The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 43:9

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Now let them put away their whoredom, etc. What has just been declared to be the necessary consequence of Jehovah's abiding in the midst of Israel is now enjoined upon Israel as an indispensable prerequisite of Jehovah's taking up his residence amongst them.

Ezekiel's theology in this respect harmonizes with that of Old and New Testament writers generally, who invariably postulate purity of heart and life as a necessary condition of God's abiding in the heart, while asserting that such Divine indwelling in the heart is the only certain creator of such purity (comp.

Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 36:26; Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:25; Isaiah 26:12; John 14:23; 2 Corinthians 6:17; James 4:8).

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