I have built a wonderful temple for you, a place for you to live forever.”
Ezekiel 43:9 - Easy To Read Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now let them put away their [idolatrous] harlotry and the dead bodies and monuments of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever. American Standard Version (1901) Now let them put away their whoredom, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. Common English Bible Now let them remove their disloyalties and their kings’ corpses from me, and I will dwell among them forever. Catholic Public Domain Version Now therefore, let them drive away their fornications, and the ruinous ways of their kings, from before me. And I will live in their midst forever. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now therefore let them put away their fornications, and the carcasses of their kings far from me: and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. |
I have built a wonderful temple for you, a place for you to live forever.”
God is in that city,\par so it will never be destroyed.\par God is there to help even before sunrise.\par
The Lord comes to Holy Mount Zion.\par Behind him are millions of his chariots. {\cf2\super [393]} \par
And they won’t continue to make themselves filthy with their idols {\cf2\super [296]} and horrible statues or with any of their other crimes. But I will save them from all the places where they have sinned. And I will wash them and make them pure. And they will be my people, and I will be their God.
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.
“Argue with your mother. {\cf2\super [11]} Argue! Because she is not my wife! I am not her husband! Tell her to stop being like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [12]} Tell her to take away her lovers {\cf2\super [13]} from between her breasts.
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.