Ezekiel 43:9

Amplified Bible

"Now let them put far away from Me their [idolatrous] prostitution and the corpses and monuments of their kings, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses of their kings far from me, and I will dwell among them forever.

Hebrew Names Version
Now let them put away their prostitution, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.

King James Version
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

English Standard Version
Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

New American Standard Bible
"Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell among them forever.

New Century Version
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Now therefore let them put away their fornication, and the carkeises of their Kings farre from me, and I will dwell among them for euer.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now let them put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among them forever.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now let them put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among them forever.

Berean Standard Bible
Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.

Contemporary English Version
But if the people and their kings stop worshiping other gods and tear down those memorials, I will live among them forever.

Complete Jewish Bible
So now, they should put their prostitution at a distance and the corpses of their kings far away from me; then I will live among them forever.

Darby Translation
Now let them put away their fornication, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

Easy-to-Read Version
Now let them take their sexual sins and the dead bodies of their kings far away from me. Then I will live among them forever.

George Lamsa Translation
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the corpses of their kings from my presence, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

Good News Translation
Now they must stop worshiping other gods and remove the corpses of their kings. If they do, I will live among them forever."

Lexham English Bible
Now let them send their fornication far away and the offerings for the dead of their kings away from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.

Literal Translation
Now let them put away their fornication and the corpses of their kings from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But now they shal put awaye their whordome and the deed bodies of their kinges out of my sight, that I maye dwell amoge them for euermore.

American Standard Version
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

Bible in Basic English
Now let them put their loose ways and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will be among them for ever.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now let them put away their harlotry, and the carcasses of their kings, far from Me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

King James Version (1611)
Now let them put away their whoredome, and the carkeises of their kings farre from me, and I wil dwell in the middest of them for euer.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But nowe let them put away their whordome, and the dead bodies of their kinges out of my sight, and I will dwel among them for euermore.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now let them put away from me their fornication, and the murders of their princes, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.

English Revised Version
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

World English Bible
Now let them put away their prostitution, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now therfor putte thei awei fer her fornicacioun, and the fallyng of her kyngis fro me; and Y schal dwelle euere in the myddis of hem.

Update Bible Version
Now let them put away their prostitution, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now let them put away their lewd deeds, and the carcasses of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

New English Translation
Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

New King James Version
Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

New Living Translation
Now let them stop worshiping other gods and honoring the relics of their kings, and I will live among them forever.

New Life Bible
Now let them put their worship of other gods and the dead bodies of their kings far from Me. And I will live among them forever.

New Revised Standard
Now let them put away their idolatry and the corpses of their kings far from me, and I will reside among them forever.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, let them remove their unchastity, and the carcases of their kings far from me,- So will I make my habitation in the midst of them, to times age-abiding.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore let them put away their fornications, and the carcasses of their kings far from me: and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

Revised Standard Version
Now let them put away their idolatry and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst for ever.

Young's Literal Translation
Now do they put far off their whoredom, And the carcases of their kings -- from Me, And I have dwelt in their midst to the age.

Contextual Overview

⁷And He [the LORD] said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the sons (descendants) of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their [idolatrous] prostitution and by the corpses and monuments of their kings in their graves, ⁸by setting their threshold by My threshold and their doorpost beside My doorpost, with [only] the wall between Me and them. They have defiled and desecrated My holy name by the vile atrocities which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. ⁹"Now let them put far away from Me their [idolatrous] prostitution and the corpses and monuments of their kings, and I will dwell in their midst forever.¹⁰"As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins; and let them measure its plan [in detail]. ¹¹"If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple (house), its layout, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its statutes and do them. ¹²"This is the law of the temple: Its entire area all around on the top of the mountain (Mount Moriah) shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Now let: Rather, "Now shall they put away their whoredom and the carcases of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever." It is a prediction and promise, and not an exhortation. Ezekiel 18:30, Ezekiel 18:31, Hosea 2:2, Colossians 3:5-9

the carcases: Ezekiel 43:7, Ezekiel 37:23

and I: Ezekiel 43:7, Ezekiel 37:26-28, 2 Corinthians 6:16

Reciprocal: Psalms 46:5 - God is Jeremiah 4:1 - put away

Cross-References

Genesis 9:5
"For your lifeblood I will most certainly require an accounting; from every animal [that kills a person] I will require it. And from man, from every man's brother [that is, anyone who murders] I will require the life of man.

Genesis 31:39
"I did not bring you the torn carcasses [of the animals attacked by predators]; I [personally] took the loss. You required of me [to make good] everything that was stolen, whether it occurred by day or night.

Genesis 42:37
Then Reuben spoke to his father, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring Benjamin back to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you."

Genesis 43:18
The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and [expecting the worst] they said, "It is because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time [we came] that we are being brought in, so that he may find a reason to accuse us and assail us, and take us as slaves, and seize our donkeys."

Genesis 43:19
So they approached the steward of Joseph's house, and talked with him at the entrance of the house,

Genesis 43:32
So the servants served Joseph by himself [in honor of his rank], and his brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because [according to custom] the Egyptians could not eat food with the Hebrews, for that is loathsome to the Egyptians.

Genesis 43:33
Now Joseph's brothers were seated [by the steward] before him [in the order of their birth]—the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men looked at one another in astonishment [because so much was known about them].

1 Kings 1:21
"Otherwise it will come about when my lord the king lies down [in death] with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered political enemies."

Job 17:3
"Give me a pledge (guarantee, promise) with Yourself [acknowledge my innocence before my death]; Who is there that will be my guarantor and give security for me?

Psalms 119:122
Be the guarantee for Your servant for good [as Judah was the guarantee for Benjamin]; Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now let them put away their whoredom,.... Idolatry, superstition, and will worship, with which the corrupt church of Rome abounds; and whatever appearance thereof is in the reformed churches:

and the carcasses of their kings far from me; their idols;

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and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever; now though the Jews were never guilty of idolatry after their return from the Babylonish captivity, nor even to this day; yet the Lord has departed from them, and left them to blindness and stupidity, they having rejected the Messiah he sent unto them; which shows that this passage refers not to those times, but to future times; when the whole Israel of God shall be cleared of all corruptions in doctrine and worship, and the Lord will take up his abode with them, and no more depart from them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 43:9. Now let them put away their whoredom — Their idolatry.

And the carcasses of their kings — It appears that God was displeased with their bringing their kings so near his temple. David was buried in the city of David, which was on Mount Zion, near to the temple; and so were almost all the kings of Judah; but God requires that the place of his temple and its vicinity shall be kept unpolluted; and when they put away all kinds of defilement, then will he dwell among them.