First ReadingEzekiel 43:1-7ab
From the Book of Ezekiel
1Afterward he brought me to the gate,even the gate that looks toward the east.2Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east.His voice was like the sound of many waters;and the earth was illuminated with his glory.3It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw,even according to the vision that I sawwhen I came to destroy the city;and the visions were like the visionthat I saw by the river Chebar;and I fell on my face.4The Lord’s glory came into the house by the way of the gatewhich faces toward the east.5The Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court;and behold, the Lord’s glory filled the house.
6I heard one speaking to me out of the house,and a man stood by me.7He said to me, “Son of man,this is the place of my throneand the place of the soles of my feet,where I will dwell among the children of Israel forever.The house of Israel will no more defile my holy name,neither they nor their kings,by their prostitutionand by the dead bodies of their kings in their high places;