistento Me, and My holynameyou will profanenolongerwith your giftsand with your idols.
They will dealwith you in hatred,takeallyour property,and leaveyou nakedand bare.And the nakednessof your harlotrieswill be uncovered,both your lewdnessand your harlotries.
"For they have committedadultery,and bloodis on their hands.Thus they have committedadulterywith their idolsand evencaused their sons,whomthey boreto Me, to passthrough[the fire] to them as food.
"For when they had slaughteredtheir childrenfor their idols,they enteredMy sanctuaryon the samedayto profaneit; and lo,thusthey didwithinMy house.
"Thereforesayto them, 'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"You eat[meat] with the blood[in it], liftup your eyesto your idolsas you shedblood.Should you then possessthe land?
"They cometo you as peoplecome,and sitbeforeyou [as] My peopleand hearyour words,but they do not dothem, for they dothe lustfuldesires[expressed] by their mouth,[and] their heartgoesaftertheir gain.
Soas I live,'declaresthe LordGOD,'surely,becauseyou have defiledMy sanctuarywith allyour detestableidolsand with allyour abominations,therefore I will alsowithdraw,and My eyewill havenopityand I will not spare.
"O my God,inclineYour earand hear!OpenYour eyesand seeour desolationsand the citywhichis calledby Your name;for we are not presentingour supplicationsbeforeYou on accountof any meritsof our own, but on accountof Your greatcompassion.
And as raiderswaitfor a man,[So] a bandof priestsmurderon the wayto Shechem;Surelythey have committedcrime.
"Offera thankofferingalso from that whichis leavened,And proclaimfreewillofferings,makethem known.For soyou love[to do], you sonsof Israel,"Declaresthe LordGOD.
"And those who bowdownon the housetopsto the hostof heaven,And those who bowdown[and] swearto the LORDand [yet] swearby Milcom,
So nowwe callthe arrogantblessed;not onlyare the doersof wickednessbuiltup but they alsotestGodand escape.'"
"But woeto you, scribesand Pharisees,hypocrites,becauseyou shutoff the kingdomof heavenfrom people;for you do not enterin yourselves,nordo you allowthosewho are enteringto goin.
"I do not speakof allof you. I knowthe onesI have chosen;but [it is] that the Scripturemay be fulfilled,HE WHO EATSMY BREADHAS LIFTEDUP HIS HEELAGAINSTME.'
Thenthey ledJesusfrom Caiaphasinto the Praetorium,and it was early;and they themselvesdid not enterinto the Praetoriumsothat they would not be defiled,but might eatthe Passover.
