I will live among the people of Israel, and I will be their God.

They will know that I am the LORD their God who brought them out of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the LORD their God.

"But can you, O God, really live on earth? Not even all of heaven is large enough to hold you, so how can this Temple that I have built be large enough?

He goes up to the heights, taking many captives with him; he receives gifts from rebellious people. The LORD God will live there.

There is no one like the LORD our God. He lives in the heights above,

but he bends down to see the heavens and the earth.

"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

The LORD says, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house, then, could you build for me, what kind of place for me to live in?

"But the Most High God does not live in houses built by human hands; as the prophet says,

'Heaven is my throne, says the Lord, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house would you build for me? Where is the place for me to live in?

God, who made the world and everything in it, is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

Yet no one can really build a temple for God, because even all the vastness of heaven cannot contain him. How then can I build a temple that would be anything more than a place to burn incense to God?

Where could I go to escape from you? Where could I get away from your presence?

If I flew away beyond the east or lived in the farthest place in the west,

No one can hide where I cannot see them. Do you not know that I am everywhere in heaven and on earth?

I know a certain Christian man who fourteen years ago was snatched up to the highest heaven (I do not know whether this actually happened or whether he had a vision---only God knows).

Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like that. Don't believe him! No god of any nation has ever been able to save his people from any Assyrian emperor. So certainly this god of yours can't save you!"

Do you think he will trust a creature of clay, a thing of dust that can be crushed like a moth?

So how can I find words to answer God?

Can anyone be righteous or pure in God's sight?

Then what about a human being, that worm, that insect? What is a human life worth in God's eyes?

As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!