The people must make a sacred Tent for me, so that I may live among them.

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

Now then, if your land is not fit to worship in, come over into the LORD's land, where his Tent is. Claim some land among us. But don't rebel against the LORD or make rebels out of us by building an altar in addition to the altar of the LORD our God.

Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in forever."

"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 has his home in Jerusalem; he lives on Mount Zion.

Instead he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he dearly loves.

There he built his Temple like his home in heaven; he made it firm like the earth itself, secure for all time.

The LORD has chosen Zion; he wants to make it his home:

"This is where I will live forever; this is where I want to rule.

I will make a covenant with them that guarantees their security forever. I will establish them and increase their population, and will see to it that my Temple stands forever in their land.

When I place my Temple there to be among them forever, then the nations will know that I, the LORD, have chosen Israel to be my own people."

In union with him you too are being built together with all the others into a place where God lives through his Spirit.

I heard a loud voice speaking from the throne: "Now God's home is with people! He will live with them, and they shall be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.

Do not adopt the customs of the people who live there; I am driving out those pagans so that you can enter the land. They have disgusted me with all their evil practices.

"When the LORD saw this, he was angry and rejected his sons and daughters.

God was angry when he saw it, so he rejected his people completely.

So the LORD was angry with his people; he was disgusted with them.

Remember your promises and do not despise us; do not bring disgrace on Jerusalem, the place of your glorious throne. Do not break the covenant you made with us.

The Lord rejected his altar and deserted his holy Temple; He allowed the enemy to tear down its walls. They shouted in victory where once we had worshiped in joy.

I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month.