1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, …
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: …
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here, I. The temple is slighted in comparison with a gracious soul, Isa. 66:1 , 2 . The Jews in the prophet’s time, and afterwards in Christ’s time, gloried much in the temple and promised themselves great things from it; to humble them therefore, and to shake their vain confidence, both the prophets and Christ foretold the ruin of the temple, that God would leave it and then it would soon be deso…
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