“Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, “(A)Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in? For (B)I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about (C)in a tent, even in a [a]tabernacle. (D)Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, (E)which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:6 Lit dwelling place

(A)Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘[a]This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:4 Lit They are

20 (A)Our fathers worshiped in (B)this mountain, and you people say that (C)in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” 21 Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, (D)an hour is coming when (E)neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

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48 However, (A)the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

49 (B)Heaven is My throne,
And earth is the footstool of My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
Or what place is there for My repose?
50 (C)Was it not My hand which made all these things?’

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