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Ezekiel 43:9

God's presenceRepentance

7 and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.

8 When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.

Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.

10 As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,

11 and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
KJV
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.
WEB
Now let them put away their prostitution, and the dead bodies of their kings far from me. Then I will dwell among them forever.
ASV
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.
DARBY
Now let them put away their fornication, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
BLB
Now let them remove their prostitution, and the corpses of their kings, away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.
ÅB
Nå skal de ha sitt horelevnet og sine kongers døde kropper langt bort fra meg, og da vil jeg bo iblant dem til evig tid.
OTB
La dem legge bort sine troløse handlinger og restene av deres konger langt fra Meg, og Jeg vil bo blant dem for evig.
B1930
Nu skal de ha sitt horelevnet og sine kongers døde kropper langt bort fra mig, og da vil jeg bo iblandt dem til evig tid.

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  • Ezekiel 43:7

    and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.

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  • Ezekiel 18:30–31

    Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

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  • Colossians 3:5–9

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

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  • Ezekiel 37:26–28

    And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.

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  • Ezekiel 37:23

    They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:16

    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

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  • Hosea 2:2

    Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

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