The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #167
167. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 44
1-3 Every good of the church and of worship is from the Lord. (12)
4-8 The Jewish nation destroyed the church. (12)
9-14 That nation will [not] be in that church, (12)
15-31 but others, of whom the new church will consist, which will acknowledge the Lord; concerning which, and its life, doctrine, worship, and ministry. (12)
Ezekiel 44:4-8
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Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh: and I fell on my face.
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Yahweh said to me, Son of man, mark well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of the house of Yahweh, and all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.
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You shall tell the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: you house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
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in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, [to add] to all your abominations.
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You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.