43. You have taken up the tabernacle of Molekand the star of your god Rephan,the idols you made to worship.Therefore I will send you into exile” beyond Babylon.
44. ‘Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
45. After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David,
46. who enjoyed God’s favour and asked that he might provide a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.
47. But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
48. ‘However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
49. ‘ “Heaven is my throne,and the earth is my footstool.What kind of house will you build for me?says the Lord.Or where will my resting place be?