Ezekiel 43 Study Notes: The Glory Returns to the Temple
Ezekiel watches the glory of Israel’s God come back from the east and fill the temple. The LORD names it the seat of His throne, where He will live with His people for good, tells Ezekiel to show Israel the house so they feel shame for their sins, and gives rules for cleansing and dedicating the altar.
General
Once the altar has been cleansed and consecrated and the priests offer on it, what does the LORD say He will do (43:26-27)?
Answer: He will receive His people with favor
The altar in the vision is first cleansed and made ready through sin offerings, so that it is consecrated, which means set apart as holy for God’s use (43:26). After that, the priests present the people’s offerings on it, and the Lord GOD promises to accept them (43:27). God had promised that on His holy mountain He would accept His regathered people (20:40-41). The tabernacle altar had also been atoned for and set apart over seven days (Exodus 29:37). Acceptance comes through the cleansing God Himself provides. Hebrews states a related principle: under the law nearly everything was cleansed with blood, while the heavenly realities required better sacrifices (Hebrews 9:22-23).
- Ezekiel 43:26-27 (BSB)“For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it. At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’””After the altar is cleansed and consecrated, the priests present the people’s offerings on it, and the Lord GOD promises to accept them.
- Ezekiel 20:40-41 (BSB)“For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices. When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.”God had already promised that on His holy mountain He would accept His regathered people and their offerings.
- Exodus 29:37 (BSB)“For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.”The tabernacle altar was likewise atoned for and consecrated over seven days so that it became most holy.
- Hebrews 9:22-23 (BSB)“According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”A related principle: the law required cleansing by blood for almost everything, and the heavenly realities called for greater sacrifices.
Theological
What is the LORD’s promise once the altar has been purified and consecrated and the priests begin offering on it (43:26-27)?
Answer: He will receive His people with favor
The altar is purified by sin offerings and atonement made for it until it is consecrated (43:26). From then on the priests present the people’s offerings, and the Lord GOD declares that He will accept them (43:27). This echoes His earlier promise to accept a regathered Israel on His holy mountain (20:40-41) and follows the pattern of the tabernacle altar’s seven-day consecration (Exodus 29:37). Acceptance rests on atonement that God Himself prescribes. Hebrews sets out a related principle: under the law cleansing came through blood, while the heavenly realities themselves required better sacrifices (Hebrews 9:22-23).
- Ezekiel 43:26-27 (BSB)“For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it. At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’””After the altar is cleansed and consecrated, the priests present the people’s offerings on it, and the Lord GOD promises to accept them.
- Ezekiel 20:40-41 (BSB)“For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices. When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.”God had already promised that on His holy mountain He would accept His regathered people and their offerings.
- Exodus 29:37 (BSB)“For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.”The tabernacle altar was likewise atoned for and consecrated over seven days so that it became most holy.
- Hebrews 9:22-23 (BSB)“According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”A related principle: the law required cleansing by blood for almost everything, and the heavenly realities called for greater sacrifices.
General
True or False: The glory comes back to the temple from the east, the same direction in which it had earlier left the city (43:1-4).
Answer: True
This is true. In the earlier vision of Jerusalem’s judgment, the LORD’s glory moved from the temple’s threshold to the entrance of its eastern gate (10:18-19) and then rose from the city and stopped over the mountain on its east side (11:22-23). Now Ezekiel sees it coming back from the east and entering the house through its eastern gate (43:1, 4). Ezekiel himself links the scenes: this vision looks like the one of the time God came to bring ruin on Jerusalem and also resembles what he saw beside the River Kebar, and once again he falls on his face (43:3). Then the Spirit carries him inward, and the LORD’s glory fills the house (43:5), as it once filled Solomon’s temple (1 Kings 8:10-11). The God who withdrew in judgment returns to live among His people.
- Ezekiel 43:3-5 (BSB)“The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east. Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.”Ezekiel says this vision matches both the one of Jerusalem’s judgment and the ones by the Kebar; he falls down as the glory enters by the east gate and fills the temple.
- Ezekiel 10:18-19 (BSB)“Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim. As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.”In the earlier vision the glory moved from the temple threshold to the entrance of the east gate.
- Ezekiel 11:22-23 (BSB)“Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.”The glory then left the city altogether and stopped over the mountain to its east.
