Ezekiel 43:7
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7 He said to me: “Mortal, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will reside among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their prostitution and by sacrificing to their kings[a] at their death.[b](A)
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Ezekiel 43:9
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9 Now let them put away their idolatry and sacrifices to their kings[a] far from me, and I will reside among them forever.(A)
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- 43.9 Or the corpses of their kings
Psalm 47:8
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8 God is king over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.(A)
Leviticus 26:30
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30 I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars; I will heap your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols. I will abhor you.(A)
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Ezekiel 20:39
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39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: Go serve your idols, every one of you now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me, but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.(A)
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Ezekiel 1:26
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26 And above the dome over their heads there was something like a throne, in appearance like sapphire,[a] and seated above the likeness of the throne was something that seemed like a human form.(A)
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- 1.26 Or lapis lazuli
Psalm 99:1
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Psalm 99
Praise to God for His Holiness
1 The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble!
He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!(A)
1 Chronicles 28:2
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2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had planned to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.(A)
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Revelation 22:3
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3 Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him;(A)
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Revelation 21:2-3
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2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.(A) 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“See, the home[a] of God is among mortals.
He will dwell[b] with them;
they will be his peoples,[c]
and God himself will be with them and be their God;[d](B)
2 Corinthians 6:16
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16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we[a] are the temple of the living God, as God said,
“I will live in them[b] and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.(A)
Acts 7:48-49
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48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with human hands;[a] as the prophet says,(A)
49 ‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?(B)
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- 7.48 Gk with hands
John 14:23
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23 Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(A)
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John 1:14
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14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[a] full of grace and truth.(A)
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- 1.14 Or the Father’s only Son
Matthew 28:20
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20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”[a]
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- 28.20 Other ancient authorities add Amen
Matthew 5:34-35
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34 But I say to you: Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,(A) 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
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Zechariah 14:20-21
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20 On that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “Holy to the Lord.” And the cooking pots in the house of the Lord shall be as holy as[a] the bowls in front of the altar,(A) 21 and every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the Lord of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and use them to boil the flesh of the sacrifice. And there shall no longer be traders[b] in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day.(B)
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Zechariah 13:2
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Idolatry Cut Off
2 On that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more, and also I will remove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit.(A)
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Joel 3:17
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The Glorious Future of Judah
17 So you shall know that I, the Lord your God,
dwell in Zion, my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
and strangers shall never again pass through it.(A)
Hosea 14:8
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8 O Ephraim, what have I[a] to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.[b]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
your fruit comes from me.(A)
Ezekiel 48:35
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35 The circumference of the city shall be eighteen thousand cubits. And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord Is There.(A)
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Ezekiel 39:7
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7 My holy name I will make known among my people Israel, and I will not let my holy name be profaned any more, and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.(A)
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Ezekiel 37:26-28
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26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will bless[a] them and multiply them and will set my sanctuary among them forevermore.(A) 27 My dwelling place shall be over them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(B) 28 Then the nations shall know that I the Lord sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary is among them forevermore.”(C)
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- 37.26 Tg: Heb give
Ezekiel 23:38-39
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38 Moreover, this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and profaned my Sabbaths. 39 For when they had slaughtered their children for their idols, on the same day they came into my sanctuary to profane it. This is what they did in my house.(A)
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Ezekiel 10:1
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God’s Glory Leaves Jerusalem
10 Then I looked, and above the dome that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire,[a] in form resembling a throne.(A)
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- 10.1 Or lapis lazuli
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