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Ezekiel 43:9

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Necromancy;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Tombs;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ancestors;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tomb;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crime;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Burial;   Shekinah;   Tombs;  

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.
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.
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.
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

7 And he said to me, Son of man, this is the place where the seat of my power is and the resting-place of my feet, where I will be among the children of Israel for ever: and no longer will the people of Israel make my holy name unclean, they or their kings, by their loose ways and by the dead bodies of their kings; 8 By putting their doorstep by my doorstep, and the pillar of their door by the pillar of my door, with only a wall between me and them; and they have made my holy name unclean by the disgusting things which they have done: so in my wrath I sent destruction on them. 9 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. 10 You, son of man, give the children of Israel an account of this house, so that they may be shamed because of their evil-doing: and let them see the vision of it and its image. 11 And they will be shamed by what they have done; so give them the knowledge of the form of the house and its structure, and the ways out of it and into it, and all its laws and its rules, writing it down for them: so that they may keep all its laws and do them. 12 This is the law of the house: On the top of the mountain all the space round it on every side will be most holy. See, this is the law of the house.

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
And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.
Genesis 31:39
Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.
Genesis 42:37
And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.
Genesis 43:18
Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.
Genesis 43:19
So they went up to Joseph's chief servant at the door of the house,
Genesis 43:32
And they put a meal ready for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who were with him by themselves; because the Egyptians may not take food with the Hebrews, for that would make them unclean.
Genesis 43:33
And they were all given their seats before him in order of birth, from the oldest to the youngest: so that they were looking at one another in wonder.
1 Kings 1:21
For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.
Job 17:3
Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
Psalms 119:122
Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.

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.


 
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