⁴ and the offerings^(A) of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.^(B)

The Dedication of the Temple^(A)

7 When Solomon finished praying, fire^(B) came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled^(C) the temple.^{(D) 2} The priests could not enter^(E) the temple of the Lord because the glory^(F) of the Lord filled it. ³ When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying,

³ This is what the Lord says: “I will return^(A) to Zion^(B) and dwell in Jerusalem.^(C) Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City,^(D) and the mountain^(E) of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.^(F)”

²⁶ For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; thus they will dedicate it. ²⁷ At the end of these days, from the eighth day^(A) on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings^(B) and fellowship offerings^(C) on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

⁴⁰ For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,^(A) declares the Sovereign Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings^(B) and your choice gifts,^[a] along with all your holy sacrifices.^{(C) 41} I will accept you as fragrant incense^(D) when I bring you out from the nations and gather^(E) you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will be proved holy^(F) through you in the sight of the nations.^(G)

¹⁸ “This is what the Lord says:

² “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says: