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I bow low toward your holy temple; I praise your name for your
fidelity and love. For you have exalted over all your name and
your promise. [PS 138:2]
May our sons be like plants well nurtured from their youth, Our
daughters, like carved columns, shapely as those of the temple.
[PS 144:12]
Guard your step when you go to the house of God. Let your
approach be obedience, rather than the fools' offering of
sacrifice; for they know not how to keep from doing evil. [ECCL
4:17]
So also the eunuch whose hand wrought no misdeed, who held no
wicked thoughts against the LORD- For he shall be given fidelity's
choice reward and a more gratifying heritage in the LORD'S temple.
[WISDOM 3:14]
You have bid me build a temple on your holy mountain and an
altar in the city that is your dwelling place, a copy of the holy
tabernacle which you had established from of old. [WISDOM 9:8]
Take pity on your holy city, Jerusalem, your dwelling
place. Fill Zion with your majesty, your temple with your
glory. Give evidence of your deeds of old; fulfill the
prophecies spoken in your name, Reward those who have hoped in
you, and let your prophets be proved true. [SIRACH 36:12-15]
Solomon reigned during an era of peace, for God made tranquil
all his borders. He built a house to the name of God, and
established a lasting sanctuary. [SIRACH 47:13]
How can we fittingly praise Zerubbabel, who was like a
signet ring on God's right hand, And Jeshua, Jozadak's son? In
their time they built the house of God; They erected the holy
temple, destined for everlasting glory. [SIRACH 49:11-12]
The greatest among his brethren, the glory of his people, was
Simon the priest, son of Jochanan, In whose time the house of
God was renovated, in whose days the temple was reinforced.
In his time also the wall was built with powerful turrets for
the temple precincts; In his time the reservoir was dug, the
pool with a vastness like the sea's. He protected his people
against brigands and strengthened his city against the enemy.
How splendid he was as he appeared from the tent, as he came
from within the veil! Like a star shining among the clouds, like
the full moon at the holyday season; Like the sun shining upon the
temple, like the rainbow appearing in the cloudy sky [Taken
from SIRACH 50:1-7]
In days to come, The mountain of the LORD'S
house shall be established as the highest mountain and
raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it;
many peoples shall come and say: "Come, let us climb the
LORD'S mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That
he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his
paths." For from Zion shall go forth
instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. [ISA
2:2-3]
In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high
and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the
temple. Seraphim were stationed above; each of them had six wings:
with two they veiled their faces, with two they veiled their feet,
and with two they hovered aloft. "Holy, holy, holy is the
LORD of hosts!" they cried one to the other. "All the
earth is filled with his glory!" At the sound of that cry,
the frame of the door shook and the house was filled with smoke.
[ISA 6:1-4]
The LORD is our savior; we shall sing to stringed instruments
In the house of the LORD all the days of our life. [ISA 38:20]
It is I who confirm the words of my servants, I carry out
the plan announced by my messengers; I say to Jerusalem: Be
inhabited; to the cities of Judah: Be rebuilt; I will
raise up their ruins. It is I who said to the deep: Be dry; I
will dry up your wellsprings. I say of Cyrus: My shepherd, who
fulfills my every wish; He shall say of Jerusalem, "Let
her be rebuilt," and of the temple, "Let its
foundations be laid." [ISA 44:26-28]
Be not so very angry, LORD, keep not our guilt forever in
mind; look upon us, who are all your people. Your holy cities
have become a desert, Zion is a desert, Jerusalem a waste.
Our holy and glorious temple in which our fathers praised you Has
been burned with fire; all that was dear to us is laid waste.
Can you hold back, O LORD, after all this? Can you remain
silent, and afflict us so severely? [ISA 64:8-11]
Thus says the LORD: The heavens are my throne, the
earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for
me; what is to be my resting place? My hand made all these
things when all of them came to be, says the LORD. This
is the one whom I approve: the lowly and afflicted man who
trembles at my word. [ISA 66:1-2]
Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: Your
brethren who, because of my name, hate and reject you, say, "Let
the LORD show his glory that we may see your joy"; but
they shall be put to shame. A sound of roaring from the city, a
sound from the temple, The sound of the LORD repaying
his enemies their deserts! [ISA 66:5-6]
The following message came to Jeremiah from the LORD: Stand at
the gate of the house of the LORD, and there proclaim this
message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah who enter
these gates to worship the LORD! Thus says the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel: Reform your ways and your deeds, so that I may
remain with you in this place. Put not your trust in the deceitful
words: "This is the temple of the LORD! The temple of the
LORD! The temple of the LORD!" Only if you thoroughly reform
your ways and your deeds; if each of you deals justly with his
neighbor; if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the orphan,
and the widow; if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place,
or follow strange gods to your own harm, will I remain with you in
this place, in the land which I gave your fathers long ago and
forever. But here you are, putting your trust in deceitful words
to your own loss! [JER 7:1-8]
The people of Judah have done what is evil in my eyes, says the
LORD. They have defiled the house which bears my name by setting
up in it their abominable idols. [JER 7:30]
When Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent
him to prophesy, he stood in the court of the house of God and
said to all the people: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel: I will surely bring upon this city all the evil with which
I threatened it, because they have stiffened their necks and have
not obeyed my words. [JER 19:14-15]
Both prophet and priest are godless! In my very house I find
their wickedness, says the LORD. [JER 23:11]
If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, say to
them: Thus says the LORD of hosts: You must drink! For since with
this city, which is called by my name, I begin to inflict evil,
how can you possibly be spared? You shall not be spared! I will
call down the sword upon all who inhabit the earth, says the LORD
of hosts. Prophesy against them all these things and say to
them: The LORD roars from on high, from his holy
dwelling he raises his voice; Mightily he roars over the
range, a shout like that of vintagers over the grapes. To all
who inhabit the earth to its very ends the uproar
spreads; For the LORD has an indictment against the
nations, he is to pass judgment upon all mankind: The
godless shall be given to the sword, says the LORD. [JER
25:28-31]
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king
of Judah, this message came from the LORD: Thus says the LORD:
Stand in the court of the house of the LORD and speak to the
people of all the cities of Judah who come to worship in the house
of the LORD; whatever I command you, tell them, and omit nothing.
Perhaps they will listen and turn back, each from his evil way, so
that I may repent of the evil I have planned to inflict upon them
for their evil deeds. Say to them: Thus says the LORD: If you
disobey me, not living according to the law I placed before you
and not listening to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I
send you constantly though you do not obey them, I will treat this
house like Shiloh, and make this the city which all the nations of
the earth shall refer to when cursing another. Now the priests,
the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words
in the house of the LORD. When Jeremiah finished speaking all that
the LORD bade him speak to all the people, the priests and
prophets laid hold of him, crying, "You must be put to death!
Why do you prophesy in the name of the LORD: 'This house shall be
like Shiloh,' and 'This city shall be desolate and
deserted'?" And all the people gathered about Jeremiah in the
house of the LORD. When the princes of Judah were informed of
these things, they came up from the king's palace to the house of
the LORD and held court at the New Gate of the house of the LORD.
The priests and prophets said to the princes and to all the
people, "This man deserves death; he has prophesied against
this city, as you have heard with your own ears." Jeremiah
gave this answer to the princes and all the people: "It was
the LORD who sent me to prophesy against this house and city all
that you have heard. Now, therefore, reform your ways and your
deeds; listen to the voice of the LORD your God, so that the LORD
will repent of the evil with which he threatens you. As for me, I
am in your hands; do with me what you think good and right. But
mark well: if you put me to death, it is innocent blood you bring
on yourselves, on this city and its citizens. For in truth it was
the LORD who sent me to you, to speak all these things for you to
hear." Thereupon the princes and all the people said to the
priests and the prophets, "This man does not deserve death;
it is in the name of the LORD, our God, that he speaks to
us." At this, some of the elders of the land came forward and
said to all the people assembled, "Micah of Moresheth used to
prophesy in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and he told
all the people of Judah: Thus says the LORD of hosts: Zion
shall become a plowed field, Jerusalem a heap of ruins, and
the temple mount a forest ridge. Did Hezekiah, king of Judah, and
all Judah condemn him to death? Did they not rather fear the LORD
and entreat the favor of the LORD, so that he repented of the evil
with which he had threatened them? But we are on the point of
committing this great evil to our own undoing." [JER 26:1-19]
Thus says the LORD: In this place of which you say, "How
desolate it is, without man, without beast!" and in the
cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem that are now
deserted, without man, without citizen, without beast, there shall
yet be heard the cry of joy, the cry of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, the voice of the bride, the sound of those who bring
thank offerings to the house of the LORD, singing, "Give
thanks to the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good; his mercy
endures forever." For I will restore this country as of old,
says the LORD. [JER 33:10-11]
Then Jeremiah charged Baruch: I cannot go to the house of the
LORD; I am prevented from doing so. Do you go on the fast day and
read publicly in the LORD'S house the LORD'S words from the scroll
you wrote at my dictation; read them also to all the men of Judah
who come up from their cities. Perhaps they will lay their
supplication before the LORD and will all turn back from their
evil way; for great is the fury of anger with which the LORD has
threatened this people. Baruch, son of Neriah, did everything the
prophet Jeremiah commanded; from the book-scroll he read the
LORD'S words in the LORD'S house. [JER 36:5-8]
The LORD has brought to light our just cause; come, let us
tell in Zion what the LORD, our God, has done. Sharpen the
arrows, fill the quivers; The LORD has stirred up the
spirit of Media's kings; Babylon he is resolved to destroy. Yes,
it is the vengeance of the LORD, vengeance for his temple.
[JER 51:10-11]
We are ashamed because we have heard taunts, confusion
covers our faces; strangers have entered the holy places of
the house of the LORD. But behold, the days are coming, says the
LORD, when I will punish her idols, and in her whole
land the wounded will groan. [JER 51:51-52]
On the tenth day of the fifth month (this was in the nineteenth
year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, captain of
the bodyguard, came to Jerusalem as the representative of the king
of Babylon. He burned the house of the LORD, the palace of the
king, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every large building he
destroyed with fire. [JER 52:12-13]
The Lord has disowned his altar, rejected his sanctuary; The
walls of her towers he has handed over to the enemy, Who shout in
the house of the LORD as on a feast day. [LAM 2:7]
"Pray for us also to the LORD, our God; for we have sinned
against the LORD, our God, and the wrath and anger of the LORD
have not yet been withdrawn from us at the present day. And read
out publicly this scroll which we send you, in the house of the
LORD, on the feast day and during the days of assembly: 'Justice is with the LORD, our God; and we today are flushed
with shame, we men of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem, that we,
with our kings and rulers and priests and prophets, and with our
fathers, have sinned in the LORD'S sight and disobeyed him. We
have neither heeded the voice of the LORD, our God, nor followed
the precepts which the LORD set before us. From the time the LORD
led our fathers out of the land of Egypt until the present day, we
have been disobedient to the LORD, our God, and only too ready to
disregard his voice.'" [BARUCH 1:13-19]
Hear, O LORD, our prayer of supplication, and deliver us for
your own sake: grant us favor in the presence of our captors, that
the whole earth may know that you are the LORD, our God, and that
Israel and his descendants bear your name. O LORD, look down from
your holy dwelling and take thought of us; turn, O LORD, your ear
to hear us. [BARUCH 2:14-16]
O Israel, how vast is the house of God, how broad the
scope of his dominion: Vast and endless, high and
immeasurable! [BARUCH 3:24-25]
He continued: You shall see still greater abominations that
they are practicing. Then he brought me to the entrance of the
north gate of the temple, and I saw sitting there the women who
were weeping for Tammuz. Then he said to me: Do you see this, son
of man? You shall see other abominations, greater than these! Then
he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and there
at the door of the LORD'S temple, between the vestibule and the
altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the LORD'S
temple and their faces toward the east; they were bowing down to
the sun. Do you see, son of man? he asked me. Is it such a trivial
matter for the house of Judah to do the abominable things they
have done here - for they have filled the land with violence, and
again and again they have provoked me - that now they must also
put the branch to my nose? Therefore I in turn will act furiously:
I will not look upon them with pity nor will I show mercy. [EZEK
8:13-18]
Then he called to the man dressed in linen with the writer's
case at his waist, saying to him: Pass through the city (through
Jerusalem) and mark an X on the foreheads of those who moan and
groan over all the abominations that are practiced within it. To
the others I heard him say: Pass through the city after him and
strike! Do not look on them with pity nor show any mercy! Old men,
youths and maidens, women and children - wipe them out! But do not
touch any marked with the X; begin at my sanctuary. So they began
with the men (the elders) who were in front of the temple. Defile
the temple, he said to them, and fill the courts with the slain;
then go out and strike in the city. As they began to strike, I was
left alone. I fell prone, crying out, "Alas, Lord GOD! Will you
destroy all that is left of Israel when you pour out your fury on
Jerusalem?" He answered me: "The sins of the house of Israel
are great beyond measure; the land is filled with bloodshed, the
city with lawlessness. They think that the LORD has forsaken the
land, that he does not see them. I, however, will not look upon
them with pity, nor show any mercy. I will bring down their
conduct upon their heads." [EZEK 9:3-10]
He said to the man dressed in linen: Go within the wheelwork
under the cherubim; fill both your hands with burning coals from
among the cherubim, then scatter them over the city. As I looked
on, he entered. The glory of the God of Israel had gone up from
the cherubim, upon which it had been, to the threshold of the
temple. As the man entered, the cloud filled the inner court, and
the glory of the LORD rose from over the cherubim to the threshold
of the temple; the temple was filled with the cloud, and all the
court was bright with the glory of the LORD. The noise of the
wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court; it
was like the voice of God the Almighty when he speaks. [EZEK
10:2-5]
Then the glory of the LORD left the threshold of the temple and
rested upon the cherubim. These lifted their wings, and I saw them
rise from the earth, the wheels rising along with them. They stood
at the entrance of the eastern gate of the LORD'S house, and the
glory of the God of Israel was up above them. [EZEK 10:18-19]
My dwelling shall be with them; I will be their God, and they
shall be my people. Thus the nations shall know that it is I, the
LORD, who make Israel holy, when my sanctuary shall be set up
among them forever. [EZEK 37:27-28]
The facade of the temple, along with the free area, on the east
side, was one hundred cubits wide. [EZEK 41:14]
Then he led me to the gate which faces the east, and there I
saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. I heard a
sound like the roaring of many waters, and the earth shone with
his glory. The vision was like that which I had seen when he came
to destroy the city, and like that which I had seen by the river
Chebar. I fell prone as the glory of the LORD entered the temple
by way of the gate which faces the east, but spirit lifted me up
and brought me to the inner court. And I saw that the temple was
filled with the glory of the LORD. Then I heard someone speaking
to me from the temple, while the man stood beside me. The voice
said to me: Son of man, this is where my throne shall be, this is
where I will set the soles of my feet; here I will dwell among the
Israelites forever. Never again shall they and their kings profane
my holy name with their harlotries and with the corpses of their
kings (their high places). When they placed their threshold
against my threshold and their doorpost next to mine, so that only
a wall was between us, they profaned my holy name by their
abominable deeds; therefore I consumed them in my wrath. From now
on they shall put far from me their harlotry and the corpses of
their kings, and I will dwell in their midst forever. As for you,
son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel (that they
may be ashamed of their sins), both its measurements and its
design; (and if they are ashamed of all that they have done,) make
known to them the form and design of the temple, its exits and
entrances, all its statutes and laws; write these down for them to
see, that they may carefully observe all its laws and statutes.
This is the law of the temple: its whole surrounding area on the
mountain top shall be most sacred. [EZEK 43:1-12]
Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary,
facing the east; but it was closed. He said to me: This gate is to
remain closed; it is not to be opened for anyone to enter by it;
since the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it, it shall
remain closed. Only the prince may sit down in it to eat his meal
in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the vestibule
of the gate, and leave by the same way. Then he brought me by way
of the north gate to the facade of the temple, and when I looked I
saw the glory of the LORD filling the LORD'S temple, and I fell
prone. Then he said to me: Son of man, pay strict attention, look
carefully, and listen intently to all that I will tell you about
the statutes and laws of the LORD'S temple; be attentive in regard
to those who are to be admitted to the temple and all those who
are to be excluded from the sanctuary. [EZEK 44:1-5]
Because they used to minister for them before their idols, and
became an occasion of sin to the house of Israel, therefore I have
sworn an oath against them, says the Lord GOD: they shall bear the
consequences of their sin. They shall no longer draw near me to
serve as my priests, nor shall they touch any of my sacred things,
or the most sacred things. Thus they shall bear their disgrace
because of all their abominable deeds. But I will set them to the
service of the temple, for all its work and for everything that is
to be done in it. As for the levitical priests, however, the
Zadokites who cared for my sanctuary when the Israelites strayed
from me, they shall draw near me to minister to me... It is they
who shall enter my sanctuary, they who shall approach my table to
minister to me, and they who shall carry out my service. Whenever
they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear linen
garments; they shall not put on anything woolen when they minister
at the gates of the inner court or within the temple. They shall
have linen turbans on their heads and linen drawers on their
loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes
sweat. When they are to go out to the people in the outer court,
they shall take off the garments in which they ministered and
leave them in the chambers of the sanctuary, putting on other
garments; thus they will not transmit holiness to the people with
their garments. [EZEK 44:12-19]
Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I
saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple
toward the east, for the facade of the temple was toward the east;
the water flowed down from the southern side of the temple, south
of the altar. He led me outside by the north gate, and around to
the outer gate facing the east, where I saw water trickling from
the southern side. Then when he had walked off to the east with a
measuring cord in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and
had me wade through the water, which was ankle-deep. He measured
off another thousand and once more had me wade through the water,
which was now knee-deep. Again he measured off a thousand and had
me wade; the water was up to my waist. Once more he measured off a
thousand, but there was now a river through which I could not
wade; for the water had risen so high it had become a river that
could not be crossed except by swimming. He asked me, "Have
you seen this, son of man?" Then he brought me to the bank of
the river, where he had me sit. Along the bank of the river I saw
very many trees on both sides. He said to me, "This water
flows into the eastern district down upon the Arabah, and empties
into the sea, the salt waters, which it makes fresh. Wherever the
river flows, every sort of living creature that can multiply shall
live, and there shall be abundant fish, for wherever this water
comes the sea shall be made fresh." [EZEK 47:1-9]
Blessed are you in the temple of you holy glory, praiseworthy
and glorious above all forever. [DAN 3:53]
A trumpet to your lips, You who watch over the house of
the LORD! Since they have violated my covenant, and
sinned against my law, While to me they cry out, "O, God
of Israel, we know you!" The men of Israel have thrown away
what is good; the enemy shall pursue them. [HOSEA 8:1-3]
Abolished are offering and libation from the house of the LORD;
In mourning are the priests, the ministers of the LORD. [JOEL 1:9]
Gird yourselves and weep, O priests! wail, O ministers of
the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O
ministers of my God! The house of your God is
deprived of offering and libation. Proclaim a fast, call
an assembly; Gather the elders, all who dwell in the
land, Into the house of the LORD, your God, and cry to
the LORD! Alas, the day! for near is the day of the
LORD, and it comes as ruin from the Almighty. From before our
very eyes has not the food been cut off; And from the
house of our God, joy and gladness? [JOEL 1:13-16]
Then shall you know that I, the LORD, am your God, dwelling on
Zion, my holy mountain; Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers
shall pass through her no more. And then, on that day, the
mountains shall drip new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk;
And the channels of Judah shall flow with water: A fountain shall
issue from the house of the LORD, to water the Valley of Shittim.
[JOEL 4:17-18]
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: a basket of ripe fruit.
"What do you see, Amos?" he asked. I answered, "A basket
of ripe fruit." Then the LORD said to me: The time is
ripe to have done with my people Israel; I will forgive them
no longer. The temple songs shall become wailings on that day, says
the Lord GOD. [Taken from AMOS 8:1-3]
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; My
prayer reached you in your holy temple. [JONAH 2:8]
The word of the LORD which came to Micah of Moresheth in the
days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah: that is, the
vision he received concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Hear, O
peoples, all of you, give heed, O earth, and all that fills
you! Let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord
from his holy temple! For see, the LORD comes forth from his
place, he descends and treads upon the heights of the earth.
[MICAH 1:1-3]
In days to come the mount of the LORD'S house Shall be
established higher than the mountains; it shall rise high above
the hills, And peoples shall stream to it: Many nations shall
come, and say, "Come, let us climb the mount of the LORD, to
the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his
ways, that we may walk in his paths." For from Zion shall go
forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. [MICAH
4:1-2]
But the LORD is in his holy temple; silence before him, all the
earth! [HAB 2:20]
Thus says the LORD of hosts: This people says: "Not now
has the time come to rebuild the house of the LORD." [HAG
1:2]
Is it time for you to dwell in your own paneled houses, while
this house lies in ruins? Now thus says the LORD of
hosts: Consider your ways! You have sown much, but have
brought in little; you have eaten, but have not been
satisfied; You have drunk, but have not been
exhilarated; have clothed yourselves, but not been
warmed; And he who earned wages earned them for a bag
with holes in it. Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your
ways! Go up into the hill country; bring timber, and build
the house That I may take pleasure in it and receive my
glory, says the LORD. You expected much, but it came to
little; and what you brought home, I blew away. For what
cause? says the LORD of hosts. Because my house lies in
ruins, while each of you hurries to his own house. Therefore
the heavens withheld from you their dew, and the earth her
crops. And I called for a drought upon the land and upon the
mountains; Upon the grain, and upon the wine, and upon the
oil, and upon all that the ground brings forth; Upon men
and upon beasts, and upon all that is produced by hand. Then
Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and the high priest Joshua, son of
Jehozadak, and all the remnant of the people listened to the voice
of the LORD, their God, and to the words of the prophet Haggai,
because the LORD, their God, had sent him, and the people feared
because of the LORD. And the LORD'S messenger, Haggai, proclaimed
to the people as the message of the LORD: I am with you, says the
LORD. Then the LORD stirred up the spirit of the governor of
Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and the spirit of the high
priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant
of the people, so that they came and set to work on the house of
the LORD of hosts, their God, on the twenty-fourth day of the
sixth month. [HAG 1:4-15]
Consider from this day forward: from the twenty-fourth day of
the ninth month. From the day on which the temple of the LORD was
founded, consider! [Taken from HAG 2:18]
And the angel who spoke with me said to me, Proclaim: Thus says
the LORD of hosts: I am deeply moved for the sake of Jerusalem and
Zion, and I am exceedingly angry with the complacent nations;
whereas I was but a little angry, they added to the harm.
Therefore, says the LORD: I will turn to Jerusalem in mercy; my
house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a
measuring line shall be stretched over Jerusalem. [ZECH 1:14-16]
Silence, all mankind, in the presence of the LORD! for he stirs
forth from his holy dwelling. [ZECH 2:17]
Silver and gold you shall take, and make a crown; place it on
the head of (Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest)
Zerubbabel. And say to him: Thus says the LORD of hosts: Here is a
man whose name is Shoot, and where he is he shall sprout, and he
shall build the temple of the LORD. Yes, he shall build the temple
of the LORD, and taking up the royal insignia, he shall sit as
ruler upon his throne. The priest shall be put at his right hand,
and between the two of them there shall be friendly understanding.
The crown itself shall be a memorial offering in the temple of the
LORD in favor of Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the son of
Zephaniah. And they who are from afar shall come and build the
temple of the LORD, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has
sent me to you. [Taken from ZECH 6:11-15]
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, you who
in these days hear these words spoken by the prophets on the day
when the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid for
the building of the temple. [ZECH 8:9]
Judah has broken faith; an abominable thing has been done in
Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the temple which the
LORD loves, and has married an idolatrous woman. [MAL 2:11]
Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; And
suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek, And
the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Yes, he is coming,
says the LORD of hosts. [MAL 3:1]
At that time Jesus was going through a field of grain on the
sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of
grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him,
"See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the
sabbath." He said to them, "Have you not read what David
did when he and his companions were hungry, how he went into the
house of God and ate the bread of offering, which neither he nor
his companions but only the priests could lawfully eat? Or have
you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests serving in
the temple violate the sabbath and are innocent? I say to you,
something greater than the temple is here. If you knew what this
meant, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have
condemned these innocent men. For the Son of Man is Lord of the
sabbath." [MT 12:1-8]
Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those engaged
in selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money
changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And he
said to them, "It is written: 'My house shall be a house
of prayer,' but you are making it a den of thieves."
The blind and the lame approached him in the temple area, and he
cured them. When the chief priests and the scribes saw the
wondrous things he was doing, and the children crying out in the
temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were
indignant and said to him, "Do you hear what they are
saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes; and have you never
read the text, 'Out of the mouths of infants and nurslings you
have brought forth praise'?" And leaving them, he went out of
the city to Bethany, and there he spent the night. [MT 21:12-17]
"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If one swears by the
temple, it means nothing, but if one swears by the gold of the
temple, one is obligated.' Blind fools, which is greater, the
gold, or the temple that made the gold sacred? And you say, 'If
one swears by the altar, it means nothing, but if one swears by
the gift on the altar, one is obligated.' You blind ones, which is
greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? One
who swears by the altar swears by it and all that is upon it; one
who swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it;
one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him
who is seated on it." [MT 23:16-22]
Jesus left the temple area and was going away, when his
disciples approached him to point out the temple buildings. He
said to them in reply, "You see all these things, do you not?
Amen, I say to you, there will not be left here a stone upon
another stone that will not be thrown down." [MT 24:1-2]
At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out
as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me? Day after
day I sat teaching in the temple area, yet you did not arrest me."
[MT 26:55]
Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned,
deeply regretted what he had done. He returned the thirty pieces
of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have
sinned in betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is
that to us? Look to it yourself." Flinging the money into the
temple, he departed and went off and hanged himself. The chief
priests gathered up the money, but said, "It is not lawful to
deposit this in the temple treasury, for it is the price of
blood." After consultation, they used it to buy the potter's
field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why that field
even today is called the Field of Blood. [MT 27:3-8]
They came to Jerusalem, and on entering the temple area he
began to drive out those selling and buying there. He overturned
the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were
selling doves. He did not permit anyone to carry anything through
the temple area. Then he taught them saying, "Is it not
written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all
peoples'? But you have made it a den of thieves." [MK 11:15-17]
As he was making his way out of the temple area one of his
disciples said to him, "Look, teacher, what stones and what
buildings!" Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great
buildings? There will not be one stone left upon another that will
not be thrown down." [MK 13:1-2]
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This
man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel,
and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by
the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen
the Messiah of the Lord. He came in the Spirit into the temple;
and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the
custom of the law in regard to him, he took him into his arms and
blessed God, saying: "Now, Master, you may let your servant
go in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen
your salvation, which you prepared in sight of all the peoples, a
light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your
people Israel." The child's father and mother were amazed at
what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary
his mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and
rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted
(and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of
many hearts may be revealed." There was also a prophetess,
Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was
advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after
her marriage, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She
never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting
and prayer. And coming forward at that very time, she gave thanks
to God and spoke about the child to all who were awaiting the
redemption of Jerusalem. [LK 2:25-38]
Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of
Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according
to festival custom. After they had completed its days, as they
were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but
his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan,
they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives
and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem
to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking
them questions, and all who heard him were astounded at his
understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were
astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you
done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with
great anxiety." And he said to them, "Why were you
looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's
house?" [LK 2:41-49]
Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and
was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be
tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when
they were over he was hungry... Then [the devil] led him to
Jerusalem, made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said
to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from
here, for it is written: 'He will command his angels
concerning you, to guard you,' and: 'With their hands
they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a
stone.'" Jesus said to him in reply, "It also says, 'You
shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.'" [LK
4:1-2,9-12]
He then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of
their own righteousness and despised everyone else. "Two
people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and
the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position
and spoke this prayer to himself, 'O God, I thank you that I am
not like the rest of humanity - greedy, dishonest, adulterous - or
even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay
tithes on my whole income.' But the tax collector stood off at a
distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his
breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.' I tell
you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone
who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles
himself will be exalted." [LK 18:9-14]
Then Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out
those who were selling things, saying to them, "It is
written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made
it a den of thieves.'" And every day he was teaching in the
temple area. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of
the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put him to death, but they
could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the
people were hanging on his words. [LK 19:45-48]
While some people were speaking about how the temple was
adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, he said,
"All that you see here - the days will come when there will
not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown
down." [LK 21:5-6]
During the day, Jesus was teaching in the temple area, but at
night he would leave and stay at the place called the Mount of
Olives. And all the people would get up early each morning to
listen to him in the temple area. [LK 21:37-38]
It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land
until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun.
Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle. Jesus cried
out in a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commend my
spirit"; and when he had said this he breathed his last. [LK
23:44-46]
Then he led them (out) as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and
blessed them. As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken
up to heaven. They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem
with great joy, and they were continually in the temple praising
God. [LK 24:50-53]
Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep,
and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a
whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with
the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers
and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said,
"Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a
marketplace." His disciples recalled the words of scripture,
"Zeal for your house will consume me." At this the Jews
answered and said to him, "What sign can you show us for
doing this?" Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy
this temple and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews
said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six
years, and you will raise it up in three days?" But he was
speaking about the temple of his body. Therefore, when he was
raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said
this, and they came to believe the scripture and the word Jesus
had spoken. [JN 2:13-22]
He spoke these words while teaching in the treasury in the
temple area. But no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet
come. [JN 8:20]
The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about
his doctrine. Jesus answered him, "I have spoken publicly to
the world. I have always taught in a synagogue or in the temple
area where all the Jews gather, and in secret I have said nothing."
[JN 18:19-20]
Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the
temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their
meals with exultation and sincerity of heart, praising God and
enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added
to their number those who were being saved. [ACTS 2:46-47]
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the
three o'clock hour of prayer. And a man crippled from birth
was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called "the
Beautiful Gate" every day to beg for alms from the people who
entered the temple. When he saw Peter and John about to go into
the temple, he asked for alms. But Peter looked intently at him,
as did John, and said, "Look at us." He paid attention
to them, expecting to receive something from them. Peter said,
"I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give
you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, (rise and)
walk." Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him
up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong. He leaped up,
stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them,
walking and jumping and praising God. When all the people saw him
walking and praising God, they recognized him as the one who used
to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were
filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to
him. [ACTS 3:1-10]
Then the high priest rose up and all his companions, that is,
the party of the Sadducees, and, filled with jealousy, laid hands
upon the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the
night, the angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led
them out, and said, "Go and take your place in the temple
area, and tell the people everything about this life." When
they heard this, they went to the temple early in the morning and
taught. When the high priest and his companions arrived, they
convened the Sanhedrin, the full senate of the Israelites, and
sent to the jail to have them brought in. But the court officers
who went did not find them in the prison, so they came back and
reported, "We found the jail securely locked and the guards
stationed outside the doors, but when we opened them, we found no
one inside." When they heard this report, the captain of the
temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss about them, as
to what this would come to. Then someone came in and reported to
them, "The men whom you put in prison are in the temple area
and are teaching the people." [ACTS 5:17-25]
And all day long, both at the temple and in their homes, they
did not stop teaching and proclaiming the Messiah, Jesus. [ACTS
5:42]
"After I had returned to Jerusalem and while I was praying
in the temple, I fell into a trance and saw the Lord saying to me,
'Hurry, leave Jerusalem at once, because they will not accept your
testimony about me.' But I replied, 'Lord, they themselves know
that from synagogue to synagogue I used to imprison and beat those
who believed in you. And when the blood of your witness Stephen
was being shed, I myself stood by giving my approval and keeping
guard over the cloaks of his murderers.' Then he said to me, 'Go,
I shall send you far away to the Gentiles.'" [ACTS
22:17-21]
In defending himself Paul said, "I have committed no crime
either against the Jewish law or against the temple or against
Caesar." [ACTS 25:8]
Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the
Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God
will destroy that person; for the temple of God, which you are, is
holy. [1COR 3:16-17]
Avoid immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside
the body, but the immoral person sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in
your body. [1COR 6:18-20]
Do not be yoked with those who are different, with unbelievers.
For what partnership do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or
what fellowship does light have with darkness? What accord has
Christ with Beliar? Or what has a believer in common with an
unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we
are the temple of the living God; as God said: "I will
live with them and move among them, and I will be their God and
they shall be my people. Therefore, come forth from them and
be separate," says the Lord, "and touch nothing
unclean; then I will receive you and I will be a father to
you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the
Lord Almighty." [2COR 6:14-18]
So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are
fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of
God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with
Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. Through him the whole
structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the
Lord; in him you also are being built together into a dwelling
place of God in the Spirit. [EPH 2:19-22]
We ask you, brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ and our assembling with him, not to be shaken out of
your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a
"spirit," or by an oral statement, or by a letter
allegedly from us to the effect that the day of the Lord is at
hand. Let no one deceive you in any way. For unless the apostasy
comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one doomed to
perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called
god and object of worship, so as to seat himself in the temple of
God, claiming that he is a god - do you not recall that while I
was still with you I told you these things? [2THES 2:1-5]
I am writing you about these matters, although I hope to visit
you soon. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to
behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living
God, the pillar and foundation of truth. [1TM 3:14-15]
Now (even) the first covenant had regulations for worship and
an earthly sanctuary. For a tabernacle was constructed, the outer
one, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of
offering; this is called the Holy Place. Behind the second veil
was the tabernacle called the Holy of Holies, in which were the
gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant entirely covered
with gold. In it were the gold jar containing the manna, the staff
of Aaron that had sprouted, and the tablets of the covenant. Above
it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of
expiation. Now is not the time to speak of these in detail. With
these arrangements for worship, the priests, in performing their
service, go into the outer tabernacle repeatedly, but the high
priest alone goes into the inner one once a year, not without
blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people.
In this way the Holy Spirit shows that the way into the sanctuary
had not yet been revealed while the outer tabernacle still had its
place. This is a symbol of the present time, in which gifts and
sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper in
conscience but only in matters of food and drink and various
ritual washings: regulations concerning the flesh, imposed until
the time of the new order. But when Christ came as high priest of
the good things that have come to be, passing through the greater
and more perfect tabernacle not made by hands, that is, not
belonging to this creation, he entered once for all into the
sanctuary... with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal
redemption... how much more will the blood of Christ, who through
the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our
consciences from dead works to worship the living God. For this
reason he is mediator of a new covenant: since a death has taken
place for deliverance from transgressions under the first
covenant, those who are called may receive the promised eternal
inheritance. Now where there is a will, the death of the testator
must be established. For a will takes effect only at death; it has
no force while the testator is alive. Thus not even the first
covenant was inaugurated without blood... According to the law
almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding
of blood there is no forgiveness. Therefore, it was necessary for
the copies of the heavenly things to be purified by these rites,
but the heavenly things themselves by better sacrifices than
these. For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands, a
copy of the true one, but heaven itself, that he might now appear
before God on our behalf. [Taken from HEB 9:1-12,14-18,22-24]
Therefore, brothers, since through the blood of Jesus we have
confidence of entrance into the sanctuary by the new and living
way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh, and
since we have "a great priest over the house of God,"
let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with
our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies
washed in pure water. Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession
that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy. We
must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works. We
should not stay away from our assembly, as is the custom of some,
but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the
day drawing near. If we sin deliberately after receiving knowledge
of the truth, there no longer remains sacrifice for sins but a
fearful prospect of judgment and a flaming fire that is going to
consume the adversaries. [HEB 10:19-27]
"I am coming quickly. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one
may take your crown. 'The victor I will make into a
pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never leave it again.
On him I will inscribe the name of my God and the name of the city
of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from
my God, as well as my new name.'" [RV 3:11-12]
Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me, "Who are
these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?" I
said to him, "My lord, you are the one who knows." He
said to me, "These are the ones who have survived the time of
great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb. For this reason they stand before
God's throne and worship him day and night in his temple. The
one who sits on the throne will shelter them. They will not hunger
or thirst anymore, nor will the sun or any heat strike them.
For the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will shepherd them and
lead them to springs of life-giving water, and God will wipe
away every tear from their eyes." [RV 7:13-17]
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and I was told,
"Come and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count
those who are worshiping in it. But exclude the outer court of the
temple; do not measure it, for it has been handed over to the
Gentiles, who will trample the holy city for forty-two months. I
will commission my two witnesses to prophesy for those twelve
hundred and sixty days, wearing sackcloth." These are the two
olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of
the earth. [RV 11:1-4]
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were loud voices
in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world now belongs to
our Lord and to his Anointed, and he will reign forever and
ever." The twenty-four elders who sat on their thrones before
God prostrated themselves and worshiped God and said: "We
give thanks to you, Lord God almighty, who are and who were. For
you have assumed your great power and have established your
reign. The nations raged, but your wrath has come, and
the time for the dead to be judged, and to recompense your
servants, the prophets, and the holy ones and those who fear
your name, the small and the great alike, and to destroy
those who destroy the earth." Then God's temple in heaven was
opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple.
There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder,
an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm. [RV 11:15-19]
The beast was given a mouth uttering proud boasts and
blasphemies, and it was given authority to act for forty-two
months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God,
blaspheming his name and his dwelling and those who dwell in
heaven. [RV 13:5-6]
Then I looked and there was a white cloud, and sitting on the
cloud one who looked like a son of man, with a gold crown on his
head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Another angel came out of the
temple, crying out in a loud voice to the one sitting on the
cloud, "Use your sickle and reap the harvest, for the time to
reap has come, because the earth's harvest is fully ripe." So
the one who was sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the
earth, and the earth was harvested. Then another angel came out of
the temple in heaven who also had a sharp sickle. Then another
angel (came) from the altar, (who) was in charge of the fire, and
cried out in a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle,
"Use your sharp sickle and cut the clusters from the earth's
vines, for its grapes are ripe." So the angel swung his
sickle over the earth and cut the earth's vintage. He threw it
into the great wine press of God's fury. [RV 14:14-19]
After this I had another vision. The temple that is the
heavenly tent of testimony opened, and the seven angels with the
seven plagues came out of the temple. They were dressed in clean
white linen, with a gold sash around their chests. One of the four
living creatures gave the seven angels seven gold bowls filled
with the fury of God, who lives forever and ever. Then the temple
became so filled with the smoke from God's glory and might that no
one could enter it until the seven plagues of the seven angels had
been accomplished. [RV 15:5-8]
I heard a loud voice speaking from the temple to the seven
angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of God's fury upon
the earth." [RV 16:1]
The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. A loud
voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, "It is
done." Then there were lightning flashes, rumblings, and
peals of thunder, and a great earthquake. It was such a violent
earthquake that there has never been one like it since the human
race began on earth. [RV 16:17-18]
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and
the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I
also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a
loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is
with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his
people and God himself will always be with them (as their God). He
will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more
death or mourning, wailing or pain, (for) the old order has passed
away." [RV 21:1-4]
I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God
almighty and the Lamb. [RV 21:22]
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