“Go and tell my servant David, ‘The LORD says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?
That same night, the LORD’s word came to Nathan, saying,
The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
“Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
“Go and tell David my servant, ‘The LORD says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;
But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
The LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?