Ezekiel 43:1-9 ▼

1 And he brought me to the gate—the gate that is facing toward the east.

2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east, and His voice was like the voice of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision that I had seen, like the vision that I had seen when He came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw at the River Kebar. And I fell on my face.

4 And the glory of YHWH came into the temple by the way of the gate that has its face toward the east.

5 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and behold, the glory of YHWH filled the temple.

6 And I heard one speaking to me from the temple, and the man was standing beside me.

7 And He said to me: “Son of man, the place of My throne, and the place for the soles of My feet, in which I will dwell there in the midst of the sons of Israel forever; and the house of Israel will defile no more My holy name, they and their kings with their prostitution, and the corpses of their kings at their deaths,

8 by their giving their threshold next to My threshold, and their doorpost beside My doorpost, and the wall between Me and between them. And they have defiled My holy name by the abominations that they did, and I finished them off in My anger.

9 Now let them remove their prostitution, and the corpses of their kings, away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.