⁶ I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day.^(A) I have been moving from place to place with a tent^(B) as my dwelling.^(C)

⁷ Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites,^(A) did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd^(B) my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house^(C) of cedar?^(D)”’