- 1 Kings 8:10-11 (BSB)“And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.”When Solomon’s temple was dedicated, the LORD’s glory filled it, just as it now fills the temple in Ezekiel’s vision.
Theological
True or False: The returning glory enters from the east, retracing the route by which it had departed from Jerusalem (43:1-4).
Answer: True
This is true. The glory had left in stages: from the threshold to the east gate’s entrance (10:18-19), and then out of the city to the mountain eastward (11:22-23). The return retraces that route, with the glory approaching from the east and entering by the east-facing gate (43:1, 4). Ezekiel explicitly compares the sight to the vision of the city’s destruction and to the Kebar visions, and he again falls prostrate (43:3). The Spirit lifts him to the inner court; there the glory fills the house (43:5), as it filled Solomon’s temple at its dedication (1 Kings 8:10-11). Judgment had been God’s withdrawal of His presence; restoration is His gracious return to dwell with His people.
- Ezekiel 43:3-5 (BSB)“The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east. Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.”Ezekiel says this vision matches both the one of Jerusalem’s judgment and the ones by the Kebar; he falls down as the glory enters by the east gate and fills the temple.
- Ezekiel 10:18-19 (BSB)“Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim. As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.”In the earlier vision the glory moved from the temple threshold to the entrance of the east gate.
- Ezekiel 11:22-23 (BSB)“Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.”The glory then left the city altogether and stopped over the mountain to its east.
- 1 Kings 8:10-11 (BSB)“And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.”When Solomon’s temple was dedicated, the LORD’s glory filled it, just as it now fills the temple in Ezekiel’s vision.
General
When Ezekiel is brought to the east-facing gate, what does he see approaching (43:1-2)?
Answer: The glory of Israel’s God, His voice like a roaring flood
Ezekiel’s guide brings him to the east-facing gate, and from that direction he sees the glory of Israel’s God coming toward the temple (43:1). Glory here means the shining, visible presence of God Himself. God’s voice sounds like a great rushing flood, and the earth shines with His brightness (43:2). It is the same majestic presence Ezekiel met when he was first called, when the beating wings of the living creatures beneath God’s throne sounded like a roaring flood (1:24). John later heard the risen Christ speak with a voice like rushing water (Revelation 1:15). After the long years of judgment, God Himself is coming back to His house.
- Ezekiel 43:1-2 (BSB)“Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east, and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.”Brought to the gate facing east, Ezekiel sees God’s glory approaching, hears His voice like rushing water, and sees the earth lit by His brightness.
- Ezekiel 1:24 (BSB)“When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.”At Ezekiel’s call the wings of the living creatures beneath God’s throne already sounded like a flood, so the returning glory is the same presence he first met.
- Revelation 1:15 (BSB)“His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.”John describes the risen Christ speaking with a voice that thunders like a mighty flood, the same picture of overwhelming divine majesty.
Theological
What approaches the temple from the east when Ezekiel stands at the east gate (43:1-2)?
Answer: The glory of Israel’s God, His voice like a roaring flood
At the east gate Ezekiel sees the glory of Israel’s God advancing from the east (43:1), the visible manifestation of the LORD’s own presence. His voice is like the thunder of a vast flood, and the earth blazes with His radiance (43:2). The description recalls the inaugural vision, where the wings of the living creatures beneath the throne likewise sounded like a mighty flood (1:24), and it anticipates John’s vision of the exalted Christ, whose voice is like many waters (Revelation 1:15). The God who had withdrawn His presence in judgment now returns in undiminished majesty to dwell with His people.
- Ezekiel 43:1-2 (BSB)“Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east, and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.”Brought to the gate facing east, Ezekiel sees God’s glory approaching, hears His voice like rushing water, and sees the earth lit by His brightness.
- Ezekiel 1:24 (BSB)“When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.”At Ezekiel’s call the wings of the living creatures beneath God’s throne already sounded like a flood, so the returning glory is the same presence he first met.
- Revelation 1:15 (BSB)“His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.”John describes the risen Christ speaking with a voice that thunders like a mighty flood, the same picture of overwhelming divine majesty.
General
Why was Ezekiel to describe the house to Israel (43:10)?
Answer: So that they would feel shame over their sins
The LORD tells Ezekiel to describe the house to Israel in order that they will feel shame over their wrongdoing (43:10). If they do feel shame for their deeds, he is to make known its whole design and laws and write them down in front of them so they can keep them (43:11). Seeing what God’s holy dwelling is meant to be shows them how far they have fallen. Throughout Ezekiel, God promises that when He restores His people and makes atonement for them, which means covering and removing their guilt, they will remember their ways and be ashamed (16:63; 36:31-32; 20:43). Their shame is not the price of His mercy; it is the fruit of it.
- Ezekiel 43:10-11 (BSB)“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan, and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.”Ezekiel is to show Israel the temple so they feel shame, and if they do, to make known its whole design and write down its laws for them to keep.
- Ezekiel 16:63 (BSB)“so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.””God says that when He makes atonement for His people, they will remember and be ashamed, so the shame follows His grace.
- Ezekiel 36:31-32 (BSB)“Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations. It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!”When God restores Israel, they will remember their evil ways and loathe themselves, since He acts not for their sake.
- Ezekiel 20:43 (BSB)“There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.”Restored Israel will remember the deeds that defiled them and loathe themselves for their evil.
Theological
What purpose does the LORD give for showing Israel the temple (43:10)?
Answer: So that they would feel shame over their sins
Ezekiel is to describe the house to Israel in order that they will feel shame for their iniquities (43:10); if they are, he is to make known its full design and statutes and write them down so they may keep them (43:11). The vision of God’s holy dwelling functions as a mirror that exposes Israel’s sin. The pattern is consistent in Ezekiel: shame and self-loathing follow God’s gracious restoration and atonement rather than earning it (16:63; 36:31-32; 20:43). Repentance is the fruit of sovereign grace, not a price paid for it, for God acts not for their sake (36:32).
- Ezekiel 43:10-11 (BSB)“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan, and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.”Ezekiel is to show Israel the temple so they feel shame, and if they do, to make known its whole design and write down its laws for them to keep.
- Ezekiel 16:63 (BSB)“so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.””God says that when He makes atonement for His people, they will remember and be ashamed, so the shame follows His grace.
- Ezekiel 36:31-32 (BSB)“Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations. It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!”When God restores Israel, they will remember their evil ways and loathe themselves, since He acts not for their sake.
- Ezekiel 20:43 (BSB)“There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.”Restored Israel will remember the deeds that defiled them and loathe themselves for their evil.
General
What does the voice speaking from within the house call this place (43:7)?
Answer: The place of His throne, where He will live with Israel forever
Speaking from within the house, the LORD tells Ezekiel that this is where His throne is set and where His feet rest, where He will live among His people Israel for all time (43:6-7). He adds that Israel and its kings will no longer stain His holy name by spiritual unfaithfulness (idolatry) or by offerings made when their kings died (43:7). They had set their own doorways right beside His, separated from His house by nothing more than a wall, and had defiled His name with their abominations, so He consumed them in His anger (43:8). Once they put these sins far away, He will make His home among them for all time (43:9). Earlier the LORD had promised to set His sanctuary among His people forever as part of an everlasting covenant, a binding promise (37:26-28), and near its close the Bible announces that God’s dwelling is with His people (Revelation 21:3). Readings differ on whether this temple is a future building or a symbolic picture of God dwelling with His people, and John saw a city whose temple is God Almighty Himself together with the Lamb (Revelation 21:22).
- Ezekiel 43:6-7 (BSB)“While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple, and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.”From inside the temple the LORD calls it the place of His throne and footstool, where He will live among Israel forever, and promises they will not defile His name again.
- Ezekiel 43:9 (BSB)“Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.”Once Israel puts away its idolatry and the offerings for its dead kings, God will live among them forever.
- Ezekiel 37:26-28 (BSB)“And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’””The LORD had already pledged a lasting covenant of peace and His own dwelling in the midst of His people for all time.
- Revelation 21:3 (BSB)“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.”Near the end of the Bible a voice from the throne announces that God now makes His home among people, who will be His own.
- Revelation 21:22 (BSB)“But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”The city John saw had no temple building, since God Almighty and the Lamb fill that role themselves.
Theological
How does the LORD, speaking from within the temple, describe this place (43:7)?
Answer: The place of His throne, where He will live with Israel forever
The LORD identifies the temple as the place of His throne and footstool, where He will abide among His people Israel for all time (43:6-7). The promise is joined to a pledge that Israel and its kings will no longer defile His holy name by spiritual unfaithfulness (idolatry) and by offerings for their dead kings. Because they had set their doorways beside His, with nothing but a wall between, and defiled His name with abominations, He had consumed them in His anger (43:8); when these sins are put away, He will abide with them forever (43:9). This echoes the covenant promise to set His sanctuary among His people forever (37:26-28), and Revelation announces the same goal when God’s dwelling is with man (Revelation 21:3). Readings differ on whether the temple is a future structure or a symbolic portrayal of God dwelling with His people, and John saw a city whose temple is God Almighty Himself together with the Lamb (Revelation 21:22).
- Ezekiel 43:6-7 (BSB)“While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple, and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.”From inside the temple the LORD calls it the place of His throne and footstool, where He will live among Israel forever, and promises they will not defile His name again.
- Ezekiel 43:9 (BSB)“Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.”Once Israel puts away its idolatry and the offerings for its dead kings, God will live among them forever.
- Ezekiel 37:26-28 (BSB)“And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’””The LORD had already pledged a lasting covenant of peace and His own dwelling in the midst of His people for all time.
- Revelation 21:3 (BSB)“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.”Near the end of the Bible a voice from the throne announces that God now makes His home among people, who will be His own.
- Revelation 21:22 (BSB)“But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”The city John saw had no temple building, since God Almighty and the Lamb fill that role themselves.
General
True or False: According to the temple’s governing rule, only the innermost room is holy, while the rest of the mountaintop is ordinary ground (43:12).
Answer: False
This is false. The rule God gives for His house is that the entire area surrounding it on the mountain’s summit is most holy, and He repeats the statement for emphasis (43:12). Holiness, meaning being set apart for God and fit for His presence, is not confined to one inner room, like the tabernacle’s Most Holy Place behind the curtain (Exodus 26:33-34), but spreads across the whole territory. The wall around the complex was there to mark off holy space from common space (42:20). Zechariah likewise looked ahead to a day when even everyday cooking pots in Jerusalem would belong to the LORD as holy (Zechariah 14:20-21), and a psalm says holiness is fitting for God’s house forever (Psalm 93:5).
- Ezekiel 43:12 (BSB)“This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.”The rule governing the house is that the whole area around it on the mountaintop is most holy, and the LORD says it twice.
- Ezekiel 42:20 (BSB)“So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.”The wall around the temple complex existed to mark off what is holy from what is common.
- Exodus 26:33-34 (BSB)“And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.”In the tabernacle a veil divided the outer holy room from the inner room that held the ark, called the Most Holy Place.
- Zechariah 14:20-21 (BSB)“On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar. Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.”Zechariah foresaw a day when holiness to the LORD would reach even the ordinary cooking pots of Jerusalem.
- Psalm 93:5 (BSB)“Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.”The psalmist declares that holiness is fitting for the LORD’s house for all time.
Theological
True or False: The temple’s governing law restricts holiness to the innermost sanctuary and treats the surrounding mountaintop as common (43:12).
Answer: False
This is false. The rule for the house is that its whole surrounding territory on the mountaintop is most holy, a statement the LORD repeats for emphasis (43:12). In the tabernacle the name Most Holy Place belonged to the inner room behind the veil (Exodus 26:33-34); here the designation most holy extends over the entire precinct. The surrounding wall served to separate holy from common (42:20), and Zechariah anticipated holiness reaching even common vessels in Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:20-21). The point is the pervasive holiness that God’s presence brings, for holiness befits His house forever (Psalm 93:5).
- Ezekiel 43:12 (BSB)“This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.”The rule governing the house is that the whole area around it on the mountaintop is most holy, and the LORD says it twice.
- Ezekiel 42:20 (BSB)“So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.”The wall around the temple complex existed to mark off what is holy from what is common.
- Exodus 26:33-34 (BSB)“And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.”In the tabernacle a veil divided the outer holy room from the inner room that held the ark, called the Most Holy Place.
- Zechariah 14:20-21 (BSB)“On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar. Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.”Zechariah foresaw a day when holiness to the LORD would reach even the ordinary cooking pots of Jerusalem.
- Psalm 93:5 (BSB)“Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.”The psalmist declares that holiness is fitting for the LORD’s house for all time.