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

2Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel appeared from the east. The sound of his coming was like the roar of rushing waters, and the whole landscape shone with his glory. 3This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he came to destroy Jerusalem. I fell face down on the ground. And the glory of the Lord came into the Temple through the east gateway. 5Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, and the glory of the Lord filled the Temple. 6And I heard someone speaking to me from within the Temple, while the man who had been measuring stood beside me.

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 2:5And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for remember, they are rebels—at least they will know they have had a prophet among them.
• Ezekiel 10:18Then the glory of the Lord moved out from the entrance of the Temple and hovered above the cherubim.
• Ezekiel 44:2And the Lord said to me, “This gate must remain closed; it will never again be opened. No one will ever open it and pass through, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered here. Therefore, it must always remain 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

• 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