18 “But (A)will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, (B)heaven and the [a]highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 6:18 Lit heaven of heavens

Heaven Is God’s Throne

66 Thus says the Lord,

(A)Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a (B)house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that [a]I may rest?
“For (C)My hand made all these things,
Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.
“But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and (D)contrite of spirit, and who (E)trembles at My word.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:1 Lit is My resting place?

41 (A)The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because (B)they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, (C)something greater than Jonah is here. 42 (D)The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, (E)something greater than Solomon is here.

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