- While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple.
- He said: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile my holy name--neither they nor their kings--by their prostitution and the lifeless idols of their kings at their high places.
- When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger.
- Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the lifeless idols of their kings, and I will live among them forever.
- "Son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their sins. Let them consider the plan,
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- Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a man was standing beside me.
- He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the corpses of their kings when they die,
- by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.
- "Now let them put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among them forever.
- "As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the plan.
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