⁹ Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, ^(A)and I will dwell in their midst forever.

⁷ and he said to me, ^(A)“Son of man, this is ^(B)the place of my throne and ^(C)the place of the soles of my feet, ^(D)where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more ^(E)defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies^[a] of their kings at their high places,^[b]

^5 (A)Put to death therefore ^(B)what is earthly in you:^{[a] (C)}sexual immorality, impurity, ^(D)passion, evil desire, and covetousness, ^(E)which is idolatry. ^6 (F)On account of these the wrath of God is coming.^{[b] 7 (G)}In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. ⁸ But now ^(H)you must put them all away: ^(I)anger, wrath, malice, ^(J)slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. ^9 (K)Do not lie to one another, seeing that ^(L)you have put off ^(M)the old self^[c] with its practices

^26 (A)I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be ^(B)an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land^[a] and ^(C)multiply them, and will ^(D)set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. ^27 (E)My dwelling place shall be with them, ^(F)and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ²⁸ Then ^(G)the nations will know that ^(H)I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when ^(I)my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”

³⁰ “Therefore ^(A)I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^(B)Repent and turn from all your transgressions, ^(C)lest iniquity be your ruin.^{[a] 31 (D)}Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and ^(E)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ^(F)Why will you die, O house of Israel?

¹⁶ What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^(A)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

^23 (A)They shall not ^(B)defile themselves anymore ^(C)with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But ^(D)I will save them from all the backslidings^[a] in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and ^(E)they shall be my people, and I will be their God.