Ezekiel 43:9
Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.
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- Ezek 43:7 : 7 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 live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.
- Ezek 18:30-31 : 30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. 31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?
- Ezek 37:26-28 : 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever. 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel.’”
- Ezek 37:23 : 23 They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.
- Hos 2:2 : 2 Idolatrous Israel Will Be Punished Like a Prostitute Plead earnestly with your mother(for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.
- 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,“I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
- Col 3:5-9 : 5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. 7 You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them. 8 But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices
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- Ezek 43:6-83 verses83%
6I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.
7He 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 live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.
8When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed. So I consumed them in my anger.
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23They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.
- Ezek 37:26-283 verses76%
26I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever.
27My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.
28Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel.’”
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11so that the house of Israel will no longer go astray from me, nor continue to defile themselves by all their sins. They will be my people and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
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13I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”
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18“When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.
- Ezek 44:13-142 verses74%
13They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.
14Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.
- Ezek 43:10-112 verses74%
10“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.
11When they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its pattern, its exits and entrances, and its whole design– all its statutes, its entire design, and all its laws; write it all down in their sight, so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them.
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45I will reside among the Israelites, and I will be their God,
46and they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, so that I may reside among them. I am the LORD their God.
- Ezek 39:26-272 verses73%
26They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.
27When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations.
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5I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’
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20They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images– their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.
- Ezek 36:16-172 verses73%
16The LORD’s message came to me:
17“Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.
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7If you stop doing these things, I will allow you to continue to live in this land which I gave to your ancestors as a lasting possession.
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20then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.
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8Let them make for me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them.
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16Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
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34Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the LORD live among the Israelites.”
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7then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.
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17The LORD’s Presence in Zion You will be convinced that I the LORD am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy– conquering armies will no longer pass through it.
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8I will purify them from all the sin that they committed against me. I will forgive all their sins which they committed in rebelling against me.
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33“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt.
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11“‘I will put my tabernacle in your midst and I will not abhor you.
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7When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate it– even my house– when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.
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16In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.”
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16It will never again be Israel’s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.’”
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30I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you.
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21I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted.It is the LORD who dwells in Zion!
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24I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.
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41They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients.
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9I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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9I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning
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14He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.
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24According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.
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9Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.
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36The LORD said to me:“Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!
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30“Therefore say to the house of Israel,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?
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34They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and defiled it.
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9I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again because of all your abominable practices.
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9You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.
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27So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. You will not seek their help or remember Egypt anymore.