Ezekiel 43:7

the place of my throne this is the place of my throne … for ever: and the house of Israel shall no more defile. No change of reading is implied but the emphatic position of "the place" &c. requires to be expressed by some such word as "this is," or, "Behold." On "soles of my feet" cf. Isaiah 60:13; Isaiah 66:1; Lamentations 2:1; Psalms 132:7; 1 Chronicles 28:2.

by their whoredom Their idolatries, cf. ch. 8.

in their high places Probably: in their death, i.e. when dead, Leviticus 11:31-32. So some mss., Targ., by change of one vowel. The ref. is to the burial of the kings in the vicinity of the temple. The passages Leviticus 26:30; Jeremiah 16:18, to which appeal is made, do not sustain the idea that "carcase" could be used as a mere name of opprobrium for idols (Psalms 106:28 is of doubtful meaning). In the former passage the hewn down idol is a carcase just as the slain man is; and in Jeremiah 16:18 the use of the word "dead body" is not figurative. It is true that there is no record of kings being buried close to the temple, but their sepulchres were in such vicinity that in comparison with the new ideal of holiness they could not but be held to bring defilement to the dwelling-place of Jehovah, the living God. Ezekiel 43:9 seems conclusive for this rendering.