43. Yes, you even raised the shrine of Moloch,and the star of your god Remphan,idols which you made to worship;therefore I will exile you beyond Babylon.’
44. “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, telling Moses to make it as He had commanded, according to the pattern that he had seen,
45. which our fathers, having received it, brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out in front of our fathers until the days of David,
46. who found favor in the presence of God and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47. But Solomon built Him a house.
48. “However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands. As the prophet says:
49. ‘Heaven is My throne,and the earth is My footstool.What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,or what is the place of My rest?
50. Has not My hand made all these things?’
51. “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.