Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

They say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.’

For there will no longer be any false visions or flattering omens amidst the house of Israel.

You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord.

I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

“Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.

Yet you say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right.’ House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior.”

I will multiply your people – the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt.

I was concerned for my holy reputation which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land.

Then the house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward.

He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, and its jambs as 3½ feet; the porch of the gate faced inward.

There were hooks three inches long, fastened in the house all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

He said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10½ feet high.

and the chambers of the court was 35 feet in width all around the temple on every side.

Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long,

There were narrow windows and decorative palm trees on either side of the side walls of the porch; this is what the side chambers of the temple and the canopies were like.

The glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east.

Then a wind lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched the glory of the Lord filling the temple.