Ezekiel 43:1-8

1After this, the man brought me back around to the east gateway.

2Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel appeared from the east. The sound of his coming was like the roar of rushing waters, and the whole landscape shone with his glory.

3This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he came to destroy Jerusalem. I fell face down on the ground.

4And the glory of the Lord came into the Temple through the east gateway.

5Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, and the glory of the Lord filled the Temple.

6And I heard someone speaking to me from within the Temple, while the man who had been measuring stood beside me.

7The Lord said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.

8They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger.