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So I destroyed them in my anger. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/43.htm">New Living Translation</a> They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/43.htm">English Standard Version</a> by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them. They have defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/43.htm">King James Bible</a> In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/43.htm">New King James Version</a> When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/43.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> by putting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/43.htm">NASB 1995</a> by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/43.htm">NASB 1977 </a> by setting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> by putting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have done. So I have consumed them in My anger. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/43.htm">Amplified Bible</a> by setting their threshold by My threshold and their doorpost beside My doorpost, with [only] the wall between Me and them. They have defiled and desecrated My holy name by the vile atrocities which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/43.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Whenever they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they were defiling my holy name by the detestable acts they committed. So I destroyed them in my anger. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Whenever they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they were defiling My holy name by the detestable acts they committed. So I destroyed them in My anger. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/43.htm">American Standard Version</a> in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/43.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Israel's kings built their palaces so close to my holy temple that only a wall separated them from me. Then these kings disgraced me with their evil ways, and in my fierce anger I destroyed them. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/43.htm">English Revised Version</a> in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door post beside my door post, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/43.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They put their doorway by my doorway and their doorposts by my doorposts. Only a wall separated me from them. They dishonored my holy name because of the disgusting things that they have done. So I destroyed them in my anger. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/43.htm">Good News Translation</a> The kings built the doorsills and doorposts of their palace right against the doorsills and doorposts of my Temple, so that there was only a wall between us. They disgraced my holy name by all the disgusting things they did, and so in my anger I destroyed them. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/43.htm">International Standard Version</a> by their setting up their threshold too close to my threshold and their door post too close to my door post, with a wall between me and them. After all, they have defiled my holy name by the loathsome things that they did, so I devoured them in my anger. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/43.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger. <a href="/net/ezekiel/43.htm">NET Bible</a> When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed. So I consumed them in my anger. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/43.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their doorpost beside my doorpost, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: therefore I have consumed them in my anger. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/43.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> In their setting of their threshhold by my threshholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in my anger. <a href="/web/ezekiel/43.htm">World English Bible</a> in their setting of their threshold by my threshold and their door post beside my door post. There was a wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed. Therefore I have consumed them in my anger. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/43.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> In their putting their threshold with My threshold, "" And their doorpost near My doorpost, "" And the wall between Me and them, "" And they have defiled My holy Name, "" By their abominations that they have done, "" And I consume them in My anger. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/43.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> In their putting their threshold with My threshold, And their door-post near My door-post, And the wall between Me and them, And they have defiled My holy name, By their abominations that they have done, And I consume them in Mine anger. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/43.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In their giving their threshold with my thresholds, and their door-post by my door-posts, and the wall between me and between them, and they defiled my holy name with their abominations which they did: and consuming them in my anger.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/43.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> They who have set their threshold by my threshold, and their posts by my posts: and there was but a wall between me and them: and they profaned my holy name by the abominations which they committed: for which reason I consumed them in my wrath. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/43.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> They have fabricated their threshold beside my threshold, and their doorposts beside my doorposts. And there was a wall between me and them. And they defiled my holy name by the abominations which they committed. Because of this, I consumed them in my wrath. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/43.htm">New American Bible</a> When they placed their threshold against my threshold and their doorpost next to mine, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by the abominations they committed, and I devoured them in my wrath. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/43.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they were defiling my holy name by their abominations that they committed; therefore I have consumed them in my anger.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/43.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For they used to make their gates beside my gates, and their door posts beside my doorposts, and there was only a wall between me and them; they have even defiled my holy name by the iniquities which they have committed; therefore I have consumed them in my anger. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/43.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> For they were making their gates by the side of my gates, and their borders on the side of my borders, and a wall was between me and them, and they polluted the name of my holiness in the evil that they had done, and I consumed them in my anger<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/43.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> in their setting of their threshold by My threshold, and their door-post beside My door-post, and there was but the wall between Me and them; and they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed; wherefore I have consumed them in Mine anger. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/43.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> when they set my door-way by their door-way, and my thresholds near to their thresholds: and they made my wall as it were joining myself and them, and they profaned my holy name with their iniquities which they wrought: and I destroyed them in my wrath and with slaughter. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=13039" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/43.htm">The Glory of the LORD Returns to the Temple</a> …7and 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. 8<a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: bə·ṯit·tām (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">When they placed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5592.htm" title="5592: sip·pām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A vestibule, a dish. From caphaph, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule; also a dish.">their threshold</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">next to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5592.htm" title="5592: sip·pî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A vestibule, a dish. From caphaph, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule; also a dish.">My threshold</a> <a href="/hebrew/4201.htm" title="4201: ū·mə·zū·zā·ṯām (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- A doorpost, gatepost. Or mzuzah; from the same as ziyz; a door-post.">and their doorposts</a> <a href="/hebrew/681.htm" title="681: ’ê·ṣel (Prep) -- A joining together, proximity. From 'atsal; a side; near.">beside</a> <a href="/hebrew/4201.htm" title="4201: mə·zū·zā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A doorpost, gatepost. Or mzuzah; from the same as ziyz; a door-post.">My doorposts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7023.htm" title="7023: wə·haq·qîr (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- A wall. Or qir; or qiyrah; from quwr; a wall.">with only a wall</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bê·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- An interval, space between. ">between Me and them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇê·nê·hem (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3mp) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: wə·ṭim·mə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">they defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qāḏ·šî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">My holy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">name</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: bə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯām (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">by the abominations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">they committed.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: wā·’ă·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">Therefore I have consumed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: bə·’ap·pî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">in My anger.</a> 9Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/26-11.htm">Leviticus 26:11-12</a> And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you. / I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a> What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” <a href="/exodus/25-8.htm">Exodus 25:8</a> And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them. <a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3</a> 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. <a href="/1_kings/6-13.htm">1 Kings 6:13</a> And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.” <a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Jeremiah 7:30</a> For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. <a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4-7</a> Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. / He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a> Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. <a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Isaiah 57:8</a> Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-4.htm">2 Chronicles 33:4-7</a> Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. / He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. ... <a href="/john/14-23.htm">John 14:23</a> Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. <a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Ezekiel 5:11</a> Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you. <a href="/ezekiel/8-5.htm">Ezekiel 8:5-6</a> “Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.” <a href="/ezekiel/8-16.htm">Ezekiel 8:16</a> So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun. <a href="/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38-39</a> They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths. / On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: why I have consumed them in my anger.setting<a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Ezekiel 5:11</a> Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.<a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Ezekiel 8:3-16</a> And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy… <a href="/ezekiel/23-39.htm">Ezekiel 23:39</a> For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.and the wall between me and them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-18.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-26.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-12.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-12.htm">Door</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-21.htm">Doorpost</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-9.htm">Door-Post</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-21.htm">Doorposts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">Doorstep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-3.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-21.htm">Post</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-21.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-12.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-21.htm">Setting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-7.htm">Threshhold</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-25.htm">Threshholds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-25.htm">Threshold</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Thresholds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-24.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-20.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-19.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/44-6.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/daniel/3-13.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-13.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/daniel/2-44.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-26.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-9.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-6.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-3.htm">Door</a> <a href="/exodus/21-6.htm">Doorpost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-19.htm">Door-Post</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-19.htm">Doorposts</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Doorstep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/daniel/1-2.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-19.htm">Post</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-19.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/daniel/9-4.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/daniel/6-14.htm">Setting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Threshhold</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-14.htm">Threshholds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Threshold</a> <a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Thresholds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-23.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-23.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/daniel/2-15.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/daniel/2-12.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 43</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/43-1.htm">The returning of the glory of God into the temple</a> 7. <a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm">The sin of Israel hindered God's presence</a> 10. <a href="/ezekiel/43-10.htm">The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of the law of the house</a> 13. <a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">The measures</a> 18. <a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">and ordinances of the altar</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Near Eastern culture, thresholds were significant as they marked the entrance to a dwelling, symbolizing the boundary between the sacred and the profane. The Israelites' actions of placing their threshold next to God's indicate a blatant disregard for the holiness of God's temple. This reflects a broader theme in Scripture where God's people are called to be separate from idolatry and sin (<a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16-17</a>).and their doorposts beside My doorposts Doorposts in biblical times were often inscribed with symbols or texts, such as the Shema in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-9.htm">Deuteronomy 6:9</a>, to signify dedication to God. By placing their doorposts beside God's, the Israelites were effectively equating their idolatrous practices with the worship of Yahweh. This act of syncretism is condemned throughout the Old Testament, as seen in the warnings against mixing worship of God with pagan practices (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a>).with only a wall between Me and them The wall symbolizes a barrier that the Israelites erected between themselves and God, both physically and spiritually. In the temple, walls served to separate the holy from the common, but here it represents the separation caused by sin. This imagery is echoed in <a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a>, where sin is described as creating a separation between God and His people. The wall signifies the loss of intimacy and fellowship with God due to their abominations.they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed Defiling God's holy name refers to actions that dishonor or profane His character and reputation. In the context of Ezekiel, the abominations likely include idol worship and other practices contrary to God's law. The holiness of God's name is a recurring theme in Scripture, emphasizing His unique and set-apart nature (<a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Leviticus 22:32</a>). The Israelites' actions not only violated the covenant but also misrepresented God to the nations.Therefore I have consumed them in My anger This phrase indicates God's righteous judgment in response to the Israelites' persistent sin. The concept of divine anger is consistent with God's holiness and justice, as seen throughout the prophetic books. God's consumption of the people can be understood as both a literal and metaphorical expression of His judgment, as seen in the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. This judgment serves as a warning and a call to repentance, aligning with the broader biblical narrative of God's desire for His people to return to Him (<a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Jeremiah 25:4-7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The holy place where God's presence dwelt among His people, central to Israelite worship and identity. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> God's chosen people, who were in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god's_holy_name.htm">God's Holy Name</a> Represents God's character and reputation, which the Israelites defiled through their actions. 5. <a href="/topical/a/abominations.htm">Abominations</a> Refers to the idolatrous practices and sins that the Israelites committed, which were detestable to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/h/holiness_of_god's_dwelling.htm">Holiness of God's Dwelling</a> God's presence demands holiness. Just as the physical temple was to be kept pure, our lives as temples of the Holy Spirit must be free from sin. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_defilement.htm">Consequences of Defilement</a> Sin and idolatry have serious consequences. The Israelites' actions led to God's anger and their exile, reminding us of the importance of obedience. <a href="/topical/p/proximity_to_god.htm">Proximity to God</a> Physical proximity to holy things does not equate to spiritual closeness. The Israelites were near the temple but far from God in their hearts. <a href="/topical/r/reverence_for_god's_name.htm">Reverence for God's Name</a> Our actions reflect on God's name. We must live in a way that honors and glorifies Him, avoiding anything that would bring dishonor. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Despite judgment, God offers hope and restoration. Ezekiel's later chapters speak of a renewed temple and relationship with God, encouraging us to seek repentance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_43.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 43</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_40's_details.htm">How should one reconcile the detailed architectural descriptions in Ezekiel 40 with the absence of any clear historical record of its fulfillment?</a> <a href="/q/why_hasn't_ezekiel's_temple_been_built.htm">If Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 40 was meant as a literal blueprint, why hasn't this Temple been constructed in the centuries that followed?</a> <a href="/q/why_are_'creeping_things'_in_the_temple.htm">In Ezekiel 8:10, why would the temple contain images of 'creeping things' if this contradicts the temple's strict laws against idolatry?</a> <a href="/q/do_ezekiel_40_5-16_match_temple_finds.htm">How do the measurements in Ezekiel 40:5-16 align with archaeological evidence of any actual Temple structure?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/43.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) And the wall between.--The sense is given in the margin: there was only a wall between me and them.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/43.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds etc. The first "their" can only refer to "the house of Israel and their kings;" the second "their" may also allude to these, but is best taken as pointing to the "idols," whose thresholds or temples, according to the view adopted of the preceding verse, were set up in the court of Jehovah's temple, and so close to the latter that nothing stood between them except the temple wall Smend, who favors the second view of the preceding verse, considers this verse as a complaint against the kings for having erected their royal residence on Mount Zion, in the immediate vicinity of the temple; but as David's palace was older than the temple, it is not likely Ezekiel was guilty of perverting history in the manner this hypothesis would imply. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>When they placed בְּתִתָּ֨ם (bə·ṯit·tām) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set their threshold סִפָּ֜ם (sip·pām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5592.htm">Strong's 5592: </a> A vestibule, a dish next to אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case My threshold סִפִּ֗י (sip·pî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5592.htm">Strong's 5592: </a> A vestibule, a dish and their doorposts וּמְזֽוּזָתָם֙ (ū·mə·zū·zā·ṯām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4201.htm">Strong's 4201: </a> A doorpost, gatepost beside אֵ֣צֶל (’ê·ṣel) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_681.htm">Strong's 681: </a> A joining together, proximity My doorposts, מְזוּזָתִ֔י (mə·zū·zā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4201.htm">Strong's 4201: </a> A doorpost, gatepost with only a wall וְהַקִּ֖יר (wə·haq·qîr) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7023.htm">Strong's 7023: </a> A wall between Me and them, בֵּינִ֣י (bê·nî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> An interval, space between they defiled וְטִמְּא֣וּ ׀ (wə·ṭim·mə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> To be or become unclean My holy קָדְשִׁ֗י (qāḏ·šî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity name שֵׁ֣ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name by the abominations בְּתֽוֹעֲבוֹתָם֙ (bə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol they committed. עָשׂ֔וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make Therefore I have consumed וָאֲכַ֥ל (wā·’ă·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat them אֹתָ֖ם (’ō·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case in My anger. בְּאַפִּֽי׃ (bə·’ap·pî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-8.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 43:8 In their setting of their threshold (Ezek. 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