Ezekiel 43:9
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New International Version (©2011)
Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Now let them stop worshiping other gods and honoring the relics of their kings, and I will live among them forever.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Now let them put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among them forever.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell among them forever."

International Standard Version (©2012)
But now let them send their unfaithfulness—that is, the lifeless idols of their kings—far away from me, and I will live among them forever."

NET Bible (©2006)
Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Now they must stop acting like prostitutes and take the dead bodies of their kings far away from me. Then I will live among them forever.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Now let them put away their harlotry, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.

American King James Version
Now let them put away their prostitution, and the carcasses of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the middle of them for ever.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now let them put away their lewd deeds, and the carcasses of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

World English Bible
Now let them put away their prostitution, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.

Young's Literal Translation
Now do they put far off their whoredom, And the carcases of their kings -- from Me, And I have dwelt in their midst to the age.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

43:1-27 After Ezekiel had surveyed the temple of God, he had a vision of the glory of God. When Christ crucified, and the things freely given to us of God, through Him, are shown to us by the Holy Ghost, they make us ashamed for our sins. This frame of mind prepares us for fuller discoveries of the mysteries of redeeming love; and the whole of the Scriptures should be opened and applied, that men may see their sins, and repent of them. We are not now to offer any atoning sacrifices, for by one offering Christ has perfected for ever those that are sanctified, Heb 10:14; but the sprinkling of his blood is needful in all our approaches to God the Father. Our best services can be accepted only as sprinkled with the blood which cleanses from all sin.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 9. - Now let them put away their whoredom, etc. What has just been declared to be the necessary consequence of Jehovah's abiding in the midst of Israel is now enjoined upon Israel as an indispensable prerequisite of Jehovah's taking up his residence amongst them. Ezekiel's theology in this respect harmonizes with that of Old and New Testament writers generally, who invariably postulate purity of heart and life as a necessary condition of God's abiding in the heart, while asserting that such Divine indwelling in the heart is the only certain creator of such purity (comp. Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 36:26; Isaiah 1:16, 25; Isaiah 26:12; John 14:23; 2 Corinthians 6:17; James 4:8).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now let them put away their whoredom,.... Idolatry, superstition, and will worship, with which the corrupt church of Rome abounds; and whatever appearance thereof is in the reformed churches:

and the carcasses of their kings far from me; their idols; See Gill on Ezekiel 43:7,

and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever; now though the Jews were never guilty of idolatry after their return from the Babylonish captivity, nor even to this day; yet the Lord has departed from them, and left them to blindness and stupidity, they having rejected the Messiah he sent unto them; which shows that this passage refers not to those times, but to future times; when the whole Israel of God shall be cleared of all corruptions in doctrine and worship, and the Lord will take up his abode with them, and no more depart from them.

Wesley's Notes on the Bible

43:9 Far from me - From my temple.

Ezekiel 43:9 Parallel Commentaries
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The Lord's Glory Returns to the Temple
…8In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: why I have consumed them in my anger. 9Now let them put away their prostitution, and the carcasses of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the middle of them for ever. 10You son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. …

Psalm 46:5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
Ezekiel 18:30 "Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.
Ezekiel 18:31 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?
Ezekiel 37:26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.
Ezekiel 43:7 He said: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile my holy name--neither they nor their kings--by their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings at their death.