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Ezekiel 43:1
1Then he (the angel) led me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.
Ezekiel 43:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
- New International Version (NIV)Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing east.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.
Context of Ezekiel 43:1
Then he (the angel) led me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east. 2And behold, the glory and brilliance of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east; and His voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory. 3And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the vision I saw when He came to destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision I saw beside the River Chebar [near Babylon]; and I fell face downward.
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וַיּוֹלִכֵ֖נִי אֶל־הַשָּׁ֑עַר שַׁ֕עַר אֲשֶׁ֥ר פֹּנֶ֖ה דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַקָּדִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 43:1
- Ezekiel 40:6Then he went to the gate which faced the east and went up its [seven] steps and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod in width; and the other threshold [of the gate inside the thick wall] was one rod in width.
- Ezekiel 42:15Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out toward the gate which faced east and measured the outer area all around.
- Ezekiel 44:1Then He brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east; and it was shut.
- Ezekiel 46:1‘Thus says the Lord God, “The gate of the inner courtyard that faces east shall be shut during the six working days, but it shall be opened on the Sabbath day and opened on the day of the New Moon.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 43:1
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The gate - This was the eastern gate from the precincts to the outer court.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1After Ezekiel had surveyed the temple of God, he had a vision of the glory of God. When Christ crucified, and the things freely given to us of God, through Him, are shown to us by the Holy Ghost, they make us ashamed for our sins. This frame of mind prepares us for fuller discoveries of the mysteries of redeeming love; and the whole of the Scriptures should be opened and applied, that men may see their sins, and repent of them. We are not now to offer any…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The sacred spaces mentioned earlier were useless when empty (see Ezekiel 37:7–8). The temple needed the presence of the God of Israel's glory to be meaningful. This glory had left in Ezekiel 10. Now, it would return from the east, the same direction it had left. Unlike its slow and hesitant departure, its return would be sudden, with the loud roar of rushing waters (see Ezekiel 1:24; Revelation 1:15). As usual, the prophet fell face down in awe of this…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-27Everything was now ready for His reception. As the Shekinah glory was the peculiar distinction of the old temple, so it was to be in the new in a degree as much more transcendent as the proportions of the new exceeded those of the old. The fact that the Shekinah glory was not in the second temple proves that it cannot be that temple which is meant in the prophecy. 2. the way of the east--the way whereby the glory had departed (Eze 11:22, 23), and rested…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 43
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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