And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
They shall take away all the detestable things ... and all the abominations thereof from them. They have eschewed every vestige of idolatry ever since their return from Babylon. But still the Shechinah glory had departed, the ark was not restored, nor was the second temple strictly inhabited by God until He came who made it more glorious than the first temple (Haggai 2:9); even then His stay was short, and ended His being rejected; so that the full realization of the promise must still be future.