Ezekiel 43:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.”
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“Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now let them put away their whoredom, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Now do they put far off their whoredom, And the carcases of their kings--from Me, And I have dwelt in their midst to the age.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 43:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 29:45Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
- 1 Kings 8:13I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
- Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
- Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
- Ezekiel 37:23They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 37:26And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
- Ezekiel 43:7and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
- Hosea 2:2Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
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