Ezekiel 43:4

Ezekiel 43:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
• New International Version (NIV)The glory of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east.

Context of Ezekiel 43:4

2and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice sounded like the roar of a huge torrent, and the earth shone with his glory. 3The vision I saw was like the one I had seen when he came to destroy the city, and like the ones I had seen by the Chebar Canal. I fell facedown. The glory of the Lord entered the temple by way of the gate that faced east. 5Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the inner court, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 6While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from the temple.

Ezekiel 43:4 word by word

וּכְב֥וֹד יְהוָ֖ה בָּ֣א אֶל־הַבָּ֑יִת דֶּ֣רֶךְ שַׁ֔עַר אֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּנָ֖יו דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַקָּדִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• by the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
• of the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• whose prospectפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921

Cross-references for Ezekiel 43:4

• Ezekiel 2:5Whether they listen or refuse to listen — for they are a rebellious house — they will know that a prophet has been among them.
• Ezekiel 10:18Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.
• Ezekiel 44:2The Lord said to me, “This gate will remain closed. It will not be opened, and no one will enter through it, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain closed.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 43:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4By this gate the glory of the Lord had departed. See the marginal reference.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

Topics related to Ezekiel 43:4

• God

In the dictionaries

• Cloud
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Gate, East
• Glory
• Leviticus
• Priests and Levites
• Temple

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