Ezekiel 43:1-7

1 He took me to the gate, the one facing east.

2 I saw the glory of the God of Israel approaching from the east. A sound came with him like the sound of the ocean, and the earth shone with his glory.

3 This vision was like the one I had seen when I had come for the destruction of the city, and like the one I had seen by the River Chebar. Then I fell to the ground.

4 The glory of Yahweh arrived at the Temple by the east gate.

5 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; I saw the glory of Yahweh fill the Temple.

6 And I heard someone speaking to me from the Temple while the man stood beside me.

7 He said, 'Son of man, this is the dais of my throne, the step on which I rest my feet. I shall live here among the Israelites for ever; and the House of Israel, they and their kings, will never again defile my holy name with their whorings and the corpses of their kings,