4. Then the Lord’s glory came into the temple by way of the east gate.
5. A wind picked me up and brought me to the inner courtyard, and there the Lord’s glory filled the temple.
6. A man was standing next to me, but the voice that I heard came from inside the temple.
7. He said to me, Human one, this is the place for 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, with their disloyalties and with their kings’ corpses at the shrines.
8. When they set their plazas with mine and their doorposts next to mine, the wall was between us. They defiled my holy name with their detestable practices, so I consumed them in my anger.
9. Now let them remove their disloyalties and their kings’ corpses from me, and I will dwell among them forever.