But that night God spoke his word to Nathan, saying,
‘Since the time I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel where a temple will be built for me. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
Nathan said to David, “Do what you want to do, because God is with you.”
“Go and tell David my servant, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the person to build a house for me to live in.
If you go the wrong way—to the right or to the left—you will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the right way. You should go this way.”
Before the Lord God does anything, he tells his plans to his servants the prophets.
He said, “Listen to my words: When prophets are among you, I, the Lord, will show myself to them in visions; I will speak to them in dreams.
