Ezekiel 43:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ Just then, the Spirit lifted me up and carried me into the inner courtyard, where the glory of the Lord was filling the Temple! ⁶ I heard someone speaking to me from the Temple, and a man appeared, standing beside me!

God to Live among His People

⁷ “Son of Man,” the Lord God told^[a] me, “This is where my throne is, where I place the soles of my feet, and where I will live among the Israelis forever. The house of Israel will no longer defile my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their unfaithfulness, by the lifeless idols^[b] of their kings on their funeral mounds,^[c]