7. The voice from the Temple said to me, “Human, this is my throne and the place where my feet rest. I will live here among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will not make my holy name unclean again. Neither the people nor their kings will make it unclean with their sexual sins or with the dead bodies of their kings.
8. The kings made my name unclean by putting their doorway next to my doorway, and their doorpost next to my doorpost so only a wall separated me from them. When they did their acts that I hate, they made my holy name unclean, and so I destroyed them in my anger.
9. Now let them stop their sexual sins and take the dead bodies of their kings far away from me. Then I will live among them forever.
10. “Human, tell the people of Israel about the Temple so they will be ashamed of their sins. Let them think about the plan of the Temple.