Ezekiel 43:7

And he said to me, Son of man, this is the place where the seat of my power is and the resting-place of my feet, where I will be among the children of Israel for ever: and no longer will the people of Israel make my holy name unclean, they or their kings, by their loose ways and by the dead bodies of their kings;

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In The King James Version

And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

In Context

6And the voice of one talking to me came to my ears from inside the house; and the man was by my side.

8By putting their doorstep by my doorstep, and the pillar of their door by the pillar of my door, with only a wall between me and them; and they have made my holy name unclean by the disgusting things which they have done: so in my wrath I sent destruction on them.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:45Among the children of Israel I will make my living-place, and I will be their God.

1 Kings 8:13So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

1 Chronicles 28:2Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.

Psalms 68:17\68:16\Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

Psalms 99:1The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.

Psalms 132:14This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 43:2-7

The Vision of the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: 2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. 3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.… Read the whole commentary →

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