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

2There I suddenly saw the bright glory of the God of Israel as it came from the east. His voice was like the noise of lots of water that pours along a river. The land around shone with the bright light of his glory. 3I had seen a vision like this when I was beside the Kebar River. I had also seen a vision like this when God came to destroy Jerusalem. I bent down low with my face on the ground. The Lord's bright glory went through the east gate into the temple. 5Then a spirit lifted me up and took me into the temple's inside yard. As I watched, the Lord's glory filled the temple. 6While the man stood beside me, I heard a voice come from inside 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 2:5The Israelites may listen to what you say, or they may not listen. They do not want to obey me. But they will know that I have sent a prophet to them.
• Ezekiel 10:18Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the entrance of the temple. It stopped at a place above the cherubs.
• Ezekiel 44:2The Lord said to me, ‘This gate must stay shut. Nobody may go through it. Nobody may open it again. The Lord, Israel's God, has gone through it. So it must stay shut.

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

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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