The Temple, the Lord’s Dwelling Place

43 Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate ^(A)that faces toward the east. ^2 (B)And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. ^(C)His voice was like the sound of many waters; ^(D)and the earth shone with His glory. ³ It was ^(E)like the appearance of the vision which I saw—like the vision which I saw when ^[a]I came ^(F)to destroy the city. The visions were like the vision which I saw ^(G)by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face. ^4 (H)And the glory of the Lord came into the ^[b]temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east. ^5 (I)The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, ^(J)the glory of the Lord filled the ^[c]temple.

⁶ Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple, while ^(K)a man stood beside me. ⁷ And He said to me, “Son of man, this is ^(L)the place of My throne and ^(M)the place of the soles of My feet, ^(N)where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. ^(O)No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their ^[d]harlotry or with ^(P)the carcasses of their kings on their high places. ^8 (Q)When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger. ⁹ Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

³⁵ All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; ^(A)and the name of the city from that day shall be: ^(B)THE^[a] LORD IS THERE.”