Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.
God renews His covenant with Israel through this vision, much as He once did through Moses. They must remember their former sins, how they defiled His name by setting their own thresholds and doorposts beside His, mixing their inventions with His institutions as if human commands held equal weight with divine ones. This conviction prepares them for the mercy that follows.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 43:7-12
Now let them put away their whoredom,.... Idolatry, superstition, and will worship, with which the corrupt church of Rome abounds; and whatever appearance thereof is in the reformed churches: and the carcasses of their kings far from me; their idols; See Gill on Eze 43:7, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever; now though the Jews were never guilty of idolatry...
carcasses of their kings--It is supposed that some of their idolatrous kings were buried within the bounds of Solomon's temple [HENDERSON]. Rather, "the carcasses of their idols," here called "kings," as having had lordship over them in past times (Isa 26:13); but henceforth Jehovah, alone their rightful lord, shall be their king, and the idols that had been their "king" would appear but as "carcasses."...