So will God really dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You! How much less this House that I have built!
Acts 7:48 - Tree of Life Version However, Elyon does not dwell in man-made houses. As the prophet says, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition However, the Most High does not dwell in houses and temples made with hands; as the prophet says, [Isa. 66:1, 2.] American Standard Version (1901) Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet, Common English Bible However, the Most High doesn’t live in houses built by human hands. As the prophet says, Catholic Public Domain Version Yet the Most High does not live in houses built by hands, just as he said through the prophet: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith: |
So will God really dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You! How much less this House that I have built!
“But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold—heaven even the highest heaven—cannot contain You. How much less this House that I have built!
though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at their swelling. Selah
His mischief will turn on his own head. His violence will boomerang on his crown.
He who dwells in the shelter of Elyon, will abide in the shadow of Shaddai.
For you have made Elyon your dwelling, even Adonai, who is my refuge,
Though the wicked spring up like grass, and all evildoers flourish, it is only to be ruined forever.
The tree that you saw grow large and strong, whose top reached to heaven and that was visible to all the earth,
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, because all His works are right and His ways just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
They will turn back—only not upwards. They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of the insolence with their tongues. This will be for their ridicule in the land of Egypt.
He will be great and will be called Ben-Elyon. Adonai Elohim will give Him the throne of David, His father.
For we know that if the tent, our earthly home, is torn down, we have a building from God—a home not made with human hands, eternal in the heavens.
When Elyon gave nations their heritage, when He separated the sons of man, He set boundaries for the people by the number of Bnei-Yisrael